Faculty
HCD Dance
Hartt Community DivisionEducation
MBA, University of Hartford
BFA, Dance, The Hartt School, University of Hartford
BS, Business Management, University of Hartford
Britt Elise Lynch received her dance training at the School of Hartford Ballet under the tutelage of Alla Osipenko, Franco De Vita, Susan Brooker, Hilda Morales, Alla Nikitina, Peggy Lyman and Katie Stevinson-Nollet. Britt attended several notable summer programs, including those at Boston Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Richmond Ballet where she was accepted as a trainee. She has originated roles in Kirk Peterson’s American Nutcracker and performed numerous ballets, character dances, and modern works including soloist roles alongside ABT II in Kirk Peterson’s American Nutcracker and soloist roles with the Lake Erie Ballet in PA.
Britt graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Hartford’s The Hartt School and Barney School of Business, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance under the direction of Stephen Pier, Bachelor of Science in Business Management, and Master of Business Administration. She is also a certified Pilates Mat teacher.
Over the last 17 years, Mrs. Lynch has taught ballet, pointe, variations, Pilates, and dance conditioning for The Hartt School Community Division and other dance schools in Hartford County with students ranging in age from three to 63! In addition, Britt was a company teacher for Vivid Ballet and Ballet Hartford and served on the Board of the Connecticut Dance Alliance from 2015 to 2019. Currently, Britt is the executive director of United Way of Southington and a board member and treasurer for Ballet Hartford. She resides in Southington, Connecticut, with her husband, two children and two cats.