MICHAEL GARBER was born and raised in Southwestern Pennsylvania and received his early training at Kat & Company Dance Studio, in Morgantown, WV. He has lived in NYC since 2005, and has trained with Sheila Barker, Brice Mousset, Wes Veldink, Max Stone, Jana Hicks, Marijke Eliasburg, and many more. He has performed the works of Jana Hicks, Marijke Eliasburg, Wes Veldink, Sean Curran, Karen Gayle, Nathan Trice, Louis Falco, Pascal Rekoert, Andrea Miller, Dario Vaccaro, Michael McGowen, Darcy Naganuma, and Bill Young. He was a member of the Ballet Hispanico Junior Ensemble. Michael has worked for Holland America Cruise lines as a dancer, for Dance Masters of Pennsylvania as a judge, and taught at STEG in Stockholm and at the Viksjofors Dansforum. His work has been shown in NY, PA, WV, and Sweden. He joined the Steps Repertory Ensemble in 2008.

Michael's Modern/Contemporary/Jazz class is influenced by his diverse training background of movement. The class focuses on a deep sensory sensitivity, skeletal and muscular alignment and awareness, and emotional integrity and strength in movement. Phrases allow the dancer to explore full range of movement. Attention is brought to detail and the breaking of old movement habits, embracing newfound movement quality. Dancers are encourages to bring their unique energy to class with them as they "listen to their dancing body" to utilize maximum power and fullness.

Warm up is approximately 45 mins and is inspired by yoga, gyrokenesis, Simonson Technique, and more. This leaves the dancing body feeling stretched, strengthened, and aligned adequately from head to toe. Enjoy!

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