Rebecca Carmazzi Janes
Rebecca Janes has been on faculty here at The Chautauqua Institution since her retirement from the stage. Janes’ career spanned in excess of 20 years, performing principal roles in repertoire and full-length ballets by George Balanchine, Alonzo King, Dwight Rhoden, Nacho Duato, Gerald Arpino, Marius Petipa, Septime Webre, Stephen Mills, Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharp, Anthony Tudor, Lila York, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, and Sasha Janes. During her tenure as a principal dancer with Charlotte Ballet she feels honored to have been taught and coached by Patricia McBride.
Previously a senior member of the faculty at Charlotte Ballet and currently adjunct faculty at The Jacobs School of Music, ballet department. She is fully certified in Romana Pilates where she instructs privately from her home studio in Bloomington.