Patricia Dubois
Director
Patricia Dubois received most of her training from Christine Hennessey and Winthrop Corey with Festival Ballet of Rhode Island and became a principal dancer with the company for over 10 years, performing such roles as Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker, Odette in Swan Lake and featured roles in Grande Pas de Quatre, Paquita Variations, Les Sylphides, and Cinderella. Over the past several years, she has been in the role of Ballet Mistress at Festival Ballet, as well as teaching classes, creating costumes and calling light cues as the Stage Manager during performances. Patricia is also an educator, having taught mathematics at Woonsocket High School for over 19 years and served as an assistant principal at the same school. Patricia teaches classical ballet.
Heather Martinez
Instructor
Heather Martinez is a native of Providence, RI and received her dance training at the Festival Ballet Center of Dance Education; in 2001 she placed in the top 10 in the senior classical ballet division of the national finals at the Youth America Grand Prix in New York. Mrs. Martinez then went on to perform for seven seasons as a member of Festival Ballet Providence, performing a variety of principal roles including Micaela in Carmen, Sugar Plum Fairy, Pas de Trois in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Yves de Bouteiller’s Romeo and Juliet, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, Zobeide in Scheherazade, as well as Balanchine’s Rubies, Allegro Brillante, and Donizetti Variations and Victor Plotnikov’s Tension and Beauty and Coma. Mrs. Martinez then became a guest principal artist with Dance Alive National Ballet and Kentucky Ballet Theatre performing Giselle, Dew Drop Fairy, Grand Pas Classique and many other classical and contemporary works. Heather has been teaching at Heritage Ballet since 2011.
Rebecca Moore
Instructor
Becky Moore comes to Heritage Ballet after a performing career as a dancer with Festival Ballet for over 10 years. She is also an educator, teaching English and dance at Beacon Charter High School in Woonsocket. Becky teaches ballet & jazz classes at Heritage Ballet.
Jamie Santagata (Rianna)
Instructor
Jamie Sanatagata (Rianna) was a company member of Festival Ballet for eight years and performed with Heritage Ballet for nine. She has also been an Account Executive Supervisor in the jewelry industry for ten years with Uncas International. Jamie teaches ballet and jazz classes at Heritage Ballet.