PBT Conservatory &
Administrative Offices
1880 S. Grant Street
San Mateo, CA 94401

(650) 342-3228

Peninsula Ballet Theatre Staff

Administrative Staff:
Sharon Torrano - Company Manager
Bev Brock-Alexander - Web Mistress

Production Staff:
David LeBlanc - Technical Advisor
Louise Leslie - Costumer
Virginia Leslie - Costume Coordinator
Scott Belding - Company Photographer
Lance Huntley – Company Photographer
Tehru Takahashi – Company Photographer

Bruce Steivel Artistic Director

Bruce Steivel, Artistic Director

Bruce Steivel is an internationally recognized choreographer and teacher. Previously, Mr. Steivel served as the Artistic Director of Bern Stadt Theatre in Switzerland, the Hong Kong Ballet, the Universal Ballet of Korea and most recently Nevada Ballet Theatre, where he served as artistic director for over a decade.

Graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts, Mr. Steivel continued his studies on full scholarship with the American School of Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and the Harkness House for Ballet Arts. He has trained and worked under some of dance’s most famous teachers and choreographers including George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, Roland Petit, Anton Dolin, Ben Stevenson, Andre Eglevsky, Alexandra Danoliva, David Howard and Heinz Spoerli.

As a dancer, Mr. Steivel danced every major role in the classical repertoire, including Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Albrecht in Giselle, Franz in Coppelia and the Prince in Nutcracker, to name a few. His contemporary repertoire included working with such notables as Sir Frederick Ashton, Hans van Manen, Jiri Kylian and Maurice Bejart.

As Artistic Director for the Hong Kong Ballet and the Universal Ballet, Mr. Steivel developed a strong internationally accepted company and launched each company on their first American and European tours. Hong Kong Ballet’s tour to mainland China was the first time the Hong Kong based company performed in China.

As Artistic Director of Nevada Ballet Theatre, Mr. Steivel expanded the repertoire by adding 30 ballets – 13 from visiting choreographers and 17 from of his own creation. His Nutcracker was a holiday favorite, along with Peter Pan, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Good Times. Several of his works are in the repertoire of five major dance companies.

Mr. Steivel is frequently sought after as a guest teacher, teaching for Nederland Dans Theatre, the Norwegian National Ballet, the Hungarian National Ballet, the National Ballet of Portugal, the Berlin Stadstoper, Beijing Ballet, Shanghai Ballet, Bat-Dor of Israel, the National Institute of Istanbul, Turkey and numerous schools in Japan and America.

His international involvement continues with his position as the Artistic Director for the prestigious International Concours de Danse in Luxembourg, under the patronage of the Grande Duc and Duchess of Luxembourg.

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Kai Davis, Rehearsal Mistress

Kai began her training at The Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance in her hometown of Chicago Illinois under the direction of Mr. Larry Long. She also trained at Hubbard Street, Pennsylvania Ballet & The Joffrey Ballet. After graduating from high school, Miss Davis was offered a contract with the Boston Ballet. During her five years with the company she performed in many of the Russian classics, including soloist roles in Don Q, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Kai spent a couple years as a soloist with San Jose Ballet before moving to Canada to dance for Ballet British Columbia. There she was honored to take part in the creation process of John Alleyne's Carmina Burana, Scheherazade and Orpheus. She also performed many contemporary pieces including Kylian's Petite Mort, Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and Bakers Dozen, Taylor's Co. B and many more.

After retiring in 2009, Kai moved back to California where she teaches
at The San Francisco Dance Center & Western Ballet. Along with PBT she
is also the rehearsal mistress for Liss Fain Dance.

Serving the San Mateo Peninsula with adult and children's dance classes, including Burlingame, Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Bruno, Foster City, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Redwood Shores, Menlo Park and Palo Alto.