About Karen - School Director
Karen was born and raised in Canada and moved to England on her marriage in 1970.
She attended ballet and ice skating classes as a child, but for short periods only and also attended jazz ballet classes while at university.
At the age of 34 she attended an amateur adult ballet class given in Cambridge by Nina Gerseva Hubbard, a former Russian ballerina and founder of the school. Karen quickly became addicted to ballet and began training with Nina Hubbard to become a teacher.
She took over the running of the school when Mrs Hubbard retired in 1984 and eventually qualified in as a professional teacher in the National Association of Teachers of Dancing, taking the Associate exam at the age of 47, the Membership exam at the age of 49 and the Fellowship exam at the age of 53, and has over 40 years built up a reputation for training adult beginners to a high standard of dancing.
Email: dancingshmoo@hotmail.com
About Anna
I was born and bred in and around Cambridge. I have been learning ballet since I was four years old and started at the Nina Hubbard Ballet School at the age of six. I have remained at the school when it passed to Karen Stringer and became the Russian Ballet School. I continued learning through my teenage years and as an adult – never stopping! I managed to find classes whilst at university and have attended open classes whilst visiting my sister in New York and attending summer schools in London. I have taken exams as a child and an adult and took the Associate Teacher’s exam in 2017 with the National Association of Teachers of Dancing. Since then I have assisted teaching classes.
I love dancing and enjoy the discipline of ballet, as well as the artistry and expression of the movement. At the School of Russian Ballet I aim to continue the joy of ballet in class, making the best of each individual student, whether they are a five or fifty year old beginner, or whether they have danced elsewhere and wish to continue coming class. There is always more to learn.
Email: cambridgeschoolofrussianballet@gmail.com