You don’t have to be the strongest dancer in the room.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
But you do have to want to grow.
Private coaching with Michelle is for dancers who are curious, driven, coachable, and ready to work — whether you’re building strong foundations, working through a technical challenge, preparing for something big, or chasing that next level in your training.
Because talent matters.
But what you do with it matters more.
Focused attention on YOUR body, YOUR technique and YOUR goals.
After 30 years of teaching, coaching and developing dancers, Michelle sees more than the step that isn’t working.
She sees why it isn’t working, and what needs to change.
Her approach combines technical expertise, an experienced eye and individualized coaching to help each dancer understand their body, strengthen their technique and make meaningful progress they can carry back into the studio and onto the stage.
Michelle has taught and coached thousands of dancers throughout her career, from young dancers building their foundations to advanced and pre-professional dancers preparing for what’s next.
The goal isn’t just to dance better today. It’s to become a better dancer.
30 Years Teaching & Coaching
THOUSANDS of Dancers Taught
AWARD-WINNING Teacher & Choreographer
CERTIFIED Across Multiple Dance Disciplines
Michelle Fracchia-West has spent more than three decades doing what she loves most: teaching dancers.
An award-winning teacher and choreographer, adjudicator, former studio owner and multi-certified dance educator, Michelle has worked with thousands of dancers throughout her career, from young dancers finding their footing to advanced and pre-professional performers pursuing ambitious goals.
But experience isn’t what matters most to Michelle.
What she can do with that experience is.
Her greatest strength is seeing the individual dancer in front of her. Identifying what they need, finding a way to make it click, and giving them the tools to take ownership of their own growth.
Because after 30 years, Michelle still believes there’s nothing better than watching a dancer suddenly realize:
"I can do this."