Meet The Teachers

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Laura teaches the following classes:

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• Early Morning Dance Exercise for adults, Tues, Thurs, Fri 6:30-7:30

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This fall schedule will resume after Labor Day

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• PreBallet/Creative Dance, 3 and 4 year olds, Friday 1:15-2:00

• PreBallet/Creative Dance, 4-5 year olds,  Fri 2:00-2:45

• Ballet/Modern Dance, Kindergarten - Young 5s, Friday, 3:00-4:00

• Ballet/Modern 1st-2nd grades, Weds, 3:20-4:20

• Modern Dance 3rd-4th grades, Mon 3:15-4:15

• Modern Dance 5th-7th grades, Weds 4:20-5:20

• Modern Dance 8th-12th grades. Mon 4:15-5:15

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* - All children's classes start the week of Sept 6th.

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To read more about Laura, click here.

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For more information or to book these classes, please contact Laura laura@laurazweig.com or 650 324-8751.

Lisa and Mandy co-teach the jazz and hip hop classes using the collaborative name "Groovitude". These classes are indicated in red. Lisa solo teaches the other classes.

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• Jazz, Mon,Fri 10:00-11:00

• Hip Hop, Tues, Thurs 10:00-11:00

• Lyrical Dance, Weds,  10:00-11:15

• Cardio Hip Hop, Sat, Sun, 9-10

• Mindful Core (Zoom) Sunday 10:30-11:30; Thursday (Live and Zoom) 9:00 - 9:50

• Lyrical, Sunday (Starting Sept 25), 12:00 - 1:15

• Private lessons in dance, Pilates and Core Chi.

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To contact Lisa, email  lisa.navarro25@gmail.com Phone 415 971-1456.

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For more info on Lisa and Mandy's classes, go to www.groovitudedance.com.

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To read more about Lisa, please click here.

Lisa and Mandy co-teach the jazz and hip hop classes using the collaborative name "Groovitude". These classes are indicated in red. Mandy solo teaches the tap classes.

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• Jazz, Mon-Fri 10:00-11:00

• Hip Hop, Tues, Thurs 10:00-11:00

• Jazz/Hip Hop (beginner) Live and Zoom, Thurs 11:30-12:30

• Tap Level 0, Sat, 1:30-2:30

• Tap Level 1, Mon 11:30-12:30, Friday 1:00-2:00

• Tap Level 2, Tues 11:30-12:30, Thurs 1:00-2:00

• Cardio Hip Hop, Sat, Sun, 9-10

• Private lessons in dance, Pilates and Core Chi.

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To read more about Mandy, please click here.

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To contact Mandy, please email or call 650 279 4997.

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For more info on Lisa and Mandy's classes, go to www.groovitudedance.com.

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Vicky teaches the following classes:

 

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Children 6-8 years old ballet (twice a week)

Mondays 5:15- 6:15

Thursdays 4:15-5:15 pm

Begins Thursday, September 8

Placement by teacher depends on previous experience.

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Children 9-12 Vaganova ballet (Three times a week)

Tuesdays 5-6 PM

Thursdays 5:15 to 6:15 PM

Saturdays 10:30 to 12 PM (1.5 hour class)

Begins Thursday, September 8

 

Vaganova Ballet  ages 13-15 (Twice a week mandatory). Begins Wednesday, August 17

Wednesdays  5:15 to 6:15 PM

Fridays 4:30 to 6 PM

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Vaganova Ballet Intermediate and Advanced ages 15 and up (placement by teacher). On going class.

Must attend 98% of classes to dance successfully on pointe.

Taken 4 times a week  

Tuesdays, 6- 8 PM

Wednesdays  615 to 7:45 PM 

Thursdays 6:15  to 8 PM. 

Friday 5:15 PM- 7:15 PM

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Beginning Ballet for Adults and Teens

Mondays 6:15-7:15 PM (ongoing)

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You may contact Vicky at vickydancevisions@gmail.com or 650 681-7597. Her web site is vickydancevisions.com .

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To see Vicky's biography, please click here.

​Laurel alternates teaching Lyrical Dance with Lisa Navarro on Sundays 12:00 - 1:15.

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Classes will include a short warm up and progress through a combination driven by musical phrases and lyrics.

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To read more about Laurel, please click here.

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For more information or to book the class, please contact Laurel at dancewithlaurel@gmail.com

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dance.with.laurel

​Lydia teaches

 

Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary Dance for adults, Monday 7:15-8:30 pm.

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Feel Good Modern Wednesdays 7:45 - 9:00.

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This class offers dancers a chance to connect more fully with their bodies and to explore their relationship to gravity and floor work. The emphasis is on ease, expression and joy! Class includes a follow-along warm-up, floor work, standing exercises and choreography.

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For more information about Lydia, and to see some of her performance photos, please click here. To go to her Instagram feed, click here.

Her website is available at https://lfdance.com.

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To contact Lydia, please email lydiafeuerhelm@gmail.com.

Andrea teaches private classes in Posture/Natural Alignment and Mindfulness Education, Mindfully Fit Yoga, Pilates, Belly Dance and Holistic Spiritual Healing. She teaches  these group classes in Studio B:

• Mindfully Fit Yoga, Mon 4:00-5:00

• Belly Dance, Fri 4:00-500

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For more information about Andrea, please go here. Her web site is at www.mindfullyfit.com.

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You can contact Andrea at andrea@MindfullyFit.com, 650 867 5802.

Karin teaches contact improv workshops. These workshops are currently on hold.

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For more information about Karin, please go here.

I have always loved the expressive and improvisational aspects of dance. During the 1980s and 90s, I attended various free-form dances in the northeast through Dance New England as well as volunteering for Barefoot Boogie in Manhattan where I had my first opportunity to try DJing. 

 

When I moved here in 1999, I discovered Do Your Own Dance at DanceVisions, a weekly free-form dance that had been around for many years under various facilitators. And eventually, almost inevitably, the responsibility for the dance passed onto me. 

 

Do Your Own Dance has gone through many different forms over the years, including as a collaborative effort with Karin Moriarty's contact improvisation workshops. While no longer a weekly offering, Do Your Own Dance is still an occasional event, usually Saturday evenings, though might return more regularly in the future. If you don't do your own dance, who will?

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To contact Anne, please email danceinpaloalto@gmail.com