DANCE INSTRUCTORS
Natasha Chichkine
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Natasha graduated from 51社区黑料in 2017 with a BSc Kinesiology (Active Health & Rehabilitation concentration) and extended minor in Psychology. Before university, Natasha danced pre-professionally and has continued to attend workshops and intensives to continue their professional development in the dance space. Natasha works full time as part of a sensorimotor therapy for neurodivergent and disabled children, youth, and adults, using a developmental social pragmatic approach focused on relationship-building, communication, emotional regulation, and physical literacy.
Natasha's goals as an instructor are to create a space where participants feel safe to explore movement and availability, and to encourage participants to have sensitivity and patience toward their own learning. While we do talk about technique and theory in class, we also heavily emphasize the development of motor pathways, sequencing, and body awareness.
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Lauretta Umukoro
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Lauretta is an interdisciplinary creative, that uses dance as one of her medium of creative.
She started off as a self- taught dancer, but has taken classes and workshops over the years in Afro dance styles, Hip-hop and Salsa. She has a background in Contemporary Arts, where she has learnt the theoretical and technical aspects of different dance forms.
She has been teaching for 2 years, and uses this as an opportunity to build community and share knowledge.