With over two decades of teaching experience, Anh Dillon has honed her expertise primarily in classical ballet while also offering her knowledge in contemporary and jazz styles.
Her teaching repertoire encompasses a wide age range, from budding young talents as young as 8 years old to adults, and from absolute beginners to seasoned professionals. Anh's extensive knowledge and unwavering commitment to her craft enable her to adapt her teaching approach uniquely to suit students of all ages and skill levels, ensuring each learning experience is enriching and fulfilling.
Currently, Anh serves as a faculty member at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre Gillespie Dance School, where she provides regular ballet training to young dancers and rehearses them for the school’s annual Nutcracker performances. In addition, she has coached select students in preparation for supernumerary roles in productions with companies such as San Francisco Ballet and Miami City Ballet. She previously taught for the Joffrey Ballet School for over a decade, reflecting her depth of experience and longstanding commitment to dance education.
Outside of her faculty positions, Anh offers private lessons in ballet, pointe, and Progressive Ballet Technique, and also holds open classes for adults. For private lesson inquiries, please contact her via her Instagram page.
Anh is an ABT® Certified Teacher from Pre-Primary through Level 7 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is also certified in PBT (Progressive Ballet Technique).
About Anh's own training and professional path:
Anh began her classical ballet education at the Conservatoire Niedermeyer in Paris, France. Continuing in Brussels, Belgium, she trained under Nicole Karys, former dancer with Bejart's Ballet du XXe Siècle and Menia Martinez, of the Cuban National Ballet and Ballet du XXe Siècle. She later expanded her training to contemporary dance forms, giving her the versatility to professionally join contemporary ballet and jazz companies as a principal dancer. While in Los Angeles, her career path took an unconventional turn as she also ventured into commercial work, from music videos (Usher) to industrials (Redken, Aveda) and TV commercials (PBS), working with LA industry choreographers such as Michael Rooney, Travis Payne, Shanda Sawyer, John Carrafa, and Kevin Wilson. Anh is the recipient of a Lester Horton Award for best performance and had the pleasure to choreograph for music artist Prince for his album 3121.
