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IMPROVISATION
Physical Experiments within Community This class will work with improvisational structures based in somatic techniques to move in ways suited for each individual. Together, we will connect as a community to develop and invent movement that questions and challenges the standard definitions of dance. Students will be given the freedom to move as their body and mind desire and are encouraged to interact with other participants. The class time will be shaped around the students and will build breath, warmth and fluidity throughout the body. |
PILATES
This Pilates class will engage the mind-body connection while developing balanced muscle development through a combination of strength and flexibility. Pilates helps to improve posture and range of motion by strengthening weaker muscle groups and stretching the over-worked muscles, all with a specific focus towards a dynamic, stabilized core. The class can either be conducted on a mat or a reformer (if available). Mat 1 &2: Certified 2015 Balanced Body Education Reformer 1: Trained 2016 Balanced Body Education Mentored by Dr. Tom Welsh at Florida State University |
Teaching Philosophy
My teaching philosophy centers around improving and enhancing the practice of a thinking dancer. In my classes, I hope to encourage and support the participants through a community environment while focusing on the somatic modalities that lead to a happy and healthy body. Through this, I aim to support students in their physical and artistic endeavors, as well as their unique movement ambitions.
While I come from a background of classical and conservatory style training, I pull largely from improvisational influences to teach movement classes. I understand the importance of structured learning, but also believe that a student should have movement freedom within class. My teaching style is built from my education and experiences at Florida State University’s School of Dance, but also from teachers from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Movement Research and the Movement Invention Project. Through this diverse set of movement histories, my classes aim to combine and connect various physicalities, like Flying Low, release technique and Gaga, for an experience of mental and physical awareness, self-reflection, and availability to intentional movement.
Additionally, as a certified Pilates instructor and long-time dance teacher of both contemporary and ballet techniques, I also understand and aim to develop a somatic understanding of bodies in each of my students. I believe that bodywork should not limit movement choices, but rather inform and enhance risks taken. I encourage an increase in capacity of strength, flexibility and growth. With this responsibility of connecting and communication, as a teacher of many types of movement, I aim to relay my curiosity and inquisitiveness to my students.
My philosophy as a teacher and mentor, also guides me to share conversations on critical thought and theoretical understandings in relation to various movement techniques, interpersonal connections in and outside of the classroom, and to highlight how dance can organize active movement citizens to facilitate a problem-solving world.
While I come from a background of classical and conservatory style training, I pull largely from improvisational influences to teach movement classes. I understand the importance of structured learning, but also believe that a student should have movement freedom within class. My teaching style is built from my education and experiences at Florida State University’s School of Dance, but also from teachers from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Movement Research and the Movement Invention Project. Through this diverse set of movement histories, my classes aim to combine and connect various physicalities, like Flying Low, release technique and Gaga, for an experience of mental and physical awareness, self-reflection, and availability to intentional movement.
Additionally, as a certified Pilates instructor and long-time dance teacher of both contemporary and ballet techniques, I also understand and aim to develop a somatic understanding of bodies in each of my students. I believe that bodywork should not limit movement choices, but rather inform and enhance risks taken. I encourage an increase in capacity of strength, flexibility and growth. With this responsibility of connecting and communication, as a teacher of many types of movement, I aim to relay my curiosity and inquisitiveness to my students.
My philosophy as a teacher and mentor, also guides me to share conversations on critical thought and theoretical understandings in relation to various movement techniques, interpersonal connections in and outside of the classroom, and to highlight how dance can organize active movement citizens to facilitate a problem-solving world.
