Bethany Mitchell was raised in Mission Viejo, California, where she studied dance from the age of four at the Ballet Conservatory under the direction of Alan McCarter. She began her professional career in 2004 with Ballet Pacifica in Irvine, and continued on to dance with State Street Ballet in Santa Barbara and City Ballet of San Diego. After moving to San Francisco in 2007, Bethany performed and toured internationally with Liss Fain Dance while teaching children at ODC Dance Commons and Blue Bear School of Music. During her time in San Francisco she was also a guest artist with Tanya Bello Project B, Garrett + Moulton Productions, and ODC Dance. Bethany received her B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business from San Francisco State University in 2012.
Bethany always wanted to live in New York, and moved to the city in 2012 to further pursue her career as a performer. She began dancing with Indelible Dance and explored a more theatrical side with The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company and Royal Caribbean Productions. She joined Battery Dance in January, 2015, and has been a dancer, teacher, and choreographer with the company for the past five years. She has toured to over forty countries as a professional dancer, and has taught masterclasses and creative workshops in over twenty countries as a teaching artist with Battery Dance. She also currently dances with Indelible Dance, writes and performs her own music, and teaches children locally. Bethany is a trained ABT® Certified Teacher in the Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum, and has been a faculty member at the Mark Morris Dance Center and Harlem School of the Arts.
Bethany always wanted to live in New York, and moved to the city in 2012 to further pursue her career as a performer. She began dancing with Indelible Dance and explored a more theatrical side with The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company and Royal Caribbean Productions. She joined Battery Dance in January, 2015, and has been a dancer, teacher, and choreographer with the company for the past five years. She has toured to over forty countries as a professional dancer, and has taught masterclasses and creative workshops in over twenty countries as a teaching artist with Battery Dance. She also currently dances with Indelible Dance, writes and performs her own music, and teaches children locally. Bethany is a trained ABT® Certified Teacher in the Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum, and has been a faculty member at the Mark Morris Dance Center and Harlem School of the Arts.