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Virginia Holte is the Founder and Artistic Director for West Hawaii Dance Theatre and
Guest Instructor/Choreographer for The Maui Academy of Performing Arts.
A Graduate of The Academy of the Washington Ballet in Washington, D.C. under the
Direction of Mary Day, Ms Holte enjoyed a long career as a Professional Dancer with the Washington Ballet,
Chicago Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, and Guest Dancer for companies such as Ballet Internationale,
Infinity Ballet, and Indiana Ballet Theatre N.W. before moving the The Big Island of Hawaii in 1986.
A Third Series Practioner of Ashtanga Yoga, Ms. Holte is also certified in the Pilates Method.
Virginia currently holds the following Gyrotonic Expansion System Course Certifications:
Certified Level I Gyrotonic Trainer
Certified Level I Gyrokinesis, Trainer
Level II Gyrotonic Expansion System
Level II Gyrokinesis
Gyrotonic Ladder
Gyrotonic Therapeutic Applications for Pelvis,
Gyrotonic Therapeutic Applications Shoulder Girdle
Gyrotonic Therapeutic Applications Scoliosis
Gyrotonic Application for Dancers.
Ms Holte is also an authorized Gyrotonic Pre-Trainer and Gyrokinesis Pre-Trainer and is a Gyrokinesis Master Trainer Candidate.
Alissa Seim
(Gyrotonic Master Trainer, Gyrokinesis Master Trainer, Certified Pilates Master Teacher, and Chicago Northshore GyrotonicStudio Founder/Director):
Alissa Seim is one of the few elite Master Trainers worldwide for both Gyrotonic & Gyrokinesis. She is the founder and director of Chicago Northshore Gyrotonic, a licensed Gyrotonic/Gyrokinesis educational facility, a fully equiped studio for the Gyrotonic Expansion System, and a fully equiped Pilates studio. Alissa holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance and Dance Education from the University of Arizona, which she attended on full scholarship, Two complete Pilates Certifications (through Stott Pilates and McEntire Pilates), Certifications in: Gyrotonic, Gyrotonic Level 2, Gyrokinesis, and on the Gyrotonic Specialized Equipment. She is also trained in therapeutic and dance specific applications. An accomplished professional ballerina and ballet teacher (accredited by the Cecchetti Council of America), Alissa began teaching mind-body movement after falling in love with the discipline of Pilates and the expansive freedom of Gyrotonic. In addition to teaching the work full-time for the past decade, Alissa has been a serious student of various methods of Pilates and the Gyrotonic Expansion System since 1990. She has been blessed to have had many opportunities to study under the creator of the Gyrotonic Expansion System, Juliu Horvath and several other Master Trainers, both in the US and abroad. Alissa is known for her detailed, hands-on approach and the precision, clarity, and vitality she brings to the work. She maintains a steady clientelle from all walks of life in addition to mentoring the talented teachers on her staff. Alissa has been involved in the Gyrotonic educational program since 2000 and has been instrumental in the training of many of Chicagoland's Gyrotonic community. She presently conducts certifications in the Gyrotonic Expansion System year round out of her Evanston studio. Alissa has been asked to present workshops for the Cecchetti Council of America, for various health clubs in the Chicago area, and for several Pilates/Gyrotonic studios across the Mid-west. Other interests and studies include: anatomy/physiology, thai bodywork, yoga, dance and meditation
Joseph Hinton R.Y.T.
Joseph A Hinton is the owner of Joe’s Yoga, an active Ashtanga yoga teacher and practitioner of ballet, Pilates, body building and bicycling. He is a Certified Level I Trainer for both Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis, taking his Foundation Courses and receiving his Certifications from the Gyrotonic Expansion System’s Founder Juliu Horvath. Joseph moved to the Big Island in 1979, after running the first of many Honolulu Marathons and has continued to increase and share his knowledge in each of these disciplines for over 30 years.
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