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| Board of Directors Executive Board Mary Celeste Geiger : President and Artistic Director Kal Goren Katherine Wainright Shensky Board of Directors Rachael Stebbins Billingsley : Secretary Melissa Scheck : Treasurer & Ballet Mistress Pat Straus : Administrator Katey Moses Danielle Keller Vivio Advisory Board Arlene Dalida Rich Scheck Guild Chair/Ex Officio Peggy Best Gail von Staden Honorary Members Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Swiacki, D.O. Farmington Hills |
| 2009 MCBC Board of Directors: (back row) Arlene Dalida, Patricia Strauss, Melissa Scheck, Danielle Vivio, Richard Scheck, Lisa Franks, Alvin Pedroche (front row) Kal Goren, Mary C. Geiger, Katherine Shensky, Katey Moses |
Mary C. Geiger is the founder and Artistic Director of MCBC. She danced professionally in
Europe for over ten years, culminating as Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet of Flanders.
She has given master classes at Western Michigan University, Interlochen Dance Academy,
Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre, Nyon and Vesoul, France. She has been the director of the Geiger
Classic Ballet Academy since 1985. She and her husband Dix reside in West Bloomfield.
Kal Goren is a founding board member and its legal counsel since the company's inception in
1989 and is a member of the executive board. He has performed with the company in The
Nutcracker and other full length productions for 20 years. When not involved with the company,
Kal is a partner in the Troy law firm Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, PLC. He is married and
lives in Bloomfield Hills.
Melissa Scheck has been a board member since 1995. She currently serves as Treasurer and
has worked as Ballet Mistress since 1993. She is an alumnus of the company, where she
danced many principal roles for MCBC, and won the Monticello award for choreography. She is
a physical therapist at Dwight Orthopedic Rehabilitation in Keego Harbor. She and her husband,
Richard live in Troy with their daughter, Sarah.
Danielle Vivio serves as the Educational Outreach coordinator on the board.
Danielle studied with the Geiger Classic Ballet Academy beginning at age 8, where she enjoyed
performing and choreographing with MCBC. She left the school to pursue an education in fine
arts at the University of Michigan. Danielle started Vivio Design Studios in 2006, a fine jewelry
design and manufacturing studio. She and her husband, Brian reside in White Lake with their
son, Max.
Katherine Wainright Shensky is a member of the executive board, and also serves on the
Legal and Policy committees. She was active in community productions for many years, and still
takes classes at the Geiger Classic Ballet Academy for the discipline and physical benefits
dancing offers. When not involved with the company, Katherine is a partner in the Farmington
Hills law firm of Wood, Kull, Herschfus, Obee & Kull, P.C. She specializes in family law,
employment and ERISA law, and insurance defense. She is married and lives in West
Bloomfield.
Katey Moses joins the board this year serving on the Publicity committee. She danced for 6
years with the Michigan Classic Ballet Company after beginning her training with the Geiger
Classic Ballet Academy. She has worked for the Matt Prentice Restaurant Group since 1998
where she is currently the General Manager of all three Deli Unique restaurants in Bloomfield
Hills, West Bloomfield and Novi. Katey lives in Berkley.
Rachael Stebbins Billingsley danced with Geiger Classic Ballet Academy from 1994-1996.
She was an apprentice with The Grand Rapids Ballet Company, also performing with Milwaukee
Ballet II. She is now pursuing her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Wayne State University as
well as teaching at Geiger Classic Ballet Academy. Rachael lives in Ferndale with her husband
and two cats, and is very excited for her first season as an MCBC board member.
Europe for over ten years, culminating as Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet of Flanders.
She has given master classes at Western Michigan University, Interlochen Dance Academy,
Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre, Nyon and Vesoul, France. She has been the director of the Geiger
Classic Ballet Academy since 1985. She and her husband Dix reside in West Bloomfield.
Kal Goren is a founding board member and its legal counsel since the company's inception in
1989 and is a member of the executive board. He has performed with the company in The
Nutcracker and other full length productions for 20 years. When not involved with the company,
Kal is a partner in the Troy law firm Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, PLC. He is married and
lives in Bloomfield Hills.
Melissa Scheck has been a board member since 1995. She currently serves as Treasurer and
has worked as Ballet Mistress since 1993. She is an alumnus of the company, where she
danced many principal roles for MCBC, and won the Monticello award for choreography. She is
a physical therapist at Dwight Orthopedic Rehabilitation in Keego Harbor. She and her husband,
Richard live in Troy with their daughter, Sarah.
Danielle Vivio serves as the Educational Outreach coordinator on the board.
Danielle studied with the Geiger Classic Ballet Academy beginning at age 8, where she enjoyed
performing and choreographing with MCBC. She left the school to pursue an education in fine
arts at the University of Michigan. Danielle started Vivio Design Studios in 2006, a fine jewelry
design and manufacturing studio. She and her husband, Brian reside in White Lake with their
son, Max.
Katherine Wainright Shensky is a member of the executive board, and also serves on the
Legal and Policy committees. She was active in community productions for many years, and still
takes classes at the Geiger Classic Ballet Academy for the discipline and physical benefits
dancing offers. When not involved with the company, Katherine is a partner in the Farmington
Hills law firm of Wood, Kull, Herschfus, Obee & Kull, P.C. She specializes in family law,
employment and ERISA law, and insurance defense. She is married and lives in West
Bloomfield.
Katey Moses joins the board this year serving on the Publicity committee. She danced for 6
years with the Michigan Classic Ballet Company after beginning her training with the Geiger
Classic Ballet Academy. She has worked for the Matt Prentice Restaurant Group since 1998
where she is currently the General Manager of all three Deli Unique restaurants in Bloomfield
Hills, West Bloomfield and Novi. Katey lives in Berkley.
Rachael Stebbins Billingsley danced with Geiger Classic Ballet Academy from 1994-1996.
She was an apprentice with The Grand Rapids Ballet Company, also performing with Milwaukee
Ballet II. She is now pursuing her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Wayne State University as
well as teaching at Geiger Classic Ballet Academy. Rachael lives in Ferndale with her husband
and two cats, and is very excited for her first season as an MCBC board member.
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