Certified & Trained Instructors

Michelle Routhier
Owner, Instructor & on-demand instructor

Michelle Routhier’s passion for dance and movement began at three years old. She trained with the Granite State Ballet in Nashua, NH where she performed all over New England and was featured in performances of “The Nutcracker,” “Cinderella,” and “Peter and the Wolf.” Her talents were recognized at a young age by the internationally celebrated ballet dancer, David Howard, and she was honored to complete his masterclasses in New Hampshire and New York City. Michelle became a dance instructor where she enjoyed sharing her enthusiasm with dancers of all ages. She taught for many years while simultaneously earning her associate degree in science from Middlesex Community College and became a licensed Dental Hygienist.

Michelle, being extremely dedicated to health and fitness has studied nutrition, pharmacology, biology, anatomy and physiology. She has also earned her black belt in Uechi-Ryū, a traditional style of Okinawan karate. Michelle is also certified in TRX and Barre through Barre Intensity.

She fell in love with Barre more than a decade ago and found a second home when she joined Barre Chic in 2015. Her eagerness and devotion for the studio as well as her love for her fitness family that was formed within the studio’s doors inspired her to take over ownership of Barre Chic.

Michelle would love to see you in one of her classes and is looking forward to getting to know each and every one of her members.

Amy Price
Former Owner, Instructor & on-demand instructor

Amy Price is an experienced, trained and certified group and personal fitness instructor. Growing up in Dracut, MA Amy always had a strong love for dance as she began dancing at the age of 3. She continued her dancing career for over 12 years.

Amy began her fitness journey many years ago when she discovered Pilates Reformer and Barre Fitness and instantly fell in love. Her love of fitness continued to grow 2 years ago when she discovered Aerial Yoga and felt a deep connection to this wonderful new way of working out. It was then that Amy experimented with the idea of combining Barre and Pilates with the assistance of the aerial silk hammocks. This is when Barre Chic's Aerial Barre and Aerial Pilates classes were born. Both classes were created and developed by Amy and she continues to expand and grow these classes with our wonderful instructors.

Amy had an established career as a SharePoint Developer and Administrator for a local company while teaching barre and aerial part time. She quickly discovered that dance and fitness were her true passions and she was honored to take over ownership of Barre Chic in April of 2016.

Amy has over 13 years of dance and fitness experience with multiple certifications and training's under her belt including Beyond Barre, AFFA Group Fitness, TRX, Aerial Yoga and POP Pilates. Amy is excited to share her love of dance and aerial with YOU our amazing Barre Chic members!

Amy was thrilled to pass the studio onto Michelle Routhier in 2023 and knows that the studio and the members are in the best hands possible. When Amy is at the studio you will most certainly be greeted at the door by her furry little sidekick Jackson. Jackson is our 8lb studio mascot with a HUGE personality! Be sure to give him some back scratches and belly rubs the next time you see him.

Amanda Morrill
Instructor & on-demand instructor

Amanda's love of dance and fitness started at a young age, 3 years old, when her parents signed her up for her first ballet class. She continued to expand on this love playing various high school sports, acting as Captain of the dance team and completing the Dance Teacher's Club of Boston Dance Education training course. After teaching children's ballet, tap and jazz classes for 3 years in high school, Amanda took a break from teaching and taking formalized dance classes to complete her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree at the University of Rhode Island.

After being delighted to find Barre classes in her new home state of New Hampshire, Amanda fell in love with the toning as a supplement to her running. Encouraged by her husband, she pursued a certification in Total Barre and began teaching Barre classes. This was followed by a certification in Piloxing Barre, an upbeat cardio pumping and toning class. Her full-time job in the healthcare field as a pharmacist for over 5 years and as a professor of pharmacy at MCPHS University is a compliment to the guidance she looks to give her clients on their fitness journey and overall health. Amanda's classes are full of energy and really get the heart pumping! Come PUNCH it out with her sometime!

As a school teacher and cross country coach, Julie was looking for a complement to her running routine and schedule. In 2010, she tagged along with a friend to try her first yoga class. She found that yoga improved her flexibility and life balance. Over the next few years, she decided to try more group X classes and fell in LOVE with Barre and strength classes.

In 2015 she discovered PiYo -- a FUN fusion of fluid movement, Pilates inspired toning, and yoga stretching. When the opportunity to instruct presented itself she took it! She is AFFA certified, trained in PiYo and received her Balancepoint Barre certification in January 2017.

Annalise Nett
Instructor

Annalise’s certifications include NASM - CPT, Zumba B1, CIRCL Mobility, and PN1 - SSRC. She also has a background in dance for over 12 years and aside from hip - hop is also figure skated for years. Annalise strongly believes in how you feel over how you look - you should love the body your in regardless of size, disability, etc. One unique thing about her is that she has scoliosis, and due to that she has learned many modifications over the years for her spine and bad knees. Regardless of her disabilities, her passion & personal goals lay in strength and conditioning and muscle hypertrophy. “You CAN achieve muscle growth with disabilities, it just may take us a little longer than others!!”

Annalise hopes to provide a fun and welcoming, but also challenging, workout environment to all clients in all of her group fitness classes.

Julie Wilkins
Instructor

Julie Wilkins is a certified Barre instructor. Julie began dance classes at the age of 3 and continued through college on a dance ensemble team. She discovered her love for barre in 2019 and regularly attends classes at Barre Chic. She completed her barre certification through Barre Intensity and looks forward to seeing you in class. In addition to being married to an amazing husband Tom and a mother of two beautiful daughter and a goldendoodle, she works as a pediatric intensive care nurse at Boston Children's Hospital.