Faculty Biographies
Ballet Arts Centre of Winchester features and impressive staff of accomplished dancers and educators.
Deborah Boyle
Artistic Director
Ballet, Pointe, Children's Work
Ms. Boyle has been dancing since the age of eight and through the years has studied with many of Greater Boston’s finest teachers. She began her first ten years of training with Ms. Shirley Terrill and expanded her studies with many of Boston’s most prestigious dance educators at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston Repertory Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Boston, Bay State Ballet Theater School and the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio. She is a former member of the Merrimack Valley Ballet Company and Bay State Ballet Theatre Company and has danced roles in productions such as Les Sylphides, Gaiette Parisienne, Hoedown, and Swan Lake. Ms. Boyle’s teaching career has now spanned over two decades. She continues her training as both dancer and teacher and has attended classes, workshops and seminars with nationally renowned professionals such as David Howard, Finis Jhung, Leslie Browne, Susan Jaffe, Sean Lavery, and John Meehan to name a few. Ms. Boyle has studied with the Royal Academy of Dancing, is an affiliate of the American Academy of Ballet, a member in good standing of Dance Masters of America, Chapter #5, and is certified by test to teach. In addition to her dance qualifications, Ms. Boyle holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology as well as a Massachusetts Certification in Education. Ms. Boyle founded BAC at its inception in 1990.
Artistic Director
Ballet, Pointe, Children's Work
Ms. Boyle has been dancing since the age of eight and through the years has studied with many of Greater Boston’s finest teachers. She began her first ten years of training with Ms. Shirley Terrill and expanded her studies with many of Boston’s most prestigious dance educators at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston Repertory Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Boston, Bay State Ballet Theater School and the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio. She is a former member of the Merrimack Valley Ballet Company and Bay State Ballet Theatre Company and has danced roles in productions such as Les Sylphides, Gaiette Parisienne, Hoedown, and Swan Lake. Ms. Boyle’s teaching career has now spanned over two decades. She continues her training as both dancer and teacher and has attended classes, workshops and seminars with nationally renowned professionals such as David Howard, Finis Jhung, Leslie Browne, Susan Jaffe, Sean Lavery, and John Meehan to name a few. Ms. Boyle has studied with the Royal Academy of Dancing, is an affiliate of the American Academy of Ballet, a member in good standing of Dance Masters of America, Chapter #5, and is certified by test to teach. In addition to her dance qualifications, Ms. Boyle holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology as well as a Massachusetts Certification in Education. Ms. Boyle founded BAC at its inception in 1990.
