Patricia Walker - Artistic Director Artistic Director Patricia Walker began the study of Ballet at the age of  nine in Los Angeles, California. After moving to Atlanta, Georgia she continued her studies with the former soloist, Karen Conrad, at the American Ballet Theater. In college at Georgia State College and University she studied and performed with the University's dance company which toured throughout the south east. In addition she has studied with Hanya Holm and at the Martha Graham School in New York City. After graduating from Emory University she moved to Hopkinton where she began teaching ballet and modern dance for the local Recreation Department. At the same time she developed a program of dance for the Concord YMCA to enhance the gymnastic program. In 1980 she began a program in ballet and modern dance for the City of Concord Recreation Department. In 1984 she separated the school from the city and Petit Papillon School of Ballet was founded. The school became incorporated as a non-profit community school in 1985. During this same time Pat organized a Sacred Dance Choir which participated in services at both the First Congregational Church and St. Andrew's Episcopal church in Hopkinton. In addition this group toured extensively throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts to participate in services of worship, concerts and festivals. With her group she attended many regional and national conventions on the use of the performing arts within church worship and assisted with the organization and implementation of numerous workshops for New England. Pat has extensively studied the Russian Vaganova Syllabus for the education of students in classical ballet technique and performance. She has attended multiple seminars given by the noted educator John White in Narberth, PA. http://www.paacademyofballet.com/index.html. The Ballet curriculum at Petit Papillon is based upon the Russian Vaganova Syllabus and has proven to be highly successful in producing students who excel in technique, creativity and performance in all dance forms. It is considered to be the finest syllabus available for creating a strong foundation for continued study of all dance forms. Kelly Doremus Stuart Kelly Doremus Stuart is Co-Director of The Children’s Ballet Theatre of NH, and has been creating story ballets with Director, Pat Walker since 1990. She began her dance studies as a young child. In her teenage years, she was a member of a regional ballet company and performed in ballet classics including The Little Humpbacked Horse, Graduation Ball, La Boutique Fantasque, La Bayadère, and the Pas de Quatre divertissement. She received her B.S. in dance with a concentration in Dance Therapy from Skidmore College where she studied with Felix Smith, Elizabeth Carroll, Moss Cohen and Zachary Zolov and Carla Maxwell. She continued her studies with modern dance luminaries such as Betty Jones, Dan Wagoner, Trisha Brown, Liz Lerman and Sabatino Verlezza. As a member of the modern troupe, Hayles and Company Dance, she taught classes and performed in works created by Suzanne Hayles, Gus Solomons, Jr. and Arthur Hall, in schools and performance venues throughout New Hampshire. Kelly became a roster artist/teacher trainer with VSA arts of New Hampshire in 1987 and continues to find great joy in sharing her love of dance with children and adults who experience physical and developmental disabilities. She has also been a teaching artist/teacher trainer with the N.H. State Council on the Arts, Artist-in- Education roster since 1991. Ms. Stuart has served on the faculty of New England College since 1989 as a dance/movement instructor. She is the resident choreographer for theatre productions and has been director/choreographer of the annual dance concert since 1995. As a core task force member for the N.H. Department of Education’s Curriculum Framework for the Arts, Kelly served as a writer of the Dance Standards for the state. In November of 2000, Kelly received the Outstanding Professional Award for Dance from the New Hampshire Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.					Deborah Ellison- Creative Movement Deborah graduated from UMASS Amherst with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education with a specialty in dance. While there she performed with the University of Massachusetts Dance Company. Her past teaching experiences began with her work with the Peace Corps in Guatemala where she taught physical education, theater and dance and finally nutrition. From 1981-1985, she designed and taught a pre and post natal exercise program while pregnant herself . She came to New Hampshire and taught aerobics at the Contoocook Community Center and at St. Paul's School. She also worked and taught CPR and First Aid for the Concord Area Chapter of the Red Cross. She began teaching Creative Movement in Western Massachusetts in the 1980's for a preschool in her neighborhood and upon moving to New Hampshire continued to teach at various nursery schools and daycare centers in the area and at one point worked closely with Rae Pica, a local author and specialist in the area of early childhood movement. She has worked with children at Petit Papillon for more than 15 years, and is pleased to agree with her daughter Kate, a past Petit Papillon student and a member of the Children's Ballet Theater of New Hampshire who feels that her experiences with the school were incredibly important to the positive quality of her adolescence. Colleen Colpitts Colleen Colpitts has been dancing for over 19 years. She is a former student and company member of Petit Papillon and has performed in The Ballet Theatre of NH's productions of The Nutcracker's Gift, The Lost Princess of Oz, The Snow Queen, My Many Colored Days, and Hansel and Gretel.  Colleen assisted in choreographing The Nightingale, an original ballet which premiered in March, 2011. She has been studying Scottish Highland Dance for many years and recently began competing. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Rivier College where she was also a member of the dance team. She has been involved in community theater in Concord and has a passion for theater and the performing arts. Ms. Colpitts joined the Petit Papillon faculty in 2010 and is currently teaching Ballet, Scottish Highland Dance and Modern Dance.
	Petit Papillon P.O. Box 1585, 39 Green St.,Concord, NH 03302 603-746-2990