Conservatory Leadership

Bridget McNally

Bridget McNally

Director of Dance

bridget.mcnally@sgv.csarts.net

Ms. Bridget McNally is a dance educator and choreographer based in Los Angeles. She trained at the Diane Kelley Dance Studio, traveling nationally and internationally competing with and representing the USA Jazz Dance Team. She went on to earn her B.A. in dance from Loyola Marymount University. Ms. McNally also studied with Dance Masters of America and is certified to teach Ballet, Jazz, and Tap through their accreditation program.

Ms. McNally has been teaching dance, setting choreography, designing curriculum, and mentoring dancers for the past 15 years. She still considers herself a student, continuously striving to push and educate herself further to help her students succeed. Her students have gone on to study dance at many prestigious universities, including USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, The University of the Arts, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, California Institute of the Arts, Pace University, and more. Her students have also toured nationally with major pop artists, have been sought after by leading choreographers, and have been booked on Netflix, NBC, Nickelodeon, and more!  

Prior to this appointment, Ms. McNally was the Assistant to the Chair of Dance and has been teaching at CSArts-SGV since its inception. She is excited and honored to continue working with the next generation of dance artists here at CSArts-SGV and is passionate about lifting up each of her students to help them reach their fullest potential.

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