Jennifer Kulev

Jennifer Langenstein Kulev retired from her professional career as a principal dancer with the
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT). During her seven seasons with PBT, she danced the lead roles
in the company's classical ballet productions and worked with and performed the repertoire of
many distinguished choreographers such as Glen Tetley, Dwight Rhoden, Kevin O'Day, Derek
Deane and Lynn Taylor-Corbett.

Ms. Kulev received her early training from Harvey Hysell and Maestro Vincenzo Celli in New
Orleans then later trained at the School of American Ballet as a scholarship student where she
studied under famed teachers Antonina Tumkovsky, Alexandra Danilova and Andrei
Kramarevsky. After returning to her home state of Texas, she studied with Madame Krassovska
in Dallas and with Ballet Concerto director Margo Dean in Fort Worth. During her eighteen plus
summer performances with Ballet Concerto, she had the unique opportunity to work with and
dance works by Luis Montero, Bruce Marks, Michael Vernon and Fernando Bujones.

Ms. Kulev's performing repertoire includes the principal roles in Giselle, Coppelia, Don
Quixote, The Nutcracker, Stanton Welch's Madame Butterfly, Ben Stevenson's Cinderella,
Dracula and Cleopatra, and Balanchine's Concerto Barocco, Valse Fantasie, Jewels and
Serenade among others. Prior to dancing with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, she danced with the
New Orleans Ballet, Dallas Ballet and Fort Worth Dallas Ballet. Ms. Kulev focuses on precise
technique, turnout and artistry in her class.