dance/bodywork background

Lura Astor

Over 40 years teaching/workshop experience

Sensory training, left/right integration, improvisation, stretch, tai chi chuan, yoga, sports performance, dance, body rehabilitation/re-education, modeling, meditation techniques, performance techniques, dreams.

Developed Stretch: Gain & Maintain Flexibility with fascinatingly fast results from injury, for feeling good.

Corporations, theaters, private/public schools, senior centers, daycare for Ambassadors' children, fitness centers, in nature and public space, colleges/universities, private studios/homes; ages 3-93.

* scent & senses * creativity & imagination * playfulness * fun!!!

bio

Fortunate to collaborate with people in many fields, I’ve worked with wonderful teachers, mentors, colleagues, students, artists, designers, and now, virtual-you.

Growing up in four distinct seasons in New England with access to New York City, life has given me the fortune to live in major U.S. cities, and once, a quiet mountainside.

Nature remains an important touchstone as does the stimulus of cities, travel, dreams, color, research.

Clients Include

Caltech    Art Center College of Design    Pasadena Community College
Eagle Rock Cultural Center        Chassom Tea Salon
Columbia College, Chicago    Chicago Conservatory of Music
Chicago Performing Arts High School and Deaf Magnate
Urban Gateways, Chicago        Philadelphia College of Art
Philadelphia College of Music    Group Motion Multi-Media Dance Theater
Tai Chi Comedy Performers    UNLV        American Heart Association
World Women & Children's Culture Caravan    YMCA    Make A Wish Foundation

Grants

National Endowment for the Arts
Artist-in-Residence/CETA one year representing the City of Chicago
Illinois Council on Fine Arts
Philadelphia Council on the Arts
Pennsylvania Council for the Arts
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon

Scholarships Included:
Balanchine School of American Ballet, NYC
Ballet Etudes Repertory Company, Connecticut
Gruppe Motion Berlin
Columbia College Dance Center, Chicago
Dream Theater, Chicago
Ann Rudolph/Teena Sweet Body Education, Chicago

Master Teachers I've Worked With

Teachers/Mentors in: ballet, modern, jazz, tap, yoga, tai chi chuan, arts, body re-education/re-alignment, massage, energy healing, herbs, vocal training, dreams

Russell Fratto, Fokine lineage Jeannette Lauret, Ballet Russe Charles Nicoll Alexandra "Sandy" Broyard Mme. Perioslavik Danieleon Mme. Swoboda Martha Graham Mary Hinkson Bertram Ross Jimmy Payne Maceo Anderson (finally got his star, The Step Brothers, on Hollywood Walk of Fame) Karoun Tootikian Labanotation students Mary Wigman students
Lester Horton students Jim Shiflett Eric Hawkins students Hubert H. Lui Judith Gabriel Lucia Capacchione Indian/African dance masters