Janine Griffis

Janine trained at the Fort Wayne Ballet School in the United States, performing with the Fort Wayne Ballet company and participating in local theatre and youth theatre groups. At university, she performed with the Princeton Triangle Club.

After moving to London, Janine began studying the Cecchetti Method with Mary Stassinopoulos, later continuing with Cara Drower and Richard Glasstone, and gained her DDE in 2019.

Since 2015, Janine has taught at the Rona Hart School of Dance in Hampstead, delivering ballet classes at all levels, and has organised and taught adult ballet classes in Pimlico since 2008. She is a member of the ISTD and contributed to the Cecchetti Legacy Project.

Janine became a Trustee in 2024.