directors
The intention of the school’s co-Artistic Directors, Stefani Schrimpf and Juan Trujillo, is to pass on all they have learned to create
healthy, successful dancers. Before starting SCB and while as owners of Physiques, where they provide one-on-one Pilates
and Gyrotonic© training to dancers and non-dancers, they realized the impact they could make on young dancers’ minds
and bodies by combining their knowledge of ballet instruction with this type of body conditioning.
juan trujillo
A native of Cali, Colombia, studied at the Instituto Colombiano de Ballet Clasico. He has performed with Ballet de Cali, Ballet Nacional de Caracas, Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas, Hartford Ballet, Cleveland/San Jose Ballet, BalletMet, and Kansas City Ballet.
Juan participated in the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, and has taken part in many national and international festivals including The Cuban International Dance Festival, Aruba International Dance Festival, The International Dance Festival (Cali, Colombia), International Ballet Festival of Miami, St. Louis Dance Festival, and Ballet Across America (Washington DC). He is a guest ballet master for the National Ballet of Colombia / INCOLBALLET where he teaches and rehearses the professional company as well as offers classes to the students in the school.
Juan has also been granted the rights to stage ballets choreographed by Vicente Nebrada through the Nebrada
Foundation. Juan has been teaching ballet for over 15 years both nationally and internationally and is eager to share the knowledge he has gained through his extensive professional and teaching experience.
STEFANI schrimpf
Began studying ballet in her hometown of Jefferson City, Missouri. At the age of 15, she was offered a full scholarship to study at The HARID Conservatory, an elite ballet boarding school in Boca Raton, Florida.
After graduation, she spent one year in the pre-professional division with Ballet Met. As a professional she joined the Cleveland/San Jose Ballet and then the Kansas City Ballet.
Stefani has enjoyed dancing a diverse repertoire of classical and contemporary work. Some of her most memorable roles include Myrtha in Giselle, the principal in Concerto Barocco, the Kaddish solo Lento a Tempo e Appassionato, and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Stefani has been teaching ballet for over 10 years. She enjoys teaching young dancers the importance of dancing smarter by educating them about anatomy and how the body moves most efficiently.