FOR DANCERS.
Professional dancers.Pre-professional dancers.Dance instructors.
BFA IN DANCE · DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY · FORMER PROFESSIONAL DANCER
You don't have to explain what a tendu is here.
Or why your développé matters.
Or why going en pointe still matters even when your feet swell after rehearsal.
Which means we can spend less time explaining dance
and more time figuring out what's happening in your body underneath the movement.
WHERE DANCE TRAINING MEETS physical therapy.
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At the barre
YOU CAN HOLD YOUR LEG IN A penché.
Under load
…BUT ASK YOU TO CONTROL A SINGLE LEG rdl AND EVERYTHING STARTS SHAKING.
02
With a theraband
YOU CAN POINT YOUR FOOT WITH A theraband.
in the air
…BUT THE SECOND YOU'RE LOADING THROUGH IT IN A sauté, IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE THE SAME BODY .
03
The correction
YOU HAVE SPENT YEARS HEARING "pull up from your knees."
On one leg
…BUT THE SECOND YOU HAVE TO GO ON one leg, DIFFERENT STORY.
HOW WE WORK together.
01
My job isn't to tell dancers what to stop doing — it's to fill in what dance training doesn't always cover: the mechanics underneath the movement that dancers are usually left to figure out on their own.
02
Sometimes "lift up," "spiral," or "don't grip" just isn't translating in your body, and that usually has less to do with you than it does with what your training never taught you.
03
That gap is what we work on together- building the strength and control underneath your feet, your legs, and the positions you're already being asked to hold. And surprise: that work probably won't look like dance.
We'll strengthen muscles you may have spent years trying not to "overuse," and at some point I'm probably going to ask you to strengthen something you've spent years being told not to use.
Dancers are some of the smartest movers I work with — which is how you can look incredibly strong while still feeling unstable, disconnected, or exhausted underneath the surface.
Looking stable and actually feeling supported are not always the same thing.
THIS IS WHERE WE DO things differently.
The goal isn't to make you dance differently — it's to help your body support the level you're already performing at.
BOOK WITH me.
If this feels a little too familiar, we should probably take a look at what's going on.
WHAT WE'LL look at.
From there we build a plan that works around what you're already doing — your rehearsals, your schedule, the season you're in.
The goal isn't to find everything that's "wrong," it's to find where the gaps are and fill them.
Your dance history
Your current training schedule
Your goals — in the studio and long term
Your injury history and current limitations
Strength, control, and movement patterns
Dance-specific testing
What feels difficult versus what only looks difficult
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VIRTUAL Consult.
Virtual movement consults for dancers looking for clearer answers, movement strategy, and next steps.
45 minutes / $150
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AND IF YOU teach?
You've probably seen this happen in real time: the dancer who keeps stretching because something feels "tight," the student who can force the shape but can't control it once they get there, the correction that makes technical sense but somehow just creates more gripping.
Dance teachers are constantly asked to solve movement problems without always being given the anatomical tools to explain what's happening underneath them.
The same gap I see in dancers is the same gap a lot of teachers are working around in the studio.
— A resource for teachers
THE DANCE TEACHER'S Playbook.
It bridges the space between the cue and what's actually happening in the body.
Sometimes "lift," "spiral," or "don't grip" makes perfect artistic sense and still doesn't fully translate physically.
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