Elizabeth Godfrey-Artistic Director
Elizabeth Godfrey began studying ballet when she was 6 years old at the Centre de Danse Classique in Mons, Belgium. At 16, she entered the Municipal Institute for Ballet in Antwerp, Belgium, where she trained professionally as well as competed internationally and was a semi-finalist at the 1980 Prix de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her professional career encompasses dancing with both classical and contemporary companies that include the Royal Ballet of Flanders (Antwerp, Belgium), the Dayton Ballet Company (Dayton, OH), the Claudia Murphey Dance Company (Fairfax, VA), and the Daniel West Dancers (Washington, DC). Ms. Godfrey has taught dance for over 20 years. She was on faculty at The Washington School of the Ballet (Washington, DC) for six years. She also served for seven years as the Director of Dance at the Holton-Arms Center of the Arts (Bethesda, MD). Ms. Godfrey has taught at BCB since 1999 after relocating to the Bay Area. She began her term as Artistic Director of Berkeley City Ballet in the year 2000. She has studied at Columbia University and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland.