Marlene Hall has over 35 years of dance education experience after receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from the University of California, Irvine. She trained in classical ballet with Mr. Anthony Sellars and also went on full scholarship through the Musical Theatre Satellite program at The American Ballet Theatre in NYC with Valerie Taylor (Royal London Ballet), Chet Walker, Nicole Fosse, Honi Coles, Gregory Hines, Gwen Verndon, Buzz Miller, Ann Reinking, Agnes De Mille, Mercedes Ellington and Uta Hagen.

 

After college Mrs. Hall trained intensively in pilates for 8 years where she was introduced to the theraband and encouraged to explore and be creative. That exploration led to marrying her extensive experience and love for dance with her new interest in pilates by developing Therabarre, the first class in The Hall Method. Featured in Dance Teacher Magazine in 2018, The Hall Method is now medically patented, and backed by world class dance and sports medicine doctors.  Ms. Hall presented The Hall Method at The International Association of Dance and Medicine Sciences Conference in Basel Switzerland, and remains the president, lead teacher, and teacher trainer of The Hall Method.  

 

Marlene has been responsible for the inception of two performing arts schools and is on faculty at the Orange County High School of the Arts (OCSA) where she has designed and implemented UC approved A-G subject college level curriculum, incorporating The Hall Method. She was also assistant to Salwa Rizkalla (The Festival Ballet Theatre) for 10 years and has over 31 years of teaching/choreography in classical Ballet, Pointe, Pas De Deux, Modern, Jazz, Tap and Musical Theater, in the Orange County Area. 

 

This robust experience as a program and ensemble leader led Mrs. Hall to establish The Hall Method Ensemble, where students train extensively in The Hall Method, as well as Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary. Through the Ensemble she has helped aspiring dancers reach their education and career goals, and rehabilitated professional dancers from injury to be able to return to their careers. 

 

The Hall Method Ensemble members have received partial to full scholarships ($40,000 to over $500,000) to the Kirov Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Princeton Ballet Society, The Rock School, Kansas City Ballet, Royal London Ballet, Ballet Magnificent, and Broadway Theatre Project. Her students have gone on to attend The Julliard School, The Ailey School at Fordham University, UC Irvine, Cornish University, California Institute of the Arts, Tish NYU, Chapman University, Purchase University, AMDA L.A./NYC, Southern University of Utah, Ohio State university, University of Evansville, Emory University, Pace University, Butler University, University of Southern California, University of California Los Angele, University of The Arts, and Marymount University NYC.

 

In 2007 The Hall Method Ensemble performed with a symphony orchestra throughout Vienna and the Cezch Republic featuring performances at the Mozarteum, Mirabelle Gardens, Musikvierum Salzburg Cathedral and Spa Podebrady. In 2013 The Hall Method Ensemble performed with the Orpheus Guitar Ensemble at the 29th Annual Youth Musicale Concert held at the Sydney Opera House in Australia where they presented “Pictures at An Exhibition” by Modest Mussorgsky. In 2019 The Hall Method Dance Ensemble performed in “New Year Germany & Prague Concert Tour'' across Germany and The Cezch Republic with the prestigious South Coast Youth Symphony Orchestra.

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​Mrs. Hall’s  students’ television and film credits include: Walt Disney’s Musical “Geppetto”, NBC’s “So You Think You Can Dance”, Nickelodeon’s “Ned’s Declassified School of Survival Guide”, WNBA’s Spark Kids, Warner Brothers “Scooby Doo” commercials and industrials. In 2021 Mrs. Hall was privileged to sponsor and assist her private student Danielle Silver as she became the OC Register’s Artist of the Year 2022.