Anna Long is a performer, choreographer, and certified Gaga teacher based in the United States. Raised in Massachusetts, Anna began her dance training with New England Dance Academy of Attleboro. She earned her degree in dance and biology at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. In 2011, Anna was accepted to the pilot Gaga Teachers Training program in Tel Aviv, and trained under Ohad Naharin, Gaga faculty, and members of Batsheva Dance Company and became a certified Gaga teacher in 2012.
Since then, she served as a guest teacher for CSU Long Beach, Columbia College, TU Dance, Lee Saar, and Punch Drunk Theatre’s Sleep No More. Anna has produced and created works independently and has choreographed commissions by Visceral Dance Chicago, the Cambrians, Dance Works Chicago, Elements Contemporary Ballet, Loyola Marymount College, Dance in the Parks Chicago, Extensions Dance Company, and James Graham Dance Theater in San Francisco. Anna was chosen as a featured artist for Dixon Place’s Under Exposed series in New York City and presented work in the inaugural Netherlands Choreography Competition in Spring 2017, the 2019 Boston Contemporary Dance Festival and at the 2019 VHS International Solo Dance Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany.
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This class will combine a sensation focused warm-up with a deep dive into a new phrase from Anna’s repertoire every week.
Together, we will work on how to pick up material with confidence. The phrase work serves as an opportunity to flex our mental muscles, make mistakes, and own the skills to learn complex choreography.
We believe a phrase is just a phrase until you bring it to life. The ethos of this class is to learn and perform by bringing your artistry to each step. We work with each phrase as a framework to connect your skills, your personality, and your passion to the way you dance, not just onstage, but in every step of the process. We want to see you shine.
Discover new forms from Anna’s choreographic lexicon.
Discover new abilities inside your dancing body.