A photo of Anna Long against a dark grey backdrop. She has fair skin, and is wearing a black dress with a plunging neckline. She is placed down in a leaned over position cascading over her right ribs as her hair is draping down. Her focus is towards the camera with a bold red lip.
Choreographer
Teacher

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.

www.thisisannalong.com | Photo credit: Owen Scarlett

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Gaga/people classes offer a framework for users to connect to their bodies and imaginations, experience physical sensations, improve their flexibility and stamina, exercise their agility and explosive power, and enjoy the pleasure of movement in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere.
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Throughout the class, participants are guided by a series of evocative instructions deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation. Rather than turning from one prompt to another, information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically challenging experience. While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Inside this shared research, the improvisational nature of the exploration enables each participant’s deeply personal connection with Gaga.

Gaga/people classes are open to people ages 16+, regardless of their background in dance or movement. Classes last approximately one hour.