77. Innovating Ballet Education: Elizabeth Troxler on Creating the Ballet Boost App

Update: 2025-11-17

Description

In this inspiring episode I’m joined by Elizabeth Troxler - a ballet teacher, choreographer, performer with over 30 years of experience training dancers from beginners to professionals.

Elizabeth shares her journey from her first dance class at age five to a professional career spanning ballet and musical theater. She discusses how she transitioned from performer to choreographer and educator, the importance of versatility for dancers today, and how to cultivate confidence and self-awareness in the studio.

Elizabeth also introduces Ballet Boost, her innovative app designed to make ballet training more accessible - complete with classes, allegro vocabulary, and video demonstrations to support dancers and teachers around the world.

This conversation is full of wisdom, humor, and heart, offering dancers and teachers alike tangible tools to grow both artistically and personally.

Key Points in this Episode:

Elizabeth’s early ballet training and career as a professional dancer
Her transition from concert dance to musical theater and the biggest differences she found between the ballet and musical theater worlds
How she transitioned into teaching and choreography (starting as an 11-year old choreographing for a local musical and teaching private lessons on her front porch)
The opportunities that open up when you are a versatile dancer
Elizabeth’s “non-negotiables” of dance training beyond technique
How she is using technology to make ballet training more accessible

Connect with Elizabeth:

WEBSITES:

https://www.elizabethtroxler.com/

https://balletboost.passion.io/

https://chronicledance.com

https://www.allongefilms.com/

INSTAGRAM:

instagram.com/liztroxler

instagram.com/balletboostapp

instagram.com/chronicledance

instagram.com/allongefilms

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