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Caroline Lewis-Jones from South Carolina, has been dancing for over 35 years. She is a mom of two little boys, married to her Hance, and is a certified Holistic Health Coach through IIN.
She trained at The Southern Strutt under her mentor, Nancy Giles. At the age of 18 she moved to New York City where she performed for six years. Her credits include the VMA’s with NSYNC, the Latin Grammy Awards, many commercials, Disney Industrials, Britney Spears and Madonna “Me Against the Music” video, MTV’s Body Rock Fitness Video, and more. Although successful as a commercial dancer, her true passion lies within contemporary company work, where she had the opportunity to work for Mia Michaels Company R.A.W, Dee Caspary’s IV Dance Company, Notario Dance Company, Rhapsody and Company, A.S.H Contemporary, and Justin Giles’ Soul Escape. In 2001 she traveled to Seoul, Korea where she performed for Jason Parson’s and POZ Dance Theatre. In July 2010, Caroline performed with Sonya Tayeh from “So You Think You Can Dance” with her company in Chicago. She also choreographs for studios around the country, and teaches for Adrenaline Dance Convention and The Dance Sessions. In December 2007, Caroline choreographed and performed a one-woman show, called Finding My Way. It was about the loss of her mother and her life currently without her. It is her greatest accomplishment yet. Caroline founded Unbound Dance Company in 2008 with Susan Dabney Hancock in Columbia, South Carolina. Her goal as Artistic Director of UNBOUND is to inspire and give dancers young and old, a new outlet to perform. She wants to build Unbound and continue to inspire all forms of dance in Columbia. Caroline also has a deep passion for inspiring healthy living and disease prevention. 15 years ago she joined a community called Health Made Simple and partnered with a company called Juice Plus. Her mission in life is to encourage and inspire healthy living around the world. Her motto is if you don’t take care of your body, where are you going to live? |
Caroline’s Classes are about educating the dancers on the connection between their cellular(internal) health and physical athletic performance each day. So much of how we fuel our bodies is a direct relationship to how we feel physically and mentally. The students will leave having a clear understanding of concepts like oxidative stress, microbiome, systemic inflammation, and more. Understanding the difference between Micronutrition and Macro nutrition and where true athletic gains will come from. The dancers will leave with tools to prepare them for weekly training in and out of the studio and long competition weekends. Students, Teachers, and parents will Learn, Integrate and Retain these concepts with guided handouts, videos, and we will also be getting some utensils out. When we understand how REAL functional food affects our mind, body and spirit and then turn this into a daily practice, our athletic and Human performance soars.
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High Performance and Well-Being Coach and Inspirational Speaker, Gina Pero, teaches the art of life mastery in mind, body and soul. Through her extensive education, and her own life-altering experiences, Gina has inspired audiences worldwide for the past 20 years.
At a young age, with determination and a fiery spirit, Gina was diagnosed at age 12 with scoliosis and overcame her obstacle in becoming a professional dancer. Earning her BFA, and dancing on world-famous stages with renowned productions and international celebrities, Gina has worn a hat in all genres and positions in the performing arts industry. During the height of her illustrious dance career as a famous Radio City Rockette, Gina experienced a brain and spinal injury in 2009, giving her yet another obstacle to overcome. Little did she know that she would be introduced to a new performing landscape - the mind and the functions of our most important vehicle, the body. Her discoveries led her to discern th choices necessary to ‘be and feel’ well in her mind, body, and spirit. Through her extensive education as an ICF Master Certified Coach, a Simonson Dance Technique Teacher, along with other fitness and embodiment certifications, she developed a personal development program called The Peroettes, with a mission to turn our light up in the world. Gina teaches dancers and teachers how to discover their own intrinsic value and how to harness that power to achieve real happiness, success and ultimate peace. After seeing the remarkable results in her program members, her passion led her to bringing self- education into dancer’s lives with a mission to encourage, empower, and educate them to a greater sense of purpose, enthusiasm and creativity. Gina's soulful path was then led into teaching around the globe, becoming an Amazon best selling author, being featured at Dance Events, in Dance Informa Magazine, in My Vegas Magazine, on the cover of Holistic Fashionista, and in numerous podcasts and media. Her holistic approach to life, dance, and wellness inspires others as she chooses to be the leading living example of what is possible when we learn how to choose wellness as a lifestyle and nourish our mind, body, and spirit. Gina says, In sharing our gifts with the world and choosing to do our personal and professional development, we become a maker of miracles. She currently resides in Las Vegas, has a full time coaching & speaking business, leads The Peroettes Personal Development Dance Community , and is the Director of The Las Vegas Holistic Center alongside her soul partner Dr. David Stella. |
Gina's Class aligns the mind, body, and spirit to maximize the well-being of each person.
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Students will LEARN, INTEGRATE AND RETAIN:
* The power of presence through mind/body techniques to enhance one's energy, focus, and mental strength * The power of one's passion through simple, quick. and effective brain reset exercises to engage the brain/heart connection that leads us * The power of purpose through empowering questions and embodiment exercises to embrace ones knowingness of why dance is a pathway in their life right now. |
Teachers will LEARN, INTEGRATE, RETAIN:
* The power of cueing the brain and body so every student understands classroom communication * The power of 1 minute to win it brain/body reset exercises to help your students refresh their mind and access an increase in retention * The power of somatic movement remembering your teaching purpose |
Parents will LEARN, INTEGRATE, and RETAIN:
*The power of building trust and support systems to build a strong relationship in the pathway of dance *The power of learning proven pathways in presence and listening to create a better understanding of needs and values in your dance pathway * The power of knowing one's own passion and purpose to energize and enhance your relationship with your child |
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Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, Robert Tsai, received his undergraduate degrees in Communication Theory, Dance Performance, and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Chapman University In Orange, CA.
As a lover of movement, Rob’s entrance into dance began with breakin’ and hip-hop culture and eventually led to studying classical modern dance techniques. Rob danced professionally in the Los Angeles commercial industry for 8 years prior to pursuing physical therapy. As a physical therapist, Rob's experience includes supporting youth, pre-professionals, collegiate students in their training as well as professionals in the concert, commercial, and theme park environments. Rob is passionate about creating environments and learning opportunities for dancers to explore their physical capabilities. DANCE|PREHAB is the intersection of Rob's experiences across the board, supporting the local dance community across all age ranges via physical therapy, strength and conditioning, and injury risk reduction education. Rob also seeks to build up the next generation of physical therapists, and serves as a Kinesiological Motional Analysis Lab Assistant Lecturer at Chapman University Department of Physical Therapy. |
DANCE|PREHAB Movement Fundamentals is a movement program informed by and curated from our experience working with youth and adolescent dancers in the physical therapy, training, and educational spaces. This movement experience is an opportunity to give dancers a safe space to connect and explore what it means to build strong and efficient human movement qualities, sprinkled with some games, play, and fun! Before we are dancers, we are human, and the more we work with young dancers, the more we see the need to develop solid human foundations and movement education - to squat, hinge, push, pull, and jump, with all the various movement dynamics that dance will ask of the human. Dancers are led through a series of movements to begin learning ways to benefit performance while acknowledging the human behind the dancer. To us, training is about the human first, in order to build movement qualities to carry into their artistic exploration.
