ABOUT ME

Vanessa Justice, m.AmSAT, is a nationally certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, a choreographer/director, and a teacher of mindful yoga. She started exploring and training in somatic practices in 1992, completed Hatha Yoga training in 1998, and completed Pilates certification in 2003.  She was a professional dancer, choreographer, and Pilates/Yoga/AT practitioner in New York City before moving to West Hartford, CT. All of her movement teaching and coaching is informed by the Alexander Technique, Laban-Bartenieff, mindfulness, and a sound understanding of anatomy. Vanessa loves to witness profound changes in her students and enjoys guiding them toward easeful movement and freer breathing, with less and less tension, stiffness and discomfort. The Alexander Technique played an important role in Vanessa’s healing process following a serious injury in 2005, and she deeply values its capacity to promote well-being.

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Supported by a Watson Fellowship, she spent a year studying movement practices in Taiwan, Indonesia, India, Austria, and The Netherlands. She has been a guest artist/teacher at institutes and universities here and abroad, and spent a decade as Adjunct Professor in the Dance Department at Long Island University, Brooklyn. Vanessa brings both breadth and depth to her teaching of the AT, and can assist students with its application to the performing arts, yoga, and pilates. 

 

As a choreographer, she researches embodiment, relational creativity, and the dynamic processes of perception. For more information about her choreography, see vanessajusticedance.org.

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