About
Private Ballet Los Angeles is an organization dedicated to providing high level classical ballet instructions for adults and focused teens. No matter if it is their first class or warm up before a performance our students experience ballet training as it is taught in the leading acadamies of the world.
Mission
Michael Cornell’s Private Ballet Los Angeles is revolutionizing ballet training for adults. From the moment you enter your first Ballet 101 class PBLA has 6 months worth of systematic training to help you master the fundamentals of classical ballet technique. Utilizing his knowledge of ballet as taught to him by some of the worlds best coaches during his professional career and his experience as a certified personal trainer Michael has streamlined and simplified ballet technique in a way in which anyone may progress quickly with confidence.
These are not fusion exercise classes. This is true ballet training. The same training and techniques that have shaped the worlds most gorgeous bodies for centuries.
PBLA is determined to provide a positive environment where adults who may have been formerly frustrated or fearful may now comfortably incorporate dance training as a powerful aspect of their lives.
In 2011 Michael Cornell launched his first Ballet 101 class and the company exploded in growth. By the end of the year over 120 students had successfully graduated from the 101 course and moved to a the next level. Many PBLA students have seen breakthroughs in their ability they never imagined possible. Our adults students get better each week. We make sure of it. There is a reason PBLA has five star ratings on both Google and Yelp.
If you are highly trained dancer we also have classes for you. Michael is one of the most highly regarded ballet instructors in Los Angeles and many professional performers attend his intermediate classes.
The Instructor
During the decade Michael spent as a company member with Ballet Met he had the priviledge of working with some of todays most recognized choreographers. He has also performed the work of nearly every master choreographer of the last century such as George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Jose Limon, Alwin Nikolais, and Glen Tetley. Michael studied classical ballet technique with former members of The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Joffery Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada and The Paris Opera. His former mentor Violette Boft who prepared him for Le Corsaire pas de duex was the coach for The Moscow International Ballet Competition. Read more about Michael
Michael has a dedicated following of students (google reviews) who are the best representation of his work and frequently his inspiration. Private Ballet Los Angeles provides an American neo-classical ballet style that focuses on proper body alignment and organic movement with combinations that are physically challenging yet simple in design. You will be inspired by the correct tempos, proper musicality and lyrical music. Classes replicate the experience of professional dance training yet have an open non-competitive positive environment for the benefit of both the amatuers and the professional. The fundamentals discussed in class are the same techniques and concepts used by the worlds elite ballet dancers.
