Bernadette Connolly, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Palo Alto Ballet School
Bernadette completed her Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training and Certification as well as her Pilates for Dancers Certificate through BASI (Body Arts and Sciences International). She began her Pilates training to complement her ballet training. She has studied ballet with Ramon Moreno & other Bay Area instructors and attributes her dance progress to the Cuban-Vaganova ballet methodology along with Pilates. She has taught ballet classes from pre-ballet through intermediate level and is known to be a patient instructor with an emphasis on musicality and correct body placement. She has performed with a number of Bay Area schools/companies in mixed repertory and full-length productions including more than 20 Nutcracker performances.
Ms. Connolly's business background includes both arts administration and academic administration. She's worked in a number of Bay Area non-profit ballet organizations in the areas of fund development, production management, and outreach education.
Her educational background includes a Masters Degree in Public Administration and well as a Law Degree. She recently retired from her management position at Stanford University to pursue her dream of teaching and managing her own school.
Bernadette completed her Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training and Certification as well as her Pilates for Dancers Certificate through BASI (Body Arts and Sciences International). She began her Pilates training to complement her ballet training. She has studied ballet with Ramon Moreno & other Bay Area instructors and attributes her dance progress to the Cuban-Vaganova ballet methodology along with Pilates. She has taught ballet classes from pre-ballet through intermediate level and is known to be a patient instructor with an emphasis on musicality and correct body placement. She has performed with a number of Bay Area schools/companies in mixed repertory and full-length productions including more than 20 Nutcracker performances.
Ms. Connolly's business background includes both arts administration and academic administration. She's worked in a number of Bay Area non-profit ballet organizations in the areas of fund development, production management, and outreach education.
Her educational background includes a Masters Degree in Public Administration and well as a Law Degree. She recently retired from her management position at Stanford University to pursue her dream of teaching and managing her own school.
