Based in Vancouver, BC, I teach at Modus Operandi and Working Class.  I teach a professional-level contemporary technique centre class.  The class is a synthesis of all of the ideas and movement practices that currently fascinate me.

I am inspired by my past and present teachers Alison Denham (Pilates), Justine A. Chambers, Emmalena Fredriksson, Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, Patricia Miner and Marc Boivin (contemporary dance), Lindsay Harpham (dancer/Kinesiologist) and Andrew Swartz (my coach at Madlab School of Fitness), amongst many others. 

Usually my class will start gently on the floor and build in verticality and intensity.  It is important to me that my class has a logical progression - that students’ bodies feel ready for the next exercise when it arrives.  Because my first dance language is ballet, pliés, tendus, rond de jambes and battements are still on the table sometimes.  At times we dance quite specifically to the music, and sometimes dancers will find their own phrasing.

I strive to create a rigorous and playful environment where we can all feel free to make our own specific choices.

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