Pilates for Dancers, Franklin Method for Dancers and Somatic Movement for Dancers Virtual and In Person.
Optimal and Healthy Dance Matters
I am One Dance UK healthcare practitioner for Pilates, Somatic Movement as well as Franklin Method® and am also a member of the Dance Leaders Group. in Birmingham. I align with their values for healthy dance and for making movement spaces safe spaces and as inclusive as I can be within my own scope of practice.
I work in my own private practice with dancers both virtually and in person and am the Pilates and Wellbeing Tutor for Fabric Centre for Advanced training as well as Yuva Gati National Centre for Advanced Training.
I have also worked with small contemporary dance companies as well as pre vocational and vocational students and professional dancers at every stage in their career.
I’ve been on my own journey through dance as a dancer and dance teacher, as well as training with my own teachers who themselves have been dancers and continue to work with dancers in their own practice.
In addition I am DBS cleared, have up to date safeguarding training and have completed BAID (Black Artisits in Dance) training. Within my own training I am also a trauma informed practitioner and a somatic therapist currently in training so I have a very deep awareness of body, mind and spirit within movement work.
Have a look at what I offer, and see my Personal Training page which is the ultimate bespoke experience for a dancer.
Pilates for Dancers in Person Birmingham
New Reformer / Tower class for Contemporary Dancers in Birmingham City Centre at Cool Pilates in the Jewellery Quarter!
Working within a Pilates Studio environment gives you a profoundly intelligent movement system coupled with the incredible and transformative equipment of the studio.
The tower and reformer provide you with challenge and ways to build strength but it also gives you incredible and immediate feedback and helps you really work into your body with support or challenge and a level of specificity to refine your alignment in movement - strengthening, and protecting and rebalancing your body.
The deep core work we do in Pilates supports your fluid movement, improves balance and helps you have a more efficient use of energy.
Joint stability AND mobility. The resistance and spring settings allow you to work through ranges of motion safely, inhaling your mobility but protecting your joints.
Develop strength and length - develop long and lean muscles that have functional strength.
Refined body awareness - the equipment helps you to deepen your somatic connection , and feel correct with your movement habits and pattern.
And Recovery and Longevity - Pilates is restorative for mind and body, rebalancing in every way - aiding recovery from rehearsal, performance and keeps you dancing for life!
Cool Pilates Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Studio
Thursdays 1.30pm
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1:1 also available.
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Somatic Movement for Dancers
Using Franklin Method® I run immersive and workshops both virtually and in person specifically for dancers.
I am one of just a handful of practitioners worldwide that uses Franklin Method in a dance specific way. You can discover more about Franklin Method® in Dance here
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Bring my dance specific services to you
Contact me to have a discussion about how I can help your dancers, teachers or dance school using my specialist skills using Pilates, Franklin Method® Somatic Movement or a combination!
Some ideas using sessions I typically lead…
Pilates for Dancers sessions
Anatomy for Dancers
Dance Injury prevention work
Learning about developing turnout using Pilates and Franklin Method
Imagery in Dance
Franklin Method® balls for dancers
Somatic Exploration for creativity in Dance
Franklin Method and Somatic Movement for producing states of calm and ease for dancers