Malia Lam - Gyrotonics

Malia Lam, a WAC/D Dance Alum is coming to teach a gyrotonics and floorwork class on 5/2/25 in Room 230 from 10am-12pm.

Class description:
Your body is not the same every day and this collab dance class allows students to delve deeper into how they engage with their bodies within dance. Perfectly incorporating the cross training dancers need to keep a long lasting career, a healthy body, and so that the connections can be discovered all at once!
• Class starts with a Gyrokinesis inspired warm up, Key principles are introduced to help dancers research their bodies for that day.
• Those principles are then expanded on with improv and across the floor exercises. Finding useful connections from the gyrotonic method for dance.
• Finally, dancers are taught a dance phrase challenging them to apply these connections. Floorwork, my style of dance, takes inspiration from capoeira and breakdancing mixing it with contemporary dance
Teaching dance technique with Gyrotonic in the same class allows students to find body awareness and connectivity while doing strenuous dance movements without injuring themselves. This class emphasizes flexibility and breathwork, while consciously activating the nerves and muscles to make healthy, balanced pathways in the body for dance.


Bio
Malia Lam is originally from Mill Valley, CA where she studied at Roco dance and later took at Lines ballet and ODC in San Francisco. She went on to attend UCLA and graduated with a BA in Dance and a minor in Spanish in 2018. Malia promptly moved to the city after graduation. Since living in NYC, she’s danced for SarAika, Katie Messina, Jordan Ryder, Robert Mark Burke, Vive, Angie Moon, Joseph Heitman, Gable Couch, Animus, Yu.S.Artistry and many more. Malia has ventured out beyond just performing to choreograph an evening length show “Depth Deception” at Triskelion arts this past May, a duet for Forza’s emerging artist showcase, a short excerpt for One Day Dance and a solo in a split bill at Arts On Site. She currently dances for One Day Dance and in this newest season she worked on film projects with guest choreographers Alex Schmidt, Newbrese and Colin Heininger. Aside from dance, Malia teaches the GYROTONIC/GYROKINESIS method and floorwork dance at studios all over including UCLA, Martha Graham School and Union Square Gyrotonic. You can also find her rocking out on stage with Bone Head Stew as their dancer and occasionally singer.