Kelly Annese, Reston, Virginia
Maé-Bérénice Méité, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Rebecca Cacioppo, St. Louis, Missouri
Gabrielle Dignitti, Buffalo New York
Nora Klein, Chicago, Illinois
Kelly is a figure skating coach, USFS gold medalist in skating skills and freestyle, and AIT Boston Professional Company member 2021-2024.
“The 6 Ways of the Spine course developed my understanding of how to teach, execute, and explore full body movement. Learning how anatomy, dance, and skating technique comes together has strengthened my understanding of the 6 Ways of the Spine. This has provided me with an array of tools to use in my coaching as well as my own practice of contemporary movement.”
Maé is a two-time Olympian, European & World Competitor, and six-time French National Champion.
The 6 Ways of the Spine™ is a must do, for every athletes and coaches, as it gives us a thorough understanding of body composition, performance and optimization. It was made with the heart and desire to bring us a valuable everyday tool, and I could feel it all throughout the course. It is very intense but graduating from this online curriculum was the last missing piece of a discovery journey I embarked on in 2018, and dove really into after my ruptured Achilles tendon back in 2021. I was able to cross reference my personal research, with my lived experience, to gain valuable insights and key tools that I carry very preciously as I am working on coming back to competing. It also gave me the confidence I was missing to share my knowledge with other athletes, to hopefully help them reach their highest level of performance by shaping the most optimized body through the 6 Ways. Enlightening. Very thorough & complete. 110% recommend.
Rebecca is a coach and choreographer out of St. Louis, Missouri working in multiple disciplines. She is a 6-time USFS Gold Medalist, Canadian Gold Medalist, and International Dance Medalist.
“The 6 Ways of the Spine course challenged my creativity and drastically improved my ability to teach proper alignment. I highly recommend this course to anyone teaching full body movements.”
Gabriella is a coach, choreographer, UX Designer, and USFS Quadruple Gold Medalist.
“6 Ways of the Spine opened my eyes to all of the ways we can move on the ice and how I can help my skaters achieve more body awareness and range of motion through proper cueing.”
Nora is a movement artist, choreographer, and full-time skating coach based in Chicago, IL.
“My biggest takeaway was having the structure to practice and develop my own methods for teaching each way of the spine. I appreciated getting feedback from my classmates to refine my pedagogy. ”