One-to-One Private
Ballet Lessons.

Taught live online — Intro to Ballet, Beginners, Returning Dancers, and anyone who wants to work in depth on their technique.

Private Coaching

Built around you.

Intro to Ballet

For anyone who has always wanted to learn ballet, taught so the steps stop being a mystery.

Beginners

Beginner ballet helps you continue on your journey of improving your technique and artistry.

Returning Dancers

Get back to basics and rebuild your strength and confidence.

Technique Improvers

Fix what's actually holding your technique back.

Busy Schedules

Lessons arranged around your time, not a fixed class slot.

Brigid correcting a student's pointe technique
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Tell Brigid your goals

Beginner, returning, or refining — she plans around where you actually are.

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Train live, one-to-one

Online lessons at a time that works for you, anywhere in the world.

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Understand the "why"

Not just steps — she explains the technique and the logic behind each movement.

Lesson length

A full hour, one-to-one, with Brigid's attention on you the whole time.

Where

Taught live online over Zoom or a similar platform. You'll get a link before each lesson.

Scheduling

Times are arranged with you rather than fixed to a class slot — wherever in the world you are.

Rates

Shared when Brigid replies to your enquiry, once she knows what you're looking for.

Brigid demonstrating ballet technique at the barre Brigid demonstrating an extension at the barre

Every lesson is planned around one dancer. Tell Brigid where you are and what you'd like to work on.

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Brigid, ballet teacher
About Brigid

Trained at The Royal Leinster School of Ballet, The Hammond in Chester, England, and The Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York. Brigid danced with The Dublin City Ballet before moving to the US, where she spent fourteen years on faculty at Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica and the past five at Ballet Academy East in New York. She has taught and trained thousands of dancers from intro to advanced, and she trains teachers too.

Master Classes

Brigid has taught master classes at The Paris Marais Dance School, Paris; The School of Russian Ballet, Spain; The National Ballet Conservatory, Malta; Armour Dance Theatre, Miami; The Pineapple Dance Studios, London; and Étoile Ballet Theatre, Piacenza, Italy.

Reviews

What students say

I've been working privately with Brigid for several years now, and every lesson still teaches me something new. She has an incredible eye for detail and a way of explaining technique that finally makes it click. I've grown so much more confident in my body, and I look forward to our lessons every week.

Barbara — Los Angeles

I briefly took ballet as a child and always dreamed of getting back into it. I'm making up for lost time now, and Brigid has made that feel completely achievable. She's patient and encouraging and makes me feel elated and excited for what's next.

Anna — Los Angeles

Brigid has been giving me private lessons for a couple of years now, and my technique and understanding have improved so much more than I expected. She breaks everything down so it actually makes sense — every lesson leaves me feeling stronger and more confident.

Beverly — New York
Enquiries

Let's get started.

If you'd like to learn more about private coaching, Brigid would be delighted to hear from you.

Availability is limited — enquire for current openings.

Lessons are taught live online, one-to-one, at a time arranged with you. Brigid replies to every enquiry personally.