Education

• BFA Ballet Performance from University of Utah

• 600 Hour All Apparatus Classical Pilates Teacher Certification from Rolates Pilates, 2nd generation master instructor, Roberta Kirschenbaum.

• Mat and Reformer Stott Pilates Teacher Training Certification

 

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Irene Dowd Courses

1. Knee Joint Harmony: Devising Appropriate Protocols For A Pilates Based Training Program. 2017

2. Hypermobility And How To Train People Who are Hypermobile. 2019

3. Honoring and Energizing Our Hip Joint. 2020

4. Honoring and Energizing Our Hip Joints: A Review Of The Movement Choreography. 2021

5. Supporting The Power And Freedom Of Our Shoulders. 2021

6. Ideokinesis, Practicing Strategies For Enhancing Function With a Focus on Face, Head and Neck. 2021

7. Architecture Of Our Wonderfully Complex Knees And Strategies/Suggestions For Physically Training Ourselves To Maximize Knee Function. 2021

8. Coaching And Teaching Movement Effectively (Without Physically Touching). 2021

9. Coordination Of Spine With Foot/Hip Actions. 2022

10. Coordination Of Spine With Hand/Shoulder Actions. 2022

11. Coordination Of Spine With Head/Face Actions. 2022

12. Action Into Words, 3 Day Dance Teacher Workshop. 2022

13. Lower Limb PNF Patterns And Ways To Adapt Them To Different Goals. 2023

14. Classic PNF Patterns And Ways To Adapt Them To Different Goals- Upper Extremity. 2023

15. Honoring Individual Anatomical Structure With Individualized Adaptive Training: Focus On The Hip Joints, Pelvis, And Lumbar Spine. 2022

16. Honoring Individual Anatomical Structure With Individualized Adaptive Training: Focus On The Feet And Ankles. 2022

17. Iliopsoas: A Mysterious And Multi-Function Complex. 2023

18. Knee: A Delicate Balancing Of Forces. 2023

19. Kinesthetic Anatomy Of Upper Extremity: Focusing On Joint Motion (Kinematics) And Full Range Of Motion. Eight-Week Course. 2023

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Human Cadaver Dissection

1. "Lumbopelvic Stability - Where Breathing Meets Walking, Balancing The Psoas And Deep Muscles Of The Pelvis" with Anatomy Trains Author Tom Myers and Master Dissector Todd Garcia. 2022

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Physiotherapist Lisa Howell

1. Dance Teacher & Practitioner Training Level 1

2. Flexibility Teacher Training Course Level 2

3. Pre-Pointe Assessment and Pointe Shoe Fitting. 2023

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Sugar Foot Therapy

1. Teacher Training Workshop. 2023

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Royal Ballet Enlighten Webinars 

1. Positivity: how to create, develop and sustain a positive studio climate

2. Effective motor learning for dancers: strategies for developing dance skills

 

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Progressing Ballet Technique Teacher Certification

 

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Boditree Pilates And Healing

1. Prenatal Pilates teacher training course

2. Postnatal Pilates teacher training course 

3. Introduction to Release Work 

4. Advanced Release Work

 

 

Stott Physioball Pilates Teacher Training