The Best Online Ballet Classes, No Matter What Level You Are

Best Overall: Dancio

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Why We Chose It

Best for those who love ballet, modern, and contemporary dance, Dancio is a great online platform for beginners to advanced dancers. We chose it because of its extensive library of content, as well as its option for one-on-one instruction. 

Pros & Cons

Overview

Combining dance and video, Dancio was founded in 2017 by Caitlin Trainor, a choreographer and dancer. Dancio offers not only ballet, but other types including modern and contemporary dance, too. So if you love practicing ballet, but also are looking for other options, Dancio is the one for you.

Offering an online portal with more than 85 pre-recorded dance classes, you can learn from big-name dancers including Julie Kent, Wendy Whelan, Khalia Campbell, and Laura Halzack. The best part of Dancio, though, is its live classes—the program offers 30- or 60-minute private classes with various instructors. You can opt for a one-on-one lesson or a group course. Private sessions range from roughly $50 to $350.

For unlimited streaming of all classes, Dancio charges a subscription fee of around $20 per month. Otherwise, it will cost about $5 to purchase a class a-la-carte, with 48-hour access for the rental. 

Best Budget: The Ballet Coach

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Why We Chose It

The Ballet Coach offers a huge library of free, live classes on her YouTube channel that are accessible to all.  

Pros & Cons

Overview

With nearly 25,000 subscribers, Sarah Du-Feu offers free ballet classes on her YouTube channel, The Ballet Coach. From lessons for tiny tots and beginners to intermediate-level dancers, The Ballet Coach truly has something for everyone. 

Most of her courses are taught live via YouTube, but are recorded and posted on her page to view for free, whenever you’d like. The classes are usually around 25 to 45 minutes long and range from how to perform basic steps and stretching to ballet barre fitness and sessions for intermediate/adult dancers.  

This is a great option for those who want to dip their toes into the world of ballet without spending a dime on learning the steps and techniques. If you’d like to go further into your practice, The Ballet Coach offers a program on her website, where you'll pay around $20 per month (or roughly $200 per year) for access to three different adult live classes per week, as well as regular tutorial videos.

Best for Basics: MasterClass With Misty Copeland

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Why We Chose It

For those who are looking to learn more about skill, technique, and form, Misty Copeland’s MasterClass is for you. We also love that you can learn new moves from one of the world’s best ballerinas.

Pros & Cons

Overview

Misty Copeland’s MasterClass is a 17-part course that focuses on all things ballet, including owning your power, plies, tendus, and so much more. The total class length is an hour and 46 minutes, with each lesson challenging you to perfect your form and technique under the instruction of one of the greatest ballerinas in the world. 

This MasterClass is a great option for ballet dancers who are either just starting out or are trying to move up into the intermediate territory. All lessons are pre-recorded, so you will not find any live, one-on-one instruction within this online dance platform. Additionally, the course is more of a way to learn the techniques and skills around ballet, rather than offering a true ballet-inspired workout, such as barre or cardio ballet. 

Misty Copeland’s course is part of the MasterClass series. A membership costs around $180, which lasts for a year and gives you unlimited access to all MasterClass series until you cancel.

Best Professional: American Ballet Theatre

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Why We Chose It

Not only are you guaranteed quality instructors in every class, but we also love that you can pay per session, rather than a monthly or yearly fee. 

Pros & Cons

Overview

The highly-esteemed American Ballet Theatre (ABT) offers virtual online classes for adults (ages 16 and over).

While you don’t need to be a ballet-pro to take classes from ABT, the company does recommend newbies to the Beginner Ballet classes, so that they can get a basic understanding of ballet vocabulary. The theatre offers three levels of classes, with multiple live streams happening most days during the workweek. 

The Beginner Ballet course is 90 minutes long, costs around $15 per class, and is ideal for those who are just getting started in ballet or are trying to relive their past ballerina days. The class focuses on alignment, the foundation of technique, and movement quality. 

The Intermediate/Advanced Ballet, which is great for the dancer looking to improve existing skills at home is offered for $15 for 90 minutes. Designed for those with a solid amount of previous ballet training and knowledge of ballet vocab, this class focuses on coordination, movement quality, and technical strength. 

Finally, the Body Conditioning for Dancers course is about 45 minutes long and is priced at roughly $10 per session. With this one, it’s all about bodyweight exercises to help you develop lean muscle mass while improving balance, flexibility, and endurance.

Registration opens 14 days before class and closes one hour prior to its start time. Once you’re all signed up, Zoom information will be emailed to registered participants 30 minutes before the class.