Saugerties Ballet Center/Ulster Ballet Company

Scarlett Fiero

Scarlett Fiero, is the director of SBC. She began studying ballet at the age of 11 and received a scholarship to the New York State Summer School of Dance in Saratoga Springs for two consecutive years. She trained with many dancers of great renown, including Elisabeth Carroll, Violette Verdy, Nenette Charisse and Robert Blankshine. She has danced professionally with ballet companies in New York and New Jersey, including the Garden State Ballet. Scarlett has been a guest teacher at ballet schools and universities throughout the northeast, including the Dutchess County Community College, SUNY New Paltz and the Nashua School of Dance. In addition to teaching ballet and pointe here at SBC, Scarlett is co-artistic director of the Ulster Ballet Company with her husband, Quiedo Carbone.

Cubie Burke - Dance Theatre of Harlem - Principal Dancer

Cubie became a member of Dance Theatre of Harlem at the age of 17. After dancing with the company for 6 years he expanded his career, touring nationally and internationally with The Atlanta Ballet and The Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Three years ago Mr. Burke danced for popular rock star "The Artist" (formerly "Prince").

Saugerties Ballet Center, founded in 1984, provides the area with a fresh and energetic exposure to dance.

The school offers training on a professional basis for students of all levels of dedication. Body awareness, muscle control, creativity and joy of movement are all stressed. Students attending the Saugerties Ballet Center will benefit from the guidance and supervision of qualified instructors who pass on their professional knowledge and experience.

Quiedo Carbone

Quiedo Carbone was introduced to dance as a teenager through ballroom dance. His studies soon expanded to include and then concentrate on classical ballet, training locally and in New York City. He stopped dancing to go to college and pursue a career as an electronic engineer. He returned to dance in 1983 and became co-artistic director of the Ulster Ballet Company in 1986 with his wife, Scarlett Fiero. He currently directs and dances with the company, and teaches classes at the Saugerties Ballet Center, specializing in technique for the male dancer.

Philip Krauter

Philip Krauter, began his dance training with the Fort Worth Ballet under the direction of Fernando & Nancy Schaffenburg, receiving a Ford Foundation scholarship from the School of American Ballet. Awarded a full scholarship, he continued his training at the San Francisco Ballet School and later studied with Robert Joffrey. Philip has danced with many ballet companies, including Ballet West, Hartford Ballet, Nevada Dance Theatre and the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet. He has danced for opera, film and as a show dancer in Las Vegas. As a ballet instructor, his experience includes over 20 years of teaching dancers of all levels and ages. In 2002, he was the first American to teach at the Ankara State Opera Ballet/Modern Dance in Turkey. Between 1992-2007, he was a faculty member of Summer Dance Lab at Whitman College. From 2004-2007, he was the Ballet Master for Juneau Dance Unlimited in Juneau Alaska, where his choreography for the Nutcracker Ballet received critical acclaim. Philip now lives in Woodstock NY and is currently a faculty member with the Saugerties Ballet Center.