GYROTONIC® Jumping-Stretching Board Course
with guest Master Trainer Alicia Head of Up Studio in Long Beach, CA
February 1-7, 2020
Times TBA
Studio Fee: $200.00 (non-refundable due by Jan. 1, 2018)
Course fee: $850.00
7 days, 35 hours
5 slots available!
Please let us know if you need a place to stay!
In this course, Gyrotonic Trainers learn to apply Gyrotonic movement principles to exercises on the Jumping Stretching Board.
Prerequisite
Gyrotonic Level 1 Trainer (or) Gyrokinesis Level 1 Trainer
About Alicia Head:
Alicia Head discovered the Pilates method while rehabilitating a dance injury. She began her education at St. Francis Memorial Hospital's Dance Medicine division, a pioneer in the Dance Medicine field. Elizabeth Larkham was one of her first teachers and referred her to Marie-Jose Blom and her teacher training program at Long Beach Dance Conditioning. Ms. Head completed the Advances in Pilates Technique course in 1995 and, after a year of self-integration, became a faculty member of LBDC.
In 2005, Ms. Head started mentoring new graduates of the LBDC Teacher Training program by starting a Reformer Class for Instructors and was invited to be a master trainer for the LBDC course by Marie-Jose in 2009. In 2011, Ms. Head travelled to Japan to conduct the first LBDC mat teacher training course in Tokyo. Other guest teaching engagements include the American Ballet Theatre summer intensive in orange county, the LINES ballet summer intensive and BFA program, and the Orange Coast College Pilates teacher training program guest speaker series. Continuing education credits include Anatomy Trains with Tom Myers, Muscles and Meridians with Phillip Beach and Fascial Fitness with Robert Schleip as well as specialized workshops with Marie-Jose Blom, Alan Herdman, Rael Isacowitz, Bob Liekins, Elizabeth Larkham and Jean-Claude West. Recently, Alicia completed the Dance Medicine Practicum course with Marika Molnar and Andrea Zujko of Westside Dance Physical Therapy.
Ms. Head is on the faculty of the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School at Segerstrom Center for the Arts as well as the dance department at Cal State Long Beach.
Alicia is also a devotee of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® and has studied directly under the method's creator, Juliu Horvath. She is a Specialized Master Trainer for GYROKINESIS®, the Jumping Stretching Board and the Archway, is an authorized GYROTONIC® Pre-trainer and holds certifications in the GYROTONER® and Leg Extension Unit. Her continuing education experience also includes GYROTONIC® Level 2 with Erika Hassan, GYROKINESIS® Level 2 Beginner with Jackson Kellogg, GYROKINESIS® Level 2 with Juliu Horvath, GYROTONIC® for Dancers with Adrianna Thompson, Psoas Principles with Juergen Bamberger and the rehabilitative repertoire as taught by Paul Horvath. Guest teaching engagements have included GYROTONIC® studios in Santa Monica and San Francisco, CA, Phoenix, AZ and Singapore as well as the Inner Idea conference in La Quinta, CA.
In February 2013, Ms. Head became the owner/director of Up Studio, formerly known as Long Beach Dance Conditioning.
with guest Master Trainer Alicia Head of Up Studio in Long Beach, CA
February 1-7, 2020
Times TBA
Studio Fee: $200.00 (non-refundable due by Jan. 1, 2018)
Course fee: $850.00
7 days, 35 hours
5 slots available!
Please let us know if you need a place to stay!
In this course, Gyrotonic Trainers learn to apply Gyrotonic movement principles to exercises on the Jumping Stretching Board.
Prerequisite
Gyrotonic Level 1 Trainer (or) Gyrokinesis Level 1 Trainer
About Alicia Head:
Alicia Head discovered the Pilates method while rehabilitating a dance injury. She began her education at St. Francis Memorial Hospital's Dance Medicine division, a pioneer in the Dance Medicine field. Elizabeth Larkham was one of her first teachers and referred her to Marie-Jose Blom and her teacher training program at Long Beach Dance Conditioning. Ms. Head completed the Advances in Pilates Technique course in 1995 and, after a year of self-integration, became a faculty member of LBDC.
In 2005, Ms. Head started mentoring new graduates of the LBDC Teacher Training program by starting a Reformer Class for Instructors and was invited to be a master trainer for the LBDC course by Marie-Jose in 2009. In 2011, Ms. Head travelled to Japan to conduct the first LBDC mat teacher training course in Tokyo. Other guest teaching engagements include the American Ballet Theatre summer intensive in orange county, the LINES ballet summer intensive and BFA program, and the Orange Coast College Pilates teacher training program guest speaker series. Continuing education credits include Anatomy Trains with Tom Myers, Muscles and Meridians with Phillip Beach and Fascial Fitness with Robert Schleip as well as specialized workshops with Marie-Jose Blom, Alan Herdman, Rael Isacowitz, Bob Liekins, Elizabeth Larkham and Jean-Claude West. Recently, Alicia completed the Dance Medicine Practicum course with Marika Molnar and Andrea Zujko of Westside Dance Physical Therapy.
Ms. Head is on the faculty of the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School at Segerstrom Center for the Arts as well as the dance department at Cal State Long Beach.
Alicia is also a devotee of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® and has studied directly under the method's creator, Juliu Horvath. She is a Specialized Master Trainer for GYROKINESIS®, the Jumping Stretching Board and the Archway, is an authorized GYROTONIC® Pre-trainer and holds certifications in the GYROTONER® and Leg Extension Unit. Her continuing education experience also includes GYROTONIC® Level 2 with Erika Hassan, GYROKINESIS® Level 2 Beginner with Jackson Kellogg, GYROKINESIS® Level 2 with Juliu Horvath, GYROTONIC® for Dancers with Adrianna Thompson, Psoas Principles with Juergen Bamberger and the rehabilitative repertoire as taught by Paul Horvath. Guest teaching engagements have included GYROTONIC® studios in Santa Monica and San Francisco, CA, Phoenix, AZ and Singapore as well as the Inner Idea conference in La Quinta, CA.
In February 2013, Ms. Head became the owner/director of Up Studio, formerly known as Long Beach Dance Conditioning.
GYROTONIC® Wingmaster II Course
A specialized course on the Gyrotonic Pulley Tower Unit utilizing the Wingmaster
with Mike Luque
Friday-Sunday, March 6-8, 2020
Times TBA
This course increases the vocabulary of exercises that are possible using the Wingmaster and the Pulley Tower. Trainers will learn new ways to connect the Wingmaster to the Tower then take those movements and add total body connectivity and strength. Pushing and pulling upper body strengthening exercises are combined with lower body strength movement like squats and lunges. The exercises in the course can be applied to any level client, from seniors with strength and/or mobility limitations to athletes seeking to increase total body conditioning and coordination.
This course fulfills the Gyrotonic Trainer CEC (update) requirement allowing one to renew a Gyrotonic license. If a student is both a Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Trainer, he/she is eligible to renew both trademark licenses after taking this course.
Please contact us to register.
A specialized course on the Gyrotonic Pulley Tower Unit utilizing the Wingmaster
with Mike Luque
Friday-Sunday, March 6-8, 2020
Times TBA
This course increases the vocabulary of exercises that are possible using the Wingmaster and the Pulley Tower. Trainers will learn new ways to connect the Wingmaster to the Tower then take those movements and add total body connectivity and strength. Pushing and pulling upper body strengthening exercises are combined with lower body strength movement like squats and lunges. The exercises in the course can be applied to any level client, from seniors with strength and/or mobility limitations to athletes seeking to increase total body conditioning and coordination.
This course fulfills the Gyrotonic Trainer CEC (update) requirement allowing one to renew a Gyrotonic license. If a student is both a Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Trainer, he/she is eligible to renew both trademark licenses after taking this course.
Please contact us to register.
