About.
Francesca Dominguez is a movement artist based in New York City. Over the past six years, her abiding fascination with Countertechnique has led her to become a certified Countertechnique Teacher. Francesca is a teaching artist with the Juilliard Dance School, the Gibney Dance Center, the Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program, Mark Morris Dance Center, Peridance Center and holds a Masters in Dance from Hunter College.
Link to open professional level classes at Gibney 280 Broadway
Francesca first came into contact with Countertechnique while transitioning from college into her professional career, and it has since become an indispensable resource for herself as a dancer. Having nurtured her relationship with Countertechnique and its vibrant community since 2016, she has attended three One Body One Career Intensives, and in 2021 completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training Program.
"I dance for the transformative power that emerges from proactively working on an individual process, while truly and acutely listening to the body and its surroundings. To navigate the mental and physical rigor of a career in dance, Countertechnique has become my life long partner that empowers me with ease and agility to overcome obstacles like fear, nerves, and exhaustion. It offers me a new sense of clarity in mind and body by replacing unhelpful thoughts with practical and applicable information for my dancing. Countertechnique has allowed me to discover the potential for every challenge in the studio to be reframed as an opportunity to discover. Sharing and exploring these discoveries with fellow dancers is my heart’s joy!"
Countertechnique Open-Class Calendar
COUNTERTECHNIQUE® Class Description
The Countertechnique® class is a contemporary dance technique class. It stretches, coordinates and strengthens the body, making the dancer sweat, build stamina and really move. The class starts with a recurring set of exercises, allowing dancers to investigate the Countertechnique® principles in detail. The second half of the class consists of changing components, working towards luscious movement combinations and jumping at the end.
The Countertechnique® class results in dancers using less energy, losing their fear of taking risks and gaining speed in changing direction.
Professional Teaching Experience
Juilliard Adjunct Professor 4th year Contemporary Technique (SP23)
Juilliard Adjunct Professor 3th year Contemporary Technique (SP23)
Gibney Pro Faculty (FA2022- present)
Juilliard Teaching Artist (SP22)
Gibney Dance Center Teaching Artist & Choreography Mentor (FA21-present)
Peridance Center Guest Teaching Artist (2022-present)
Gibney International Group Study Program Teaching Artist (2022-present)
Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program Teaching Artist (2021)
Alvin Ailey Extension Program (2022)
Hunter College Contemporary Technique II Adjunct Lecturer (FA21)
Elite Danceworx (Summer 2022)
Danceology San Diego (Summer 2022)
Pilates Teaching Practice
As a supplement to dance, Francesca is a certified pilates instructor whose teaching fosters a functional and applicable understanding of anatomy as it relates to movement. Her pilates private sessions offer body conditioning instruction as a means to bridge the gap between conceptualizing anatomy and applying the information while moving.
Open for booking both online and in person at Body Evolutions Union Square. For scheduling pilates private sessions please use the contact page on this website.
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