About Ballet Bloch
We offer classical ballet and contemporary dance training together with Gyrotonic® and Pilates body conditioning specialized for dancers.
About
Ballet Bloch
Professional Training and Performance School
At Ballet Bloch, ballet is not only taught as a visual art where a dancer learns to create aesthetic line, shape, and form, but is also experienced as somatic-based physics promoting psycho-physical (mind-body) well-being. Ballet Bloch trains dancers as ‘artistic-athletes’, pushing through limitations, to achieve the highest standards of technical ability of each individual body, whilst developing the art of creative expression in classical and contemporary styles of dance.
Programs are available for ages 3yrs+ to 22yrs.
Our Professional students experience a unique opportunity similar to a professional ballet company where classical full-length ballets are reimagined and performed. World-renowned choreographers are commissioned to create these works and the collaboration between professional artist and student is developed.
Our Repertoire includes: Paquita, Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Romeo&Juliet, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland. The Nutcracker is performed every year in December and we encourage students from all over Vancouver to participate.
Leadership
Our Faculty
Tracy-Lea Bloch
Artistic Director
My Personal Message
As a young child I was knock-kneed and pigeon-toed. My mom took me to many doctors, specialists and orthopedists – I had specially built up shoes and even had to wear my shoes on the wrong feet! Nothing helped correct my then “poor-alignment”. One of the last specialists who examined me said: “send her to ballet”, and that’s exactly what my mom did. Within months my legs and feet started coming right and within years I literally transformed from “The Ugly Duckling” into a swan!
I am so grateful that ballet presented itself to me and carved my most fascinating and unforgettable life. Besides being meticulous about alignment and correct body movement I had the belief I could be anything I wanted to be. Classical ballet gave me the opportunity to express myself with grace, elegance and artistic flare.
I believe every child deserves to dance – give them the opportunity and let’s see where it takes them!
I would love for you to meet our teachers and choreographers.
Magazine Feature
Balanchine Protégée Stephanie Saland Helps Dancers Connect With Their Desire to Move
Former Principal Dancer of New York City Ballet
This Summer (2026), Ballet Bloch offers two weeks of intense training with various guest teachers and faculty members.
INTENSIVE DATES:
AUG 17-28
Accolades
Alumni
Emily Hogan
“I have trained with Ms. Tracy since I was 8 years old. I followed her from Pro Arte Dance School when she opened Ballet Bloch Canada in 2012. I continued to train diligently under her tutelage, always trying to retain the wealth of knowledge she gives. Ms. Tracy was instrumental in helping me grow as a dancer both technically and artistically encouraging and inspiring a growing passion for dance. Her belief in me helped achieve milestones such as winning BC Arts Provincials Ballet II and III and getting accepted into the highly acclaimed San Francisco Ballet School in 2015. It was a huge accomplishment for me to be able to attend this international school and it would not have been possible without the foundation work Ms. Tracy helped me build.”
Training
Programs
ASPIRANT
(18yrs+)
Our Aspirant Professional Program offers trained dancers age 18-22yrs the opportunity…
Advanced
(15yrs+)
Intermediate
(10yrs+)
Summer Intensive
(10yrs+)
Junior Ballet
(7yrs+)
Summer Camps
(7yrs+)
Pre-Ballet
(3-6yrs)
Leadership
Our Faculty
Muriel Teague
Ballet Mistress
My Personal Message
I was two years old when my older sister started to take ballet lessons. I immediately fell in love with her soft, pink leather ballet slippers and I started to beg my mother for lessons. In those days schools didn’t offer classes for two year olds, but I continued to pester her anyway. When I was three she found a class for five year olds that I was permitted to take, if I wasn’t disruptive, and I was surely not!
My passion for ballet remained my focus throughout my young life, and my constant dream was to dance in a professional ballet company. Of course my parents insisted on college as the back up plan, but what we all discovered along the way, was that the study of ballet trains the brain for whatever you put your mind to. It’s not just discipline and mental focus that you learn, but the actual ability to use your brain to a greater capacity. Studies have now proven that the study of ballet can keep your mind young and healthy as you age!
Through years of hard work (which I loved), I realized my dream and danced professionally. After retiring from performing, I was excited to start teaching. In our journey as teachers, my husband Tom and I have owned our own ballet schools, have taught for other private schools and were also the directors for The Academy of Colorado Ballet.
Five years ago Tom and I made a big decision, we sold our school in San Diego and moved back to Vancouver to be closer to family. I am now so happy to be teaching at Ballet Bloch, to such wonderfully dedicated and talented students. It brings me such joy to pass on what I have learned, and to nurture and support the artists of the future!
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