Private coaching
Private ballet lessons in Vienna
Sixty minutes with the whole studio and the whole teacher to yourself: the fastest way to learn ballet, or to fix what a group class cannot.
A private lesson at ARTIS is sixty minutes in the studio with one of our professionally trained teachers, built around you: your level, your goal, your body. A lesson costs €150; a pack of 10 is €1,200 and is valid for ninety days from the first lesson. Online coaching by video is €120 per lesson, or €1,000 for a pack of ten.
Lessons are open to adults and children alike and are booked at least 48 hours ahead. The teachers are the ARTIS faculty: dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet, the Bayerisches Staatsballett and the Wiener Staatsoper, led by Alexandra Somova, a Vaganova Academy graduate. Tell us your goal and we match you with the right one.
Who private lessons are for
- Complete beginners who would rather learn the positions and the barre without an audience before joining a group, or who cannot make the group times.
- Returners after years away, an injury or a pregnancy, who want their technique rebuilt carefully.
- Adults preparing for pointe, a variation, a performance or an exam; children and teenagers preparing for an audition at a professional ballet school.
- Anyone who wants to move better, in posture, walking and presence, without ever intending to perform.
What a lesson contains
A short conversation about what you want; a warm-up on the floor or at the barre; then work on exactly the thing that matters, whether that is placement, turnout, port de bras, pointe strength or a variation, with continuous correction. You leave with two or three things to practise until next time. Many students take a lesson every one or two weeks; before an audition or a performance, more often.
Online coaching
For students outside Vienna, or between visits, we coach by video at €120 per lesson. You need a barre or a sturdy chair, a few square metres of floor and a camera that shows your whole body. Online works best for technique review, exam and audition preparation, and for keeping a routine going while travelling.
