BA, Sarah Lawrence College. MFA, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. Reeser created a regional dance company in Denver and directed it for 10 years. She served for more than 15 years on the faculty at Naropa University in Boulder, where she taught Dance Technique, Improvisation, 20th-Century Performance History, and Experiential Anatomy. In 1994, she was certified as a Pilates instructor and has been teaching Pilates and running Pilates continuing education ever since. In 2020, she moved back to New York and currently teaches Pilates and co-directs a movement education platform called Movement Science Made Simple. SLC, 2024–
Undergraduate Courses 2024-2025
Dance
Conditioning
Component—Fall
DNCE 5587
This conditioning uses embodied anatomy, Pilates-based strengthening, body weight exercises, information about cardiovascular fitness, and artistic reflection to build healthy groundwork from which to build a sustained physical dance practice. Each week, we will address a different area of the body with an anatomical lecture, definition and palpation of bony landmarks and activation of specific support structures, and targeted exercises to help build deeper understanding and support. This more intellectual investigation will be applied directly to movement to help develop technical training, as well as to encourage injury prevention and rehabilitation. Students will be expected to show critical-thinking skills around the concepts presented in class. They are expected to be present, attempt exercises, and develop personal modifications when necessary and to show some physical progress throughout the semester. Discussion in class is encouraged, as this is a time to display internal process. It is suggested, though not required, for students to maintain a journal throughout the semester.
Faculty
Graduate Courses 2024-2025
MFA Dance
Conditioning
Component—Fall
5587
This conditioning uses embodied anatomy, Pilates-based strengthening, body weight exercises, information about cardiovascular fitness, and artistic reflection to build healthy groundwork from which to build a sustained physical dance practice. Each week, we will address a different area of the body with an anatomical lecture, definition and palpation of bony landmarks and activation of specific support structures, and targeted exercises to help build deeper understanding and support. This more intellectual investigation will be applied directly to movement to help develop technical training, as well as to encourage injury prevention and rehabilitation. Students will be expected to show critical-thinking skills around the concepts presented in class. They are expected to be present, attempt exercises, and develop personal modifications when necessary and to show some physical progress throughout the semester. Discussion in class is encouraged, as this is a time to display internal process. It is suggested, though not required, for students to maintain a journal throughout the semester.