Owner,

Certified
Movement
Analyst

BodyKnowledge ^tm, Inc.- personalized total performance & muscular re-education, private and group sessions, workshops and classes.  Laban Movement Analysis applications in the aspects of the body, space, and intention to describe and observe recurring patterns, note preferences, and suggest new possibilities to clients in many areas of interest including fitness & health

Producer/Director/Host

FitFun ^tm TV Show is designed to be an enjoyable, viewer-interactive experience in intelligent health, fitness and wellness education

Movement Specialist

Certified Instructor   Restorative Bodywork

Spa Consultant

One Stop Wellness Center, NYC, D-Stress ^tm, Weight Management, Psychotherapeutic Programs; Canyon Ranch Spa, The Berkshires; Spadeus, Tuscany, Italy; The Spa at Grand Lake, Connecticut; Green Mountain Spa at Fox Run - One-to-One sessions & Workshops including Cavassa BodyKnowledge ^tm Programs & Restorative Bodywork - combines traditional massage with scientific techniques to free congestion (which causes pain, impairs movement, etc.) from the body to heal itself; Dekalb Ave. Pain Management & Sports Therapy - Dr. Thomas G. O’Brien, D.O., MS - Medical Spa Consultant and design exercise & pain relief programs for patients; Spa Consultant – (partial listing) Nirvana Spa, Inc. - Scarsdale, NY, DeBue Beauty & Day Spa- Richmond, VA, Curandero Beach Spa – Marbella, Spain; custom design D‑Stress ^tm Spa Retreats to accommodate specific needs of clientele, and many others

Author

"Eat What You Want & Look & Feel Fabulous! Intelligent Eating Plan Guide”; “BodyKnowledge ^tm Basics: A Body Owner's Manual” (in development) Fitness Plus Magazine (Staff Writer 1990-92), contributions to various publications & online zines

Fitness & Health Consultant

Dance Instructor

Certified Personal Trainer & Fitness
  Instructor

New York (partial listing) Atlantic Records - special programs for artists including Duncan Sheik; Sports Training Institute - Staff Training Workshops; Scholastic, Inc. - FitFun ^tm & Ballercize ^tm; Earthrobics ^tm, Aerobics, Step, Sculpting, Stretch; Apex - Aerobics; Fitness Plus, Inc. - BodyStrength - Corporate Fitness for IBM & Merrill Lynch - Aerobics, Earthrobics^tm &Yoga; Iowa Consultants, Inc. - Fitness Programs; USN Communications, Inc. - D-Stress ^tm Workshop and Video Program; and various programs for many dance and fitness facilities; Classes & workshops in Jazz Dance, Ballet, Tap, Relaxation Techniques, Habit Control, Body Sculpting, Vegetarian Cooking, Meditation, and Seniors' and Children's Dance & Fitness; Co-Chairperson/Special Consultant - Committee for programs in Children's Fitness & Teacher's Training for Children's Dance & Fitness -Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies.

Los Angeles L. A. Danceworks - Jazz, Isolation Techniques; Venice Beach Fitness Club - Earthrobics ^tm, private clients

Event Producer

Designed and produced expos, seminars, symposiums, certification programs, networking and gala events as the New York Representative for Personal Training & Bodywork Professionals Association, USA and consulted with various organizations including American Athletics & Fitness Association, East Coast Alliance, and International Dance & Exercise Association

Dancer/Actress/Model

Mega Management - choreographer and dancer for musical acts; Belladonna Cosmetics (Italy) - model; Heart & Soul Magazine, Just for You Magazine - author and model in several issues; Fitness Editor for Netnoir.com and various online zines, 1993 Seagrams' Electrifying Lady Contest Finalist; featured in the book "TANAKA, MASON, KOSTABI"; New York University Creative Arts Team; Playwright's Horizons; New York University Gallatin Arts Projects; 1984 Olympic Entertainment Committee; lead dancer NYO & FRIENDS - Nyo Takasaki, choreographer

Video

Film/Television

Hair & Makeup Artist

Glamour and Fantasy for films, videos, photographers, special functions & private clients

Education

New York University - created Major: Video Choreography/Dance and Dance Education; Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies - Certification in Movement Analysis, Studies with Alvin Ailey, Dance Theater of Harlem, The Joffrey School of Ballet, Nat Horne Dance Theater, Broadway Dance Center, (scholarship student) & others

Program Descriptions

Please see Denise Cavassa's Dynamic Classes & Workshops