Our Team
Tony Williams
Founder & Artistic Director
Creator Of The Urban Nutcracker
After experiencing trouble as a street gang member, Tony Williams discovered a pathway to international success through ballet. Williams’ impressive career includes performing as a Principal Dancer with Boston Ballet, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Gulbenkian Ballet of Portugal, and the Norwegian National Ballet. Widely respected as a progressive dance educator, Williams has won the Dance Teacher Magazine Award, Wheelock Family Theater’s Wheel Award, and honored as a Boston Dance Alliance Dance Champion.
Board of Directors
Tony Williams, Executive Artistic Director
Paula McNichols, Chair
Janet Malone, Treasurer
Emerson Kington
Ava Majumder
Kimberly Zimmerman Rand
Emilie Steele
Marlee Tucker
Anna Waldron
Advisory Board
Andrew Grainger
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts
Appeals Court, Retired
James Carroll
Author, historian, journalist, www.jamescarroll.net
Alexandra Marshall
Author, alexandramarshall.com
Erica Schwartz
Dance Teacher
Sabrina Aviles
Dancer, Teacher, Documentary maker
John Connolly
Director of Marketing
Ilanga†
Dance and Music Artist
† in memoriam
Susanne Liebich
Dancer, Teacher
Gary Dunning
President & Executive Director, Celebrity Series of Boston
Walter Pierce†
Fmr Executive Director, Celebrity Series of Boston
† in memoriam
Glen Urban
Professor Emeritus of Marketing, MIT
Debra Cash
Fmr Executive Director, Boston Dance Alliance