About Janet
When Janet was 2 years old, like so many other 2 year old little girls, she decided she was going to be a ballerina. The difference is she really did become a ballerina and went on to have an accomplished career.
In her professional career as a dancer she danced with New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, Stars of the American Ballet and Birmingham Ballet. She was co founder of the New York Dance Conservatory, Co-Director and Principal Ballerina of the Illinois Peoria Ballet, for which she received the “YWCA Woman of the Year” Award. Miss Moran served on the Illinois Arts Council and was inducted into the Dance Museum of London.
She has worked with many of the dance legends of our time such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Igor Stravinsky, Hershey Kay, Agnes DeMille, and Andre Eglevsky.
The recipient of the prestigious Ford Foundation Scholarship Janet was given the privilege of attending the renowned School of American Ballet where her dance studies include luminaries such as; Alexandria Danilova, Felia Dubrovska, Stanley Williams, Muriel Stewart and Janet Collins. During her professional dance career Janet studied under the tutelage of Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis.
Janet Moran’s strength as a dancer was her technical virtuosity and versatility, with the ability to technically and dramatically dispatch roles in a spectrum of styles from the most classical on pointe, to bare foot contemporary. As a teacher and ballet mistress she is equally astute, sharing her knowledge of dance from a rich background of study with acclaimed teachers.
Janet Moran’s post dancer career was followed by a successful business career, which included Audience Development Director for Boston Ballet, an executive position at Harvard Law School, and as an International Tour Manager and Personal Assistant to high profile world figures such as former Russian President-Mikhail Gorbachev, first President of Poland- Lech Walesa, former President of Mexico- Vicente Fox, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
She is married to dancer-director-choreographer Alfonso Figueroa they are the parents of two children, now Janet enjoys her well-earned rest in semi retirement with occasional coaching and teaching.The dreams of 2 year old little girls really can come true.