Our
Team

Graham McKelvie was born and raised in Saskatoon where he began his training with Hazel Ann Olson at Saskatoon School of Ballet. He continued his training as a scholarship student at Canada's National Ballet School and then in the professional training program at the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre.

In 1988 he joined the Toronto Dance Theatre, and was until 2011, a principal dancer with Coleman et Lemieux et Compagnie. His award-winning choreographic work have been presented internationally, most notably in various cities across Canada and Japan. Mr. McKelvie has taught at the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre, National Ballet School, and York University. Mr. McKelvie was first a guest teacher at Kobe Jogakuin University in Japan before becoming a full-time staff member from 2011 to 2014.

Since 2015, Mr. McKelvie has been the Head of Contemporary Dance Training at Alberta Ballet School. He continues to teach master classes across Canada.

A prolific and award-winning choreographer, Edmund has established a notable career in both contemporary and classical ballet fields as dancer and ballet master. 
Edmund Stripe was born in London, England and trained at the Royal Ballet School where his distinguished teachers included Walter Trevor, Nancy Kilgour, Piers Beaumont, and Richard Glasstone. He has danced with Ballet Gulbenkian (Portugal), London City Ballet, and the West Australian Ballet, where he created many major works for the company. He was appointed Ballet Master for West Australian Ballet in 1998. He joined Singapore Dance Theatre as Ballet Master in 2000: there he assisted in the mounting and re-creation of works by such noted choreographers as Jivˇí Kylián, Nacho Duato, and Goh Choo San. 

In 2002 he moved to Alberta Ballet as Ballet Master and over the next decade, assisted with works by George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Christopher Wheeldon and Jean Grand-Maître. His works for Alberta Ballet include Unquiet Light (2003), Swelter (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2006) and The Nutcracker (2008). He continues creating with Alberta Ballet as Choreographic Associate/Artist in Residence. 
 

Ms. Mori started ballet training in Japan and won a Scholarship Award in Prix de Lausanne. She completed her professional ballet training at Canada’s National Ballet School where she received the Jeffrey Kirk Award.

Ms. Mori joined The National Ballet of Canada (NBC) and toured internationally. She performed many soloist roles and worked with world-renowned choreographers. In 2011, she represented NBC in The Ninth International Competition for the Eric Bruhn Prize, and in 2013 and 2014, she received the Patron Award of Merit.

After nine years at NBC, she moved to Calgary to perform with Alberta Ballet. In 2018, she retired from the stage. Ms. Mori has been teaching at Alberta Ballet School since 2019 and has received teacher training under master teacher Diane van Schoor.

Tetyana Gazizova began her ballet training at the age of 7 at Vadim’s Pisarev School of Choreographic Mastery in Donetsk, Ukraine, studying under the guidance of Galina Volodina and Olena Ogurtsova. She furthered her education with a master’s degree in Directing for Ballet from Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema, and Television under the direction of Sergiy Bondur, People’s Artist of Ukraine, and a master’s degree in Culturology from Donetsk National University, both awarded with honors.

At 15, Tetyana commenced her professional dance career as a ballet dancer with the Donetsk National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, where she performed for over a decade under the direction of Vadim Pisarev, People’s Artist of Ukraine.

Her teaching career is distinguished by her role in training students who have advanced to prestigious ballet institutions worldwide, including the Paris Opera Ballet School, the Ballet Academy of La Scala Theatre in Milan, the Royal Ballet School in London, the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance, the John Cranko School in Stuttgart.  

Tetyana has held teaching positions at Vadim’s Pisarev School of Choreographic Mastery in Donetsk, Ukraine; Den Norske Balletskole and Akademi in Oslo; the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School; and now is thrilled to have joined Alberta Ballet School. 

Meghan Critchley was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where she began dancing at a young age at a local studio. Meghan went on to study Dance Science and earn her BFA from the University of Wyoming in 2015.  

In 2022, Meghan completed her doctoral thesis examining prevalence and risk factors of dance-related injury in pre-professional ballet dancers at the University of Calgary. She continues to focus on the health and wellness of dancers, and studies injury prevention strategies, to promote long, healthy, dance careers.  

Margarita (Rita) Rebetskaya was born in Moscow, Russia, where she began her training in rhythmicgymnastics at the age of 5. At 14, Rita was admitted to the Igor Moiseyev Dance Academy, and upongraduation, she joined the Igor Moiseyev Ballet. With this company, Rita had the privilege of traveling andperforming around the world. Rita is also a graduate of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, specializing in theater criticism. In 2016, she founded an inclusive theatre called InterAction. Rita relocated to Canada with her family in 2021 and now Character teacher for Alberta Ballet School.

Kaitlyn Seibold is a movement researcher, choreographer, and educator based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), AB. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Toronto Metropolitan University and an MFA in Choreography and Collaboration from York University, where she received the Lipson Family Endowment Award for choreographic promise. Kaitlyn has taught contemporary dance at Toronto Metropolitan University, York University, and in studios and intensives across Canada. With over a decade of teaching experience, she is dedicated to fostering both technical development and creative exploration in her students.

Her teaching draws from extensive training in Graham, Limón, Horton, Flying Low, and Gaga techniques, blending these influences to support dancers in building versatility, strength, and expressive range. As a performer and creator, Kaitlyn has worked with renowned choreographers across Canada and Europe and continues to perform with Project InTandem and Ballet Bodies YYC. Her most recent performance was Exile by Meghann Michalsky, presented in 2025 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. With over 30 original works to her name, Kaitlyn’s choreographic practice explores the intersections of physicalized theatre and contemporary movement, encouraging dancers to embody the emotional and physical complexity of performance.