National Dance Week-NYC Instructional Video Series with Gail Accardi
“How to Protect Your Knees by Avoiding Over Rotating the Lower Leg”
Sponsored by: National Dance Week-NYC; DNA and FitEngine.com
Presented by: Gail Accardi, Dance New Amsterdam Anatomy Awareness Faculty
Gail Accardi works with dancers and others, especially those experiencing pain, injuries, alignment issues, or physical challenges of many kinds. She describes her work as creative physical problem solving; others call it body whispering. She draws on experience and ongoing study of dance, pilates, anatomy/kinesiology, somatics, and other moving and healing practices.
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National Dance Week-NYC Instructional Video Series with Nia Love
“How To Approach Learning A New Style Of Movement”
Sponsored by: National Dance Week-NYC; DNA and FitEngine.com
Presented by: Nia Love, Dance New Amsterdam Modern Roots Faculty
Nia Love earned her MFA in Dance w/ distinction from Florida State University and has performed and produced choreographies from New York to California and Accra to Paris. She trained in Cuba with Alicia Alonzo in ballet, in Japan with Min Tanaka later in Butoh, and with King Osei Tutu II and traditional Court dancing of Ghana in the process of developing her signature artistic style. Ms. Love serves as Associate Director and Artist consultant of seven award winning Documentary films. A Fulbright Fellow for research and teaching in Ghana, the BAXten New York award for most inspirational artist of the year -2002.
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National Dance Week-NYC Instructional Video Series with Laurie De Vito
“How to Work with Correct Plumb Line Alignment”
Sponsored by: National Dance Week-NYC; DNA and FitEngine.com
Presented by: Laurie De Vito, Dance New Amsterdam Simonson Technique Faculty and Founding Director
Laurie De Vito is a founding director and teacher at Dance New Amsterdam (formerly Dance Space Center), where she maintains an active teaching schedule. In addition, she is Artistic Director of Laurie De Vito and Dancers. Along with her company, Ms. De Vito has taught, choreographed, performed and given lecture demonstrations and workshops at schools and theaters across the United States, Canada and abroad. Most notably, she has worked at NYU Tisch School of the Performing Arts, Hofstra University, Montreal Jazz Festival, Spirit Square Center for the Arts(NC), Gustavus Adolphus College(MN), Ecole de Danse(Montreal), YorkUniversity (Toronto), Academie de Ballet de Saguenay (Quebec), Tel Aviv Dance Center (Israel), and I.A.C. Studio(Tokyo).
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