Dance Educator
Photo by Tanya Constantine
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I am continuing my online classes, both "Kitchen Ballet Barre" on Instagram and Facebook and full classes on Zoom.
Livestreams: Tuesday/Saturday 10am PST. The class is then posted on my FB page and sometimes to my Insta videos. Livestreams are donation based classes, so only pay if you can. (venmo: @nancydobbsowen) Dance through this crisis! Zoom classes: Monday at 6:30pm and Thursday at 10am. These are on a sliding scale, starting at $10. Please DM me for the link. These are 90 minute classes with a full barre and small space center. A testimonial below! Want to read the rest of her post? Click here!
My professional life as a ballet dancer began as an apprentice with the Joffrey Ballet under the mentor-ship of Trinette Singleton after studying on scholarship with both Alonzo King and Richard Gibson in San Francisco. I went on to dance as a principal dancer with numerous ballet and modern companies before joining the National Tour of Phantom of the Opera. Since then, I have worked regionally on numerous shows, have added film, TV, and commercial work to my resume and am establishing myself as a choreographer, director, dance educator and writer. Along the way I earned a BA from the University of California, Irvine in Dance. I love to teach and live for dance. I always have several theater and film projects in the works and believe fervently in employing the arts as a force for social good. I incorporate all of this life experience into energetic and technique based classes emphasizing clean unadorned port de bras, a strong core, clear alignment and quick movement. Classes are aerobically and technically challenging but retain a lightness of spirit and a great deal of love. I am a faculty member at AMDA , The Performing Arts Center and Degas Dance. I also teach regular open classes at Anna Cheselka Dance Center, Millennium Dance Complex and The Edge. Check out the schedule on the calendar below and come take class! I am also available for private lessons and coaching.
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Open Classes
Click on the day for information on open classes. Come Dance!
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During the Covid-19 Spring Semester Shelter in place order, our students have all been sent home. For their midterm, I asked my ballet classes to learn a variation and gave them various prompts, illustrated in the video. I edited the most original and fully realized into a little sizzle reel. I hope you enjoy these young artists!
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