Grazia Capri

Grazia Capri is an Italian choreographer and dancer who has lived and performed in several cities including Brussels, London, Edinburgh, Berlin, Paris, and New York. She holds a degree in performing arts disciplines from the University of Bologna and a specialization in Benesh Movement Notation, from the National Conservatory of Dance and Music of Paris, where she restaged several choreographies from the modern and contemporary dance repertory through the Benesh Movement Notation System. In 2010, her deep interest in movement led her to begin practicing yoga. Interested in its physical benefits, she found yoga to be the perfect evolution on her path to personal growth, discovering in it a special source of inspiration for her artistic work. Grazia practiced Ashtanga yoga in Paris, Jivamukti yoga in London and Berlin, and Iyengar yoga in Paris and in New York. Between 2013 and 2015, she completed the 200-hour and 500-hour yoga teacher trainings with Yoga Works in New York. Trained for decades in dance, she has a large understanding of body and movement, and she gives priority to a conscious practice in her classes. She experienced for herself that assiduous work on core strengthening and learning proper alignment as well as proper breathing are essential for effective improvement of one’s practice. Since 2015, she has been dedicated to teaching alignment yoga, power yoga classes, and a fusion between yoga and pilates, both with group and private sessions. She continues her career as a choreographer, including yoga in the daily company training as well as in her performances.

Jennifer Chin

Jennifer Chin has been teaching movement since 1990. As a dancer, she began teaching children at the local dance studio, and then moved on to the professional dance world. She has taught at many of New York City’s top dance centers including The José Limón Institute, Peridance Center, and Dancespace Center. She has been on faculty at Université du Québec á Montréal, Toscana Dance HUB, and Montclair State University. She is an instructor in modern dance, pilates, yoga, and embodied anatomy. Jennifer’s yoga practice began in 1997, studying with Dharma Mittra, from whom she received her Yoga Teaching Certification. She has been teaching yoga since 1999. In 2003 she was introduced to the Iyengar Yoga method and began studying embodied anatomy with Genny Kapuler, all of which has greatly influenced her teaching and way of life. Jennifer’s introduction to PIlates was with Kathy Grant, one of the first teachers of the technique, at NYU, and used the method to rehabilitate her numerous dance injuries. She then taught Pilates for 8 years at Groundfloor Exercise, a studio on the Upper West Side. In January of 2007, she created LUMINOUSbody, transformative health and fitness, a group for teachers to workshop ideas and give private lessons in yoga, pilates, and fitness training.