Steve Brule began his training with Stanley Hall of the Royal Ballet and Ballet de Paris.  He was a soloist with the Frankfurt Ballet and the Houston Ballet where he toured extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, and China. In Houston, under the direction of Ben Stevenson, Mr. Brule eventually became the Assistant Principal of the Houston Ballet Academy. He considers teaching his “first love and true calling” and considers himself fortunate indeed to have learned from one of the greats – Stevenson himself.

For 18 of his 20 years with HBA he directed summer choreographic workshops where choreographers such as Trey McIntyre and Dominic Walsh got their start.  He currently holds a fulltime position at the School of Dance at The University of Oklahoma.

Alaine Haubert has the unique distinction of having been associated with America's three major ballet companies. She received her training from age fifteen at the School of American Ballet in New York City where she studied with George Balanchine and his illustrious post-Diaghilev faculty. In 1965 Ms. Haubert joined American Ballet Theatre, where she performed corps de ballet, soloist and principal roles. She was coached, during this period by such diverse and exciting choreographers as: Tudor, DeMille, Robbins, Feld, Culberg, Lander, and Tetley, and also danced the classics. In 1969 Ms. Haubert joined the Joffrey Ballet as principal dancer.  After nearly a decade with the Joffrey Ballet, a serious back injury ended Ms. Haubert's performing career, and she began teaching and coaching in such wide-ranging locations as Europe, Japan, Canada, the USA, and the Caribbean.  In 1993, Ms. Haubert was invited to return to New York as Ballet Mistress for American Ballet Theatre, where she instructed, coached, and rehearsed the world's leading dancers for four years. Ms. Haubert now makes her home in California but continues her association with ABT and annually travels the U.S. auditioning dancers for the ABT Summer Intensives. She has been the Artistic Director of ABT’s Summer Intensive in Detroit for ten years, and is on the Advisory Board of ABT’s new National Teacher Training Curriculum.  She has also been the Adjudicator for both the Regional Dance of America Pacific Region, and the Southwest Region, and is a frequent Master Teacher at Regional Dance America  festivals.