Dr. AJ Mannion
DAcHM, L.Ac, Dipl.OM
Guest Classes
For guest teaching inquiries, please visit Contact to get in touch with AJ!
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AJ happily offers guest classes in acrobatics and ballet technique, performance coaching for competitions and auditions, as well as health workshops on topics such as nutrition, mindfulness and rehabilitative movement for dancers.​​​
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- for dancers ages 5 & up. AJ's acro classes draw upon a solid foundation of yoga-based alignment to support healthy, controlled, and effortless execution of acrobatic movement. Classes include demanding strength and flexibility training, education on the science of backbending, and instruction on a large vocabulary of acrobatic movement. AJ works with dancers to combine their acro skills with their ballet technique to create exquisite lines and transitions in the dancers' movements. Vocabulary covered includes; rolls, inversions at all 4 levels (head, chest, forearm, hand) with contortion variations,, floor tricks, cartwheels and aerials, walkovers and variations, handsprings. tucks and much more. AJ studied with Acrobatic Arts in Modules 1 & 2, and has also taken their Aerial/Back Handspring workshop.
- for dancers ages 8 & up. AJ's ballet classes focus on proper spinal alignment, correct use of turnout, and ease of movement. Dancers who receive their ballet training with AJ tend to have graceful, fluid lines, exceptional body awareness and an effortless yet grounded movement quality, as well as a strong mental understanding of the technique and how to communicate that understanding to others. AJ regularly takes advanced ballet classes at Academy of Dance Arts in Tinton Falls, NJ to deepen his experience and knowledge.