Laura Virgillito
About
Laura Virgillito born in Italy ; completed her dance Education at the Martha Graham Dance School in New York, where she danced with several choreographers before returning to Europe. Since 1997 she has been living in Germany and is a freelance dancer and guest teacher for contemporary dance and GYROKINESIS® with several dance companies and institutions. Among others she has been dancing with the “Rodolpho Leoni Dance company”, the “x.x.y.Theater”- Geraldo Si Loureiro. She teaches on a regular basis at the Choreographisches Zentrum Pact Zollverein Essen, Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, Barnes Crossing Köln, Amanda Millers pretty ugly tanz kšln, FolkwangTanzStudio Essen, VA Wölfl/NEUER TANZ Düsseldorf, Stadttheater Bielefeld, and gives several workshops in Italy and Greece. During her time in New York from 1992 to 1997 she had the opportunity to experience the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®, which inspired her. Through this new art of movement she felt how positively the system influenced her dance carrier. And through her long experience as a dance teacher she became more and more concious of how much love and fun she finds by working with people. In the meantime she became a
• GYROKINESIS® Specialized Master Trainer
• GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer Level 2 Beginner
• GYROTONIC ® Master Trainer
• Master Trainer GYROTONER® Program 1
• Master Trainer GYROTONIC® Jumping Stretching Board
• GYROTONIC® Trainer on the Specialized equipment Leg Extension Unit.
• Since 2018 certified TCM acupuncture and Tuina massage practitioner
Laura wishes to transmit to other people the awareness for their own body, and so consequently the benefit of well being and fun through movement.