Brett Mills, a native of Chicago, trained at the Ruth Page School under Larry Long, and at Chicago City Ballet School with Marjorie Tallchief and Paul Mejia. Brett attended summer programs at the Joffrey School, Boston Ballet School, and Washington School of Ballet. Brett danced with BalletMet and Ballet Iowa, under Bournonville specialist Kennet Oberly, before joining Eugene Ballet. During her eleven years with Eugene Ballet, Brett danced many principal roles including Giselle, Juliet, and Aurora, as well as originating roles in works by artistic director, Toni Pimble. Brett has taught for a number of studios including the Ruth Page School, Summer Dance Lab, and Dance Academy of Libertyville. In the Portland area she has been on the faculty of Polaris Dance Theatre, Sultanov Russian Ballet Academy, and Portland Youth Ballet. Brett currently teaches at Center for Movement Arts, Allegro Dance Studio, and for open classes at The Portland Ballet.
