I have been intrigued by the human body and its movement potential my entire life. I have been a professional dancer, a choreographer, a dance company member, a collaborator, a movement educator and a bodyworker. I earned my BFA at SUNY @ Purchase. In NYC, I danced with Ohad Naharin, then with Trisha Brown in her company for seven years. I then spent several years in Europe: Spain, France, Austria and Germany teaching, making choreographic work and performing. I was awarded a commission in Germany and made a women’s quintet. Collaborators have included Frey Faust, Dieter Heitkamp, Helge Musial, Ka Rustler, Eva Geueke, Catherine Musinsky, Olivier Besson, Jen Polins, Saliq Savage, Chris Aiken…and others. I taught dance and pedagogy at Springfield College while guest teaching at Bard, Marlboro, Smith, Julliard and Keene Colleges. I studied directly with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and have been a Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering since 1994. I have been trained and certified in Circulatory Massage, Pilates, Gyrotonic, Gyrokinesis and Reiki. I direct Studio rEvolution and there I center my private bodywork practice, Embodied Healing.
Class in Spiral & Root / 5 days first week
BODY-MIND CENTERING AS A SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION FOR CONTACT IMPROVISATION & IMPROVISATION
In designing my classes, I draw from what I am magnetized to at the moment regarding physics and the body, movement studies, political conditions and energy inquiries. From these elements I derive content for my teaching. Currently I am interested in working with expansion of attention, the anatomy of breathing-the use of our hyoid group, scalenes, vagus nerve, and respiratory diaphragm, modulation of muscular and nervous tone, inner/outer focus, the sphenoid bone; home of the pituitary, oppositional forces and integrity in fascia, inquiring into our default settings in our perception and choices-taking chances…
