Ella Brady began her training at City Ballet of San Diego under the direction of Steven and Elizabeth Wistrich with teachers Brook Ogle and Grace Fearn. She progressed through the school to the rank of junior trainee at the age of 12 and performed in company productions in corps de ballet and soloist roles including The Nutcracker, Giselle, Swan Lake, Alice and Wonderland, Tchaikovsky Seasons, and Walpurgisnacht.

She attended summer intensives at Paris Opera Ballet School, Royal Ballet School, Academie Princesse Grace, English National Ballet School, Dutch National Ballet School, International Ballet Masterclasses in

 

Prague, and School of American Ballet. She spent a year training at North County Academy of Dance under the instruction of Pablo and Cassandra Infante and Cody Toscano, achieving awards of top twelve in classical and contemporary at Youth America Grand Prix as well as other national and international awards.

 

She then was accepted into The Washington School of Ballet Professional Training Division where she spent two years under the direction of Xiomara Reyes and Rinat Imaev. She performed in company productions in corps de ballet roles of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty under Julie Kent. Ella has spent this past season as a trainee of Oklahoma City Ballet under the direction of Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye and Racheal Nye. There she performed in The Nutcracker and in multiple studio company productions.

 

Ella is very grateful and excited to join Ballet North Texas as a trainee for the 2024/2025 season.