Ballet for Contemporary Dancers
a firm technical foundation and freedom of movement

As she has trained some of the major American and European companies Janet Panetta is drawing from an extensive experience in classical and contemporary dance for her teaching practice. She is able to convey the technique rigidly yet humourously as well as giving individual feedback. The applied principles of alignment build a firm technical foundation and allow freedom of movement. Rhythm, line, direction and weight all become learning tools that can be transferred to other styles of dance.


Janet Panetta
Janet Panetta received her training with Antony Tudor, Margaret Craske and Alfredo Corvino and has been dancing with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, ao. She has trained dancers of many major American companies, such as New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, etc., and has been a guest teacher for many European companies, such as Compagnie Mathilde Monnier, Ballet Preljocaj, etc., and in the schools PARTS, CCN Montpellier, a. o. She is ballet mistress at the Tanztheater Wuppertal of Pina Bausch.