One-On-One Movement Therapy
During a 75 minute session you will receive movement observation and personalized feedback tailored to your specific movement goals. We'll start by assessing your current movement patterns to develop a customized treatment plan. I work with clients for post-rehabilitative needs such as alleviating pain during walking, sitting, or standing, and retraining breathing and motor functional patterns to improve overall Functional Movement. Additionally, I help clients with performance goals such as stage presence, increased fluidity, Spatial confidence, and clear story-telling with movement choices for Expressive Movement.
Clients typically achieve their goals within 4-7 sessions, usually attending once a week or once every two weeks.
Treatments are diverse and may include:
* Movement exercises
* Touch or verbal cues to repattern movement patterns
* Breathing techniques
* Returning to developmental movement patterns that precede walking
* Effort vocabulary (e.g., the difference between a glide and a press; or the difference between ethereally floating and frightfully attacking.)
* 3D spatial mapping outside the body
* Exploration of internal motility (movement within the body walls, including organs, bones, tissues, and muscles)
* Voice work
* Exploration of anatomical relationships (e.g., femur and pelvis)
* Imagery and metaphors to assist movement execution
* Additional resource recommendations
Classes & Workshops
I teach a wide variety of dance and movement classes for various ages and populations. I teach Laban/Bartenieff, Post-Modern Dance, Ballet, Shotokan Karate, Hip Hop, Jazz, beginning Cha-Cha, beginning Waltz, World Dances, and Specialty Dances (e.g. The Charleston). I teach all ages however my two favorites are young children ages 3-6 (TK and Kindergarten) and adults 18+. I am passionate about bringing movement to all populations and have worked with Special Education classes, non-profit organizations, elementary schools, teachers, Latino communities, dance departments, theater departments, universities, high schools, church groups, corporations, and others.
I am happy to create a class or workshop for your organization’s needs.
Choreography & Movement Direction
I love choreographing! It brings me so much joy to help you realize your vision. I have worked with a wide variety of clients in many styles including, musicals, theatre blocking and dancing, intimacy coordination and direction, concert dance, rock opera, music videos, wedding first dances, singers, actors for film and theatre, and others.
I’d love to assist you in the story you’re telling with movement and dance.
Bilingual
As a Mexican-American, I am proficient in Spanish and able to teach movement and dance classes in Spanish.