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Elena S

Ballet, Dance, Yoga, Creative Movement

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  • I’m a 200 hour certified yoga instructor
  • I started dancing when I was 4 years old
  • Ballet is my favorite style of dance

Hello! My name is Elena and I’m a professional dancer based in New York City with several years of experience teaching ballet and creative movement to children and adults. I graduated from The Ailey School and hold a bachelor’s degree in Dance and Cognitive/Somatic Studies (Summa Cum Laude) from the CUNY BA program at Hunter College. Mental health, wellness, and movement education are both my passion and my areas of expertise.

I dedicated much of my undergraduate career to researching and advocating for mental health resources in the dance community as a Mellon Public Humanities Foundation fellow. Throughout my fellowship, I engaged in extensive conversations with dancers, educators, and leaders in the field to better understand the enhanced wellness resources that need to be allocated for students to be most successful. Last January, Dance Spirit magazine published my article entitled “Dance Is Therapy — But Dancers Need Better Mental Health Care,” a topic that resonated with the dance community. Most recently, I discussed my research on holistic wellness in movement education as a featured speaker at the DANCE/NYC 2022 Symposium. Most recently, I’ve started my own company Sacred Space Ballet. I offer open ballet classes at different venues throughout NYC. The classes are research driven with the goal being to create a safe and comfortable environment for people to move their bodies free of judgment. There are live percussionists in all the classes and I’ve received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback regarding the energy and atmosphere of the classes.



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Ballet, Dance, Yoga, Creative Movement

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