Teachers

LUCILLE DYER brings more than 25 years of teaching experience to each session: Certifications in Peak Pilates®, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals™, Personal Training, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Education.

Benefit from her diverse background: She has taught and choreographed for dancers of all ages and abilities, and brings her expertise and eye for excellence to every class.

"Lucille Dyer is willing to work with you, no matter what your fitness level is. Her non-judgmental approach, along with her wealth of knowledge of Pilates will leave you renewed, and looking forward to your next visit." — Rosalie Hinckley


EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS

  • Certified Movement Analyst: Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies
  • Certified Bartenieff™ Instructor/ Practitioner
  • Certification in Language of Dance®: Motif Notation
  • Peak PilateSystem® Professional Certification
  • B.F.A. with High Honors in Dance Education
  • M.F.A. Performing Arts Design & Technology at California Institute of the Arts
  • Independent choreography, art, lighting design and dance production support since 1978
  • MissoulaDANCES 2001-02: Producer, Lighting Designer, Choreographer and Performer
  • Sierra Dance Ensemble: Co-founder, technical director, performer, and choreographer
  • Ballet Arts Academy: Teaching Beginning Ballet for Children
  • Flagship Project: Teaching Creative Dance in after-school programs
  • Mojave Dance Studio: Teaching Ballet and Creative Dance
  • Young People's Institute of the Arts and Academics: Teaching dance and art
  • Cerro Coso Community College: Dance Instructor and Choreographer
  • Most influential (and kind) teachers: Rozanne Zimmerman, Bella Lewitsky, Alwin Nikolais, Joe Tremaine, Gordon Mumma, Joanne Callum-Powers, Peter Madden, Judy Gantz, Karen Studd, and more recently, Joe Williams, and of course, all of the students over the years that ask the real questions.

Lucille L. Dyer, a Certified Movement Analyst, offers private and small group sessions for those who wish to expand their expressive range, as introductory movement for people just starting out with a dance or movement program, and for experienced dancers who seek to develop and integrate bodily awareness into their lives, teaching, and performance practice.

Lucille has taught ballet, modern dance, and choreography for children and adults in studios, workshops, and schools. She taught for several years in the Missoula Elementary school system's Flagship Dance program and Montana's Ballet Arts Academy, teaching ballet classes, choreography, and Language of Dance Notation, and choreographing numerous events for the community. She has produced, performed, and designed lighting and costume for college and professional dance concerts for over 25 years, and has toured performances in California, Montana, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Utah. Receiving national recognition for her choreography and numerous awards for excellence, she has presented at regional and national academic dance arts events including the American College Dance Festival. Her productions have included dancers of all ages and abilites, and this skill of working with the individual is evident in each of her Pilates, Ballet, LMA and Bartenieff Fundamentals™ classes.

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JULIE PEOPLES-CLARK, & HERMINE SZANTO FLANIGAN

Julie Peoples-Clark is certified in the Yoga for the Special Child™ and a Registered Svadhyaya Yoga Teacher with the National Yoga Alliance, and a Certified Peak PilateSystem® teacher. She is a professional modern dancer and teacher of professional and college level modern dance. She had stopped dancing 8 years ago when her daughter Ella was born with spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy. Julie's search to help Ella led her to Sonia Sumar and the Yoga for the Special Child™ training program where she learned techniques to help Ella as well as beginning her personal practice of health and healing through yoga.

"The most profound message that I learned from my yoga practice was in order for me to care for Ella I had to care for myself. I find joy each day and I marvel at my incredible daughter and all she has overcome."

After two years of traveling the world volunteering with children with brain injuries and exploring many different healing options, Julie, her husband Dave and Ella moved to Vermont.

Julie has returned to dancing, and currently teaches and performs in the Burlington area. She offers specialty classes in Adaptive and Restorative Yoga, and designs personalized private sessions combining Yoga and Pilates for people with all abilities.

Hermine Szanto Flanigan has always been involved with exercise, whether working out at the gym, taking a yoga class, or going for family walks, fitness has always been a part of her life.

When she took her first Pilates class she was hooked! It was much more than just “exercise” – it was fun and made her feel strong!

When Hermine's second child started school she decided to enroll in Pilates teacher training with Peak Pilates' Master Trainer Clare Dunphy, and earned her certification to teach Mat and Reformer classes and private sessions in 2010.

"Pilates has truly changed my life. I have such passion for how good it makes me feel, and I love to teach others and share the fun, strength, and possibilities from daily practice of Pilates exercise."