2025 Summer MELT with Jordan Demitrius Lloyd; several dancers in a studio.

Rachel Keane

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Pilates

Sofia Engelman

Tue, Sep 2 - Dec 30, 2025

A dancer in a white stands in the middle of a pile of purple yoga blocks. Photo by Owen Burnham.

Class

Alexander Technique

Rachel Bernsen

Wed, Sep 3 - Sep 24, 2025

Two people standing side by side, one person physically guiding the other to raise their arms over their head with ease. Photo by Jenni Walkowiak

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Topf Technique/Dynamic Anatomy®

Jaime Ortega

Thu, Sep 4, 2025 - Feb 26, 2026

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Allie stands facing away from the camera with her head turned to the right, revealing one side of her face. She wears a white tank top and jeans and is shrouded in shadow and light. The background is an inky black.

Critical Correspondence

This is Not an Accident: a Conversation between Allie Hankins and Symara Sarai

As dancers, you start with the first object: the medium of the body, as a way to understand or digest what's inside of you and what's occurring around you.

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