Geraldine Grace Johns RAD RTS

Owner/ teacher

Miss Geraldine, a distinguished member and a certified teacher affiliated with the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance, boasting a remarkable track record of over 25 years devoted to teaching ballet on an international scale.

Miss Geraldine has a boutique ballet school, ensuring that class sizes remain small, consistent, and personalized to suit each student's unique needs. At Grace Ballet, we take pride in being a tight-knit ballet family, committed to providing the highest quality instruction in the intimate setting of our small school.

Our curriculum follows the esteemed Royal Academy of Dance Syllabus, offering students a comprehensive education in classical ballet technique and terminology, while also emphasizing the importance of proper body alignment for safe and effective dancing.

At Grace Ballet, our core belief centers on cultivating a professional and nurturing learning environment, ensuring that every student can flourish on their ballet journey.

  • Geraldine Grace Johns was born in Wellington, New Zealand and began her ballet training at the age of four at the Deborah Hale School of Dance and Katie Haines De Vere Academy of Dance.

    She was the first recipient to win a scholarship at the Alana Haines Australasian Awards in 1989 and studied full time at the New Zealand School of Dance in 1990.

    She auditioned for and won the role of Jammes, touring throughout New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Korea in Ken Hill's Original Phantom of the Opera from 1993.

    In 1998 she moved to London and began studying with the Royal Academy of Dance while teaching in the Greater London Area and Surrey County.

    She moved to Japan and taught for the Kudo School of Ballet in Yokohama in 1999.

    Geraldine completed her studies under Paula Hunt ARAD RAD T Dip MNZM in Wellington and ran her own Royal Academy of Dance School in Auckland from 2001 to 2007.


    Wishing to spread her wings once again, Geraldine accepted full time study at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in NYC. She completed the two-year course; after which, was asked back on staff to teach in the dance department from 2009.

    Following graduation from the NP, she worked in theatre and film in NYC, including the acclaimed Godlight Theatre Company in 2011, as a member of the company.

    Her last performance was in 2016 alongside past and present members of the Martha Graham Dance Company in special performances, which honored Deborah Zall.

    Geraldine opened Grace Ballet New York in 2016.

    In 2020 Geraldine moved to Los Angeles during Covid and opened Grace Ballet Los Angeles in September 2021.

    Geraldine has guest coached and taught Master Classes in Toronto for the Canadian Royal Academy of Dance Dance Challenge 2018, 2019 and 2020 and was a guest coach and Master Class teacher for the USA Royal Academy of Dance Challenge in Long Beach, California 2019 and 2020.

    Geraldine is a contractual Practical Teaching Supervisor for the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies with the Royal Academy of Dance and an approved tutor for the Assistant Teacher Award.

    Geraldine is a Silver Swans licensee teaching students over 55 years of age.

    Geraldine is an ongoing co-author for wikiHow on learning Classical Ballet Technique and was recently voted on Expertise.com as one of 11 Top Ballet Schools in the greater Los Angeles area for 2021, 2022 & 2023.

    Geraldine is a member of the International Dance Council - CID

    Geraldine holds a certification in Lead Safety in Child Care and in California Child Abuse Mandated Reporting.

    Geraldine has had a children’s book dedicated to her by her past student Rachel Garnet Ballet is for Everyone.