Elizabeth Gravelle

Elizabeth Gravelle

Elizabeth Gravelle is a Thunder Bay ballet dancer and teacher based as of 2026 in San Francisco.

She is the daughter of Joan Gravelle and the niece of Betty Goodings, who taught her as a child. Her teaching style is strikingly similar to Betty Goodings, according to her sister Susan Houghton. [2]

Elizabeth is a graduate of the National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada. Upon graduation, she joined the National Ballet of Canada where she performed a large repertoire of both classical and contemporary ballets. From the National Ballet, she went on to perform with the Hong- Kong Ballet, Israeli Classical Ballet, and ODC/San Francisco. Elizabeth has been a performer for young audiences and an Artist-in-Residence for LEAP. She has taught ballet and creative dance movement for the Haifa Piccolo Ballet, Golden Gate Ballet, and at Lone Mountain College.

Sources

[1] https://www.sfacademyofballet.com/

[2] Phone conversation with Susan Houghton, 25 May 2026