UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
Recommended Teachers: Xiao Liu-Moore, Robert Greer
Insider Tips: On Sundays, Robert Greer teaches adult pas de deux class.
Hesperia
Insider Tips: $15 drop-in (all levels welcome including those on pointe). Ballet is Monday evenings with a Lyrical class afterwards that is open to adults. Also, Modern and Improv open to adults on Wednesday evenings.
Los Angeles
Marat Daukayev School of Ballet
Recommended Teachers: Marat Daukayev
Mountain View
San Francisco
Alonzo King Lines Dance Center
Recommended Teachers: Kathy Mata, Liezel Austria
Insider Tips: Kathy teaches a variety of adults with classes 7 days a week (mornings and evenings). Liezel teaches Vaganova technique for adults on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Recommended Teachers: Amy Seiwert, Joanna Berman
Insider Tips: Variety of levels and ages. Professionals from local companies like San Francisco Ballet drop in as well from time to time.
Recommended Teachers: Augusta Moore, Elizabeth Castenada, Marika Brussel
COLORADO
Colorado Springs
CONNECTICUT
West Hartford
Fisher Academy of Dance and Ballet
Insider Tips: Classes are held at 1153 New Britain Ave. in West Hartford. Check the Facebook group for up to date information. Open adult intermediate class on Sunday 10-11:30am and open adult beginner from 9-10am on Sundays.
FLORIDA
Sarasota
ILLINOIS
Chicago
NEW JERSEY
Ridgewood
Recommended Teachers: Olivia Galgano (10AM Wed, Fri and Sat).
NEW MEXICO
Alamogordo
Recommended Teachers: Jessica Trembly (very good for adults with little experience)
Las Cruces
Insider Tips: Beginner Ballet 13+ on Tuesday evenings is recommended (mostly adults now). Intermediate/Advanced Ballet 13+ on Mondays evenings is also recommended (all adults). It is recommended that you contact the studio in advance as some classes get canceled due to low attendance.
Los Ranchos
Insider Tips: Adults are included in annual production of Nutcracker and in recital.
NEW YORK
New York
OREGON
Portland
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Recommended Teachers: Jennifer Carroll, Annie deVuono
Insider Tips: Open and beginning class is good.
Recommended Teachers: Beginning class is good.
| City | Name of Studio | Name of Recommended Teacher(s) | Other Comments (Prices, Accessible by Transport, anything special?) |
| Vienna, Austria | Move On Dance Center | ||
| Toronto, Ontario | National Ballet of Canada | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | Angel R Ballet School | Most teachers recommended. | The class is all in Japanese, except an Italian teacher Mashimo Akuri, he sometimes throws in some English. Studio is located in the central part of Tokyo (2 locations) |
| Tokyo, Japan | Architanz | There are English speaking teachers. They have special workshops by international dancers/choreographer like Toni Rizzi or ex NDT dancers etc. | |
| Tokyo, Japan | Ryabina | All Russian teachers teaching Vaganova method | |
| Seattle, WA | Exit Space Dance | Jennifer Carroll, Annie deVuono | open and beginning class is good |
| Seattle, WA | Pacific Northwest Ballet | Beginner’s class is good | |
| Sarasota, Florida | Sarasota Ballet | Sarasota Ballet has an exclusively adult program. | |
| San Francisco, CA | Alonzo King Lines Dance Center | Kathy Mata, Liezel Austria | Kathy teaches a variety of adults with classes 7 days a week (mornings and evenings). Liezel teaches Vaganova technique for adults on Monday and Wednesday evenings.. |
| San Francisco, CA | ODC | Augusta Moore, Elizabeth Castenada | |
| Ridgewood, NJ | Art of Motion | Olivia Galgano (10AM Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays) | |
| Portland, OR | Portland Ballet | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh Ballet Theater | ||
| Philadelphia, PA | Koresh Dance Company | ||
| Paris, France | Centre de Danse du Marais | ||
| Paris, France | Studio Harmonic | ||
| Paris, France | Paris Marais Dance | Ghislain de Compreignac; Maggie Boogaart | This is the school, tucked away in a beautiful old building in the Marais. Ghislain is a lovely and kind and a fine teacher. His class is more intermediate than beginning. They have a wide range of classes for adults. |
| New York, NY | Steps on Broadway | ||
| New York, NY | Peridance Capezio Center | Kat Wildish | Morning beginner class is great and geared for all levels; Kat give great corrections and attention to students, reall attentive with her adult students |
| New York, NY | Kat Wildish (Peridance, Gibney, Harlem School of the Arts) | Kat’s classes follow the same syllabus for the whole week. Sudents can really hone their technique without being bewildered by new combos all the time. Her Absolute Beginner class is derivative of the her Advanced Beginner class. So if you can only make it to an Absolute Beg class, you still get a good class, likely with some offered modifications if something is “too easy”. | Kat teaches classes Monday-Saturday with privates (by appt.) all day Sundays. Connect with Kat Wildish here. |
| New Orleans, LA | Live Oak Dance | ||
| Nashville, TN | Nashville Ballet | ||
| Mountain View, CA | Western Ballet | ||
| Los Ranchos, New Mexico | Starlett Dance Studio | Adults are included in annual production of Nutcracker and in recital. | |
| Los Angeles, CA | Marat Dukayev School of Ballet/ Dance Arts Academy | Marat Dukayev | Studio has different faculty now, but Marat is always a good teacher to take. |
| London, UK | Danceworks | More for contemporary | |
| London, UK | Pineapple Dance Studio | Roland Price, Ian Knowles | British Accents, Centrally located in Covent Garden near Tube. |
| Las Cruces, NM | KinD Motion Studios | Beginner Ballet 13+ on Tuesday evenings is recommended (mostly adults now). Intermediate/Advanced Ballet 13+ on Mondays evenings is also recommended (all adults). It is recommended that you contact the studio in advance as someclasses get canceled due to low attendance. | |
| Japan (10 locations) | Chacott | Satomi Ota | All in Japanese, the studios are small but more casual than Angel R (no live pianists) |
| Hesperia, CA | Multi-Cultural Dance Center | $15 drop-in (all levels welcome including those on pointe). Ballet is Monday evenings with a Lyrical class afterwards that is open to adults. Also, Modern and Improv open to adults on Wednesday evenings. | |
| West Hartford, CT | Fisher Academy of Ballet and Dance | Open adult intermediate class on Sunday 10-11:30am and open adult beginner from 9-10am on Sundays. | Classes are held at 1153 New Britain Ave in West Hartford. Check the Facebook group for up to date information. |
| Colorado Springs, CO | Zamuel Ballet | ||
| Chicago, IL | Joffrey Ballet | ||
| Chicago, IL | Lou Conte Dance Studio | Vanessa Valecillos | Very clean floors |
| Chicago, IL | Hubbard Street Dance | ||
| Boston, MA | Jose Matteo Ballet Theater | ||
| Berlin, Germany | Marameo | More for contemporary | |
| Berlin, Germany | Tanzfabrik | More for contemporary | |
| Berlin, Germany | Center of Dance | ||
| Berkeley, CA | Berkeley Ballet Theater | Xiao Liu-Moore, Robert Greer | Studio now has two locations in Berkeley. |
| Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok City Ballet | ||
| Austin, TX | Ballet Austin | Alexa Capareda, Kevin Murdoch-Waters | Their facilities smell like a spa! First class free, 2nd half price. Most of their teachers are dancers with the company |
| Alamogordo, NM | 575 Dance | Jessica Trembly (very good for adults with little experience) |
Hi, Starlet Dance Studio in Los Ranchos, New Mexico has offered adult classes for years. Our adults are included in our annual production of The Nutcracker, and our recital.
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Great! We will add you to the list – thank you!
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Hello! I teach adult ballet classes and they are open or people can take regularly and perform!
If you want to add it, it’s called Multi-Cultural Dance Center (we really go by MCDC) and it’s in Hesperia, California, US. I don’t know what other details you would want, but it’s $15 to drop in and all levels are welcome, including pointe, if they’re already en pointe. It’s Mondays at 4pm-5pm and the Lyrical class after (5pm-6pm) is open to adults also. Same price, all levels welcome. Same also goes for Modern Technique (Wednesdays at 6pm) and Improv (Wednesdays at 7pm) – different teacher, same price. I’d love to see new faces, even if they’re just dropping in. Hesperia is basically between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. I found your blog through Dorky Dancing! I’m subscribing to yours too. I love seeing all the adult ballet love!
facebook.com/MCDC.Hesperia
-Erika 🙂
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Hello! Thank you for commenting and I will be sure to add your rec! Please feel free to reach out anytime with more ideas:-)
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Thank you! Will do!
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I have taught Adult Ballet in Bradenton Florida for about 17 years. Our group is called Dancing thru the Years, with a Facebook page with the same name. Also I helped form a fantastic (now huge) group in S.E. Michigan in Farmington Hills led by Christina Kammuller a former principal ballerina from Brazil. You can find Christina on Facebook also. She offers around 20 or so classes a week, all adults, all levels with also very often visiting professionals who need to keep their toe in while they are in town.
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Thank you for the rec! I will be happy to add them to the list! Can you provide a link to your website (or FB group) as well as Christina’s? thanks!
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https://www.facebook.com/Dancing-Thru-the-Years-234670039929288/?pnref=lhc
This is our group’s link. I will look up and paste Christina’s..
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This is Christina Kammullers fb site. https://www.facebook.com/groups/229423643774253/?multi_permalinks=2058466927536573¬if_id=1517445790513432¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif
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Thank you Maureen! I will add it to the list:-)
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