Functional Awareness Anatomy in Action for Dancers

by Romita, Allegra; Wanich-Romita, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780197586822
• ISBN10: 0197586821
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-05-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Allegra Romita (MA, CMA, EdM, RYT) is co-creator of Functional Awareness: Anatomy in
Action®. Allegra has presented workshops and keynote speeches on the Functional Awareness approach worldwide from New York City to San Diego, from Helsinki to Hong Kong. She has presented sessions at the American College Dance Association (ACDA), the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), and the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) and as a keynote speaker at the Somatics and Dance Conference. Allegra serves as the Program Administrator and Faculty for NYU Steinhardt Dance Education program. Since 2011, Allegra has been performing regionally and nationally with Sydnie L.
Mosley Dances and is the Artistic Visioning Partner with the collective. Allegra graduated from the University of Michigan with honors with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Movement Science. She received her MA in Dance Education from NYU Steinhardt and EdM in Motor Learning and Control from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her passion for somatic investigation led her to certification (CMA) in Laban Movement Analysis through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Allegra teaches at Brooklyn Yoga Project and Heatwise Yoga in Brooklyn, NY, and co-teaches in the teacher training programs at both studios.

Nancy Wanich-Romita is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator, co-founder of Functional Awareness®: Anatomy in Action, and Director of the Alexander Technique Mid-Atlantic Teacher Training Course and yogi. Nancy is on the faculty at Towson University for over 35 years developing and teaching course work in anatomy and kinesiology, embodied anatomy Alexander technique and most recently, yoga. She has taught at the 92ndSt Y, American Dance Festival, Connecticut College, SUNY Purchase, UMBC, Peabody Conservatory of Music. Her collaborative research with Johns Hopkins Medicine was presented at the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science.