Teacher

Bethany Mitchell

Bethany Mitchell was raised in Mission Viejo, California, where she studied dance from the age of four at the Ballet Conservatory under the direction of Alan McCarter. She began her professional career in 2004 with regional ballet companies in California including Ballet Pacifica, State Street Ballet, and City Ballet of San Diego. After moving to San Francisco in 2007, Bethany performed and toured internationally with Liss Fain Dance while on faculty at ODC and Blue Bear School of Music. She moved to New York City in 2012 to further her career, and danced with Battery Dance and Indelible Dance while teaching at the Mark Morris Dance Center and Harlem School of the Arts. She has toured to over forty countries as a professional dancer, and taught masterclasses and creative workshops in over twenty countries as a teaching artist with Battery Dance. She recently completed a Fulbright Scholar Award creating a new piece of choreography on the B.F.A. students at the Escuela Profesional de Mazatlan in Mexico in May, 2022. She enjoys writing and performing her own music around the city, and is thrilled to be teaching ballet once more at ODC. Website: bethanylynnmitchell.com Bethany’s intermediate/advanced ballet class is influenced by the wide variety of training she has received as a professional ballet and contemporary dancer in San Francisco and New York City. She values classical, clean, concise technique, while also giving opportunities to explore creativity and musicality. Class starts with a thorough barre, and is followed by center work to move dancers into full, expansive movement. Bethany also values cross-training in Yoga, Pilates, and other holistic practices and enjoys incorporating those ideas into her class.