Anne Easterling-Freifelder

Founder and Director, The Ballet Club
Anne Easterling-Freifelder is a master ballet teacher and choreographer.  She began dancing professionally in 1986, and has performed a wide range of both classical and modern work in the United States and in Europe.  Ms. Easterling-Freifelder also trained as a competitive figure skater in her youth and has served as a ballet coach as well as an artistic advisor for choreography for figure skaters.  

Ms. Easterling-Freifelder received her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.  She has been a teacher of ballet  since 1997, and has been a past member of the faculty at Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Hispanico, Peridance Center, and The 92nd Street Y.  She is the author of “Discovering Ballet:  A Guide for Teachers of Young Children.”

Ms. Easterling-Freifelder has developed a unique approach to ballet instruction.  In 2006, she formed her own young children’s dance program, “Children’s Creative Dance Club,” and in 2011 she founded The Ballet Club.  From 2011 until 2022 The Ballet Club provided a dedicated space for training students from ages as young as two years to students as old as 72 years.  The Ballet Club produced numerous shows and presentations including an annual production of “The Nutcracker & The Mouse King” and annual spring concerts of original choreography showcasing students’ work.

The Ballet Club now continues as an educational resource for ballet lovers of all ages and offers a limited number of classes for young children as well as private instruction for students of all ages and abilities. 

Ms. Easterling-Freifelder believes that ballet is so much more than being a “ballerina.”  For those who discover it, ballet is an astonishing and endlessly fascinating discipline that can become a life-long practice, regardless of whether or not a person has the interest to become a performer.  

 The Ballet Club Mission Statement

To instill in students of all ages and all types a life-long love of ballet and to promote life-long participation in the world of ballet.