DIRECTOR: Henry Berg With a career that spans over three decades in dance, film, television, theatre and academia, Mr. Berg has established himself as one of the foremost dance teachers in the country. His guest teaching engagements include annual seminars for The Boston Ballet, The Academia Ana Pavlova in Bogota, and Dance Educators of America as well as visits with Joffrey Ballet. In 1992 Mr. Berg traveled to Japan where he taught seminars in both Tokyo and Nagoya. His own career as a dancer began in Hollywood films. In 1962 he joined the San Francisco Ballet and in 1967 he joined The Joffrey Ballet. He assisted choreographer Twyla Tharp in New York until he returned to San Francisco where he created the Pacific Ballet Company. He joined the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet where he taught until 1991. He now conducts a rehabilitation class for injured dancers at SFB. Mr. Berg taught at City Ballet for fourteen years until May of 2003. TEACHER: Cynthia Drayer-Reyes Ms. Drayer-Reyes’ early training was at the National Academy of Arts in Champaign, Illinois and The Joffrey American Ballet Center in New York. She danced with the American Ballet Theater before joining the Houston Ballet as a soloist. She was hired by Helgi Tomasson in 1985 and danced as a principal dancer in SFB until 1991. Cynthia has been featured in the works of world-renowned choreographers, including Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, David Bintley, Eliot Feld, Anthony Tudor, Jiri Kylian, Jerome Robbins, Michael Smuin, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley and Helgi Tomasson. Ms. Drayer-Reyes has served on the faculties of Cornish College of the Arts and Washington Academy of Performing Arts in Seattle, Washington, and Marin Ballet in San Rafael. Cynthia and her husband, Andre, were Artistic Directors of Santa Clara Ballet from 2000 - 2001. TEACHER : Andre Reyes Andre Reyes received his early dance training from his parents Benjamin Reyes and Josefa Villanueva at Santa Clara Ballet School and continued his training at Joffrey American Ballet Center, American Ballet Theater School, School of American Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet School. Andre performed as a Principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet from 1980 to 1993, and Pacific Northwest Ballet from 1994 to 1996. He has worked with numerous world-renowned choreographers including David Bintley, Elliot Feld, James Kudelka, Jiri Kylian, Michael Smuin, and Glen Tetley. More recently, Andre performed as a guest artist with the Lawrence Pech Dance Company in San Francisco. His work in television includes Dance in America's "Cinderella" (Smuin/Christensen) and "The Tempest" (Smuin), as well as appearances in "Suites by Smuin" (KQED) and "Symphony in Three Movements" (KQED, Gladstein).