GYROTONIC® Applications for Dance with Adrianna Thompson
July 5-7
10:00 am – 5:30 pm
This is a 3-Day workshop for all Certified Level I Gyrotonic Instructors with Authorized Master Trainer Adrianna Thompson.
GYROTONIC® Application for Dancers combines the kinetic fundamentals of classical and contemporary dance with the GYROTONIC® System. This course enables the student or professional dancer to understand and develop dance technique from the inside. This holistic approach to movement teaches better body awareness, flexibility & strength and a deeper understanding of the physiology of dance.
Exploring this holistic approach to dance can create a new understanding of:
1. Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
2. Flexibility and Strength Training
3. Breath and Alignment Awareness
4. Spinal Health and Joint Mobility
Course Fee: $500 ($350 tuition + $150 studio fee)
$250 deposit due June 1, 2014
*early registration discount of $25 if deposit is received by June 10, 2014
Adrianna Thompson is one of a select few Specialized Master Teachers, both in GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® exercise, in the world. She has worked extensively with the founder of Gyrotonic exercise, Juliu Horvath, and travels the world leading teacher trainings. As well as being a Specialized Equipment Master Trainer she developed a new application for dancers in Gyrotonic with Mr. Horvath and Specialized Master Trainer Miriam Barbosa which she frequently conducts internationally. An accomplished professional dancer and Choreographer in New York City for 15 years, she has worked with dancers from New York City Ballet, Jose Limon, Martha Graham, MOMIX Dance Company and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet just to name a few.
Ms. Thompson has performed and taught Master Classes around the world including at The Silesian Contemporary Dance Conference in Poland, in Slovenia, Finland, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Sri Lanka, India, Peru, New York City, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Suny Purchase, Kansas School of Classical Ballet, and the Harvard Summer Dance Project in Cambridge, MA. She has been on faculty at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company since 2002, and has been a guest teacher at Missouri River Dance Company, Kansas School of Classical Ballet and Martha Graham Dance Company. She is co-founder of Aspen GYROTONIC® and the Programming Director of Dance for the Aspen Fringe Festival. Currently Ms. Thompson has her own private practice in San Francisco, Ca. and spends her time in both Colorado and California.
