Transform Your Ballet Journey

Structured, detailed lessons for adults seeking to build technique, confidence, and grace. From the ground up.

600+ adults have transformed their ballet

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The experience of ballet as an adult is...

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Feeling lost in fast-paced, generic classes

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Struggling to fit ballet into my schedule

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Being frustrated by lack of progress

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Not finding adult-friendly classes

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Feeling intimidated to try ballet as a beginner

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Worrying I'll never dance en pointe

Broche is designed for adults

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Imagine learning at a pace that works for you, with detailed instruction and feedback tailored to your needs.

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Picture dancing on your own schedule with on-demand classes available anytime, anywhere.

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Achieve measurable improvement with structured programs that build your skills step-by-step.

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Join a community designed exclusively for adult learners, where classes support your goals.

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Feel confident with beginner-friendly lessons that break down each movement into manageable steps.

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Discover a clear, achievable path to pointework with expert guidance and personalized support.

Broche Ballet

I'm Julie and I've helped thousands of adults realize their ballet dreams

My superpower is understanding the unique challenges adults face when learning ballet.

I started ballet as an adult. I was trained by a professional who started as an adult.

And I've spent more than a decade working with adults from all walks of life to realize their ballet dreams.

My background in technology and love for ballet gives me the unique ability to provide adult-oriented ballet programs and instruction that actually work.

The Broche Approach

Classes that take you seriously

5,000+ searchable classes organized by topic, level, and goal. Our platform works around your schedule to help you achieve your ballet dreams.

Always know what to do next

Take structured, distraction-free programs that will guide you step-by-step from absolute beginner to getting en pointe and everything in between.

Stay motivated to keep going

Tools like My Week Plan, progress tracker PDFs, Class of the Day, Day Passes to join live, a supportive community, and more to keep you moving forward.

Start making real progress

1. Become a member

Start window shopping. Take a peek at our entire class library and programs to pick out what you want to start with.

Then make a commitment to yourself and join for just $20/month.

You can cancel anytime from your account page.

2. Start learning

Go to our Orientation section to get started. You'll learn how, where, and other best practices to take class from home.

You'll also learn how to get the most out of your membership.

From navigating the platform to using the tools, resources, and community designed to help you achieve your goals.

3. Achieve a goal

Thousands of adults with busy lives have achieved their goals with our platform and style of classes.

You can too.

We know you'll want to achieve more of your goals after the first one which is why we offer big savings with an annual pass and continuously add fresh content, innovative features, and enhanced tools

What Broche dancers are saying

"I was skeptical, but now I'm hooked!"

"Initially, I was not convinced. Normally, I go for teachers who look like perfect ballerinas and Julie looks more like a normal adult. But I needed help to get back en pointe.

Julie gave me confidence by giving me targeted exercises and explanations about how bodies work so I could understand what I needed to do to be safely on pointe.

I love the details in the explanations and breaking things down into small steps. Julie's way of instructing, with her focus on exploration and curiosity with lots of kindness and humour, very calming and motivating. I am hooked!"

Marieke 🇳🇱
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"I thought serious ballet study wasn't an option for me"

“At the end of 2021 (30+ years after my last class!), I was thrilled to find an adult studio ballet class but it wasn't what I hoped it would be.

It was fun but there wasn't much serious instruction or guidance--mostly just going through the motions. Our teacher even laughed when a student asked about going en pointe! This left me with the impression that serious ballet study wasn't an option for me anymore.

Shortly after, I discovered Broche Ballet. Signed up immediately and have been working on my own through the class library for the past ~2 years”

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Kelly 🇺🇸
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"I NEVER thought it would happen"

"When I first put pointe shoes on I couldn't get over it how beautiful those shoes were. Putting them on was magical, exciting, and terrifying at the same time.

Pointe is the pinnacle; the magic of ballet! Three years ago this was just a dream. I NEVER thought it would happen. I thought I was a beginner and too old.

But Julie and the inspiration of other Broche ballerinas made the impossible possible. Go for it! Even though I am still very much a beginner in the ballet world, I now consider myself a real ballerina."

Linda 🇺🇸
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Frequently Asked Questions

Where Adult Ballet Dreams Begin

Broche is an ecosystem for adult ballet learners to experience classes that inspire, educate, and transform.

Join 600+ adults living their ballet dreams

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What else Broche dancers are saying

The classes here helped me a lot for technique - so I can follow better in group classes
I have learned more from you than I learned in company and even the professional classes I have taken. I learned to do, not the why, and many times not the nuts and bolts. And the site you have created is so vast. I watch all the time and don't begin to scratch the surface! You have invested so much in your teaching. It shows. And it is a precious gift.
I've received more helpful tips and techniques in Broche Ballet classes than I have in the adult open in-studio classes I've attended. Julie always makes the classes fun, interesting, and inspiring. Her ballet classes always leave me in a better mood and are a bright spot in my day!
I am balancing and doing releves again! I am so excited! It has been a long road, but your foot exercises have been better than PT to be honest!
I am so glad that I found you! What a blessing to be instructed by such a caring, passionate, smart, and awesome teacher. You are a jewel. All of your classes are so very good. There are so so many! Thank you for being available and sharing your gift of dance with all of us.
I've received more helpful tips and techniques in Broche Ballet classes than I have in the adult open in-studio classes I've attended.
You have so many fantastic teaching points, specific to adult ballet dancers. I'm almost to my 4yr mark with ballet. You have clarified so many technique questions. I really love having all of the classes on videos and your music choices are amazing. Honestly, I think you should write a book of helpful hints or better understanding ballet as an adult. You never make us feel like we're late starters. Thank you for sharing your gift of dance! 🩰
Your content, your teaching, and the sense of community and belonging that you foster is fantastic.
Broche showed me the ballet basics that gave me the confidence to go to in-person classes.
I had some skepticism that Broche Ballet would not have anything new, that wasn't already covered for free on YouTube by people like Kathryn Morgan, Claudia Dean, or other popular ballet channels. Even though I've only done a tiny fraction of the Broche Ballet content, it had things I didn't see other places.
I took my mixed level adult studio class yesterday and was feeling a bit discouraged by how little time there is for breakdowns and attention to details. I then decided to practice the Petit Battment and Arabesque Technique Barres this morning on demand, and got such a deep felt sense of how to work with these concepts in my body!
These explanations are so well done; perfect information density. Not so packed that it's overwhelming, but packed enough that listening feels like time well used. Julie is the first dance instructor whose lectures do not leave me tuning out or looking for the speed up button.
I'm French, living in France, I have access to so many ballet classes. But yours are my favorites. Love how you teach, your energy, your kindness. I progress the most with you. I feel the best when I practice with you
Julie is such an amazing teacher who makes ballet so enjoyable too. Everything is explained so well ... and the vibe is always uplifting and encouraging.
I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you going into so much detail about my individual feet and technique. I have been craving this kind of feedback and knowledge and I have finally received it through your program! I have followed your recommendations (except I do the toe dexterity exercises DAILY because I'm obsessed with ballet 😅), began the beginner winter pointe cohort (I'm in week 12 now) and had a fitting for new pointe shoes. You were right about everything. My toes are getting stronger, I'm getting over the box in my pointe shoes, and I finally feel like I'm improving! I tell all my friends in my local ballet class about Broche ballet and how it has been amazing. I have seen more improvement in 12 weeks than I did in ONE YEAR of local pointe class.
You are an AMAZING teacher. You have helped me so much and the attention you give to small details is more than I can get in my studio classes. You have a gift for teaching!
You created a place where I can do ballet with my broken body and extra weight after cancer treatment. And be happy.
When I tell people in my in-person studio classes that I am also learning on-line, they sort of smile politely and perhaps skeptically. They don't realize that most of my progress is coming from Broche, not from my studio class!
Practicing at home has absolutely improved my in-studio dancing. When I do an extra barre class from home, my teacher has noticed my technique is better maintained week to week and has helped me improve over time.
You have been such an invaluable resource as I come back to dance after 15+ years and your adult-centric pedagogy has helped the form feel that much more inclusive for people like me. Your love of ballet shines through the expansive wealth of resources you share with your students. I just wanted to say thank you so much for making ballet more accessible!
The regular adults Silver Swan classes (for 50+ years) were not providing enough technical detail for me and I was receiving no corrections as the focus, during those classes was mainly on 'keeping fit' and having fun rather than improving classical ballet technique. Then I found Broche at the start of this year and haven't looked back! I am LOVING Broche. No-one else teaches in the way you do Julie.
Your program is insanely comprehensive - I don't think anyone out there is doing what you are doing in such an organized, thoughtful and energetic way, BRAVO!
One of the things I am most proud of accomplishing thanks to Broche Ballet is going en pointe! This was not something I thought I could do as an adult, and I am so excited to have achieved this dream!
You have so many options, great tips, and explain things in such a way you cannot usually get in a studio.
A big thank you for your motivation and providing excellent teaching skills on my pointe journey!
I also just want to say a huge thank you! Having the ability to go en pointe means so much to me and I'm finally accomplishing that! Also your website is literally so good. So so good.
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