Nellesa Walthour

Through the GYROTONIC® Expansion System, Nellesa has seen the ways the technique continually opens and changes the body on many levels. Nellesa credits a GYROKINESIS® and Pilates practice with helping her maintain a well-functioning body throughout the demands of dancing with a full-time company and being on tour.

Trained on full fellowship at the Alvin Ailey School, she has had the pleasure of working with Donald Byrd, Sean Curran, Alonzo King, Donald McKayle, Elisa Monte, Earl Mosely and others. Her most notable dance credits include The Metropolitan Opera, Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT), Disney’s The Lion King and The Kennedy Center’s Ragtime. She has choreographed for DBDT, Benjamin Briones Ballet, festivals, and competitions.

In addition to teaching private clients, she uses Gyrotonic and Pilates principles to improve her dance students’ understanding of technique in their bodies. A graduate of Harvard College with a BA in Psychobiology,

Nellesa is certified in Gyrokinesis, Gyrotonic, Jumping-Sliding Board, GYROTONER®, Power Plate®, and Pilates Mat.