The Brookline Ballet School

The Brookline Ballet School
1431 Beacon Street
Brookline MA, 02446

Phone: 617.879.9988
Email: info@brooklineballet.com

Adult Ballet Program Faculty

ISOBEL CHANG

Originally from New Jersey USA, Isobel trained pre-professionally at the New Jersey School of Ballet under founder Carolyn Clark, and had opportunities to perform with the New Jersey Ballet Company. She spent summers honing her ballet technique at intensive programs with the American Ballet Theatre (NYC), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Boston Ballet, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Isobel has performed works by Marius Petipa, George Tamal, Carolyn Clark, George Balanchine, Desmond Richardson, Alvin Ailey, Humberto Teixeira, and Margot Parsons, and in productions such as The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Swan Lake.

After attending Boston University, Isobel relocated to Singapore for five years where she taught dance and fitness. Her teaching experience ranges from all ages and levels, from baby ballet to adult dancers in both the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) syllabus, the Vaganova method, as well as her own signature open class style. Isobel is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer.

Since moving back to the US in 2023, Isobel is currently based in Boston working for José Mateo Ballet Theatre while continuing to teach dance and train fitness on the side.

HARUKA TAMURA

Haruka Tamura was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started training at the age of 5. She received a BFA in Dance Performance from The Hartt School, University of Hartford under direction of Stephen Pier in 2014. There she performed Martha Graham’s “Dark Meadow Suite: They Who Dance Together” at The Joyce Soho in New York as an original cast member of Peggy Lyman-Hayes’ 2011 revision and as the lead dancer “Eliza” in “The King and I” at The Muny, St. Louis, in 2012. Some of her most memorable roles include the lead in “Paquita”, Balanchine’s “Who Cares”, “Four Temperaments”, and numerous contemporary works by choreographers such as Helen Pickett, Emory Lecrone, Viktor Plotnikov, and Charlotte Griffin. She is a Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship Recipient (2011-2012).

ANNIE BROWNE

Annie is a dance teacher currently living and teaching in the Greater Boston area. She began her pre-professional training in Arkansas under Arleen Sugano, and joined Ballet Arkansas’ Second Company at the age of 14. Annie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet from the University of Utah, where she also earned her Ballet Studio Teaching Certificate. After undergrad, Annie freelanced in New York City for several years performing project-based works in the contemporary genre, and danced three seasons with North Atlantic Ballet in Boston dancing classical story ballets and contemporary ballet repertoire. Annie has over 10 years of experience teaching all levels from two-year olds to adults. In addition to ballet and pointe, she teaches contemporary, classical modern dance, creative movement, jazz, and strength and conditioning classes. She is a Level 1 & 2 Certified Instructor in mUvmethod, a safe and effective stretch and mobility program for dancers, and is currently training to be a Certified Personal Trainer. This is her third year teaching at TBBS - she loves sharing her joy of dance with these young artists!