Anna Grunewald is from Pittsburgh, PA, where she grew up dancing at Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh and training at PHI Pilates with Chrissy Ruby. After high school, she went to Indiana
University and graduated in three years with a major in Ballet Performance and an Outside Field in Arts Management.
She joined Ballet Arizona for the 2018-2019 season and then left for Miami City Ballet, where she danced from 2019 through 2024. As of summer 2024, Anna is back in Pittsburgh and excited to be teaching the students of Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh, teaching at PHI Pilates, and furthering her Pilates education. Over the years, Anna has rehabbed from numerous injuries at PHI, which has fed her passion for and belief in the Pilates method.
