J Ryan Carroll
Docent Klassiek
J Ryans class will start with a little bit of Yoga Narada®* to prepare the dancer for class. Then we will move on to David Howard’s Harkness Ballet Method** encouraging those deep internal connections to flourish within the structure of a ballet class. No one body is alike, but these methods bridge the mind-body gap in order to identify with these feelings and puts the combination of function and aesthetic in motion.
* Yoga Narada® (developed by Hilary Cartwright) was originally called Hilary Cartwright’s Yoga For Dancers. One moves from a sensory awareness of the physical body, to a progression of specific breath work, which activates and stimulates the nervous system. Through the use of imagery and anatomical reference, this method strengthens those mind-body connections. Please note this is not your traditional yoga.
**The Harkness Ballet Method (developed further by David Howard) is a feeling to form approach using the combination of musicality, ideokenetics, and kinesthetics to awaken what this “feeling” feels like.
Bio
J Ryan is a regular teacher at De Nationale Ballet Academie and Codarts (Lyceum, Bachelors, and Docent Dans). He does some regular guest teaching at Conny Janssen Danst, Introdans, Scapino Ballet. Previously he did some teaching in NYC: American Ballet Theatre Summer School, Joffrey Ballet Summer School, Peridance, Ballet Arts, American Academy of Ballet, Broadway Dance Center.
He regularly gives teachers workshops and is an invited adjudicator and teacher for festivals and competitions worldwide. Next to this, he’s a certified Yoga Narada® teacher, developed by Hilary Cartwright and a David Howard Foundation authorized teacher in the Harkness Ballet Method as taught by David Howard. Both methods are rooted in science and provide space for the human experience, creativity of movement, and the function of the body within dance. Narada has been shared at companies and schools worldwide: De Nationale Ballet Academie, Paris Opera, American Ballet Theatre School, Houston Ballet, Codarts, among others.