Liz Pietrykowski

Assistant Director

Elizabeth has taught classical ballet at the Fremont Ballet School since 1996.

She studied ballet under the direction of Marie Vogt with the Toledo Ballet. Elizabeth is a Registered Nurse and teaches high school.

Ernst L. Hillenbrand

Founder

Ernst is the Artistic Director of the Fremont Ballet, which he founded in 1961. He is also Director of Dance Emeritus at Heidelberg College where he taught for twenty-five years.

Before coming to the United States, Ernst studied at the music conservatory in Mainz, Germany. He was a champion gymnast and then became a member of the renowned Raimonda Ballet of Germany.