Flavia Tabarrini
Certified GYROTONIC® Master Trainer
GYROTONIC® therapeutic application for:
Neck and lumbar spine
Scoliosis, Psoas principles
Pelvic girdle and shoulder girdle,Pre & Post Natal application
GYROKINESIS® Trainer Level 1 and 2
YAMUNA BODY ROLLING® TEACHER TRAINER
YAMUNA FOOT FITNESS® TEACHER TRAINER
YAMUNA FACE® PRACTITIONER
ASHTANGA YOGA TEACHER
Flavia Tabarrini already dealt with Pilates, Yoga und Alexander technique during her training as a stage dancer. During her engagement in Freiburg in 2000 she became acquainted with the
GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Method, and YAMUNA BODY ROLLING®. Since that time she has been formed as a trainer at the Rehabilitation Clinic Bad Krozingen, in Amsterdam,
Frankfurt, Cologne and Milan. The training concept convinced her so much that she qualified as GYROTONIC®
Trainer Level 1, Pre-trainer and GYROKINESIS® Trainer Level 1 and 2. From 2004 she followed the work of Yamuna Zake (Yamuna Body Rolling® and Yamuna Foot Fitness).
Language of instruction: German, English, Italian and French.
Chia Yin Ling
Certified GYROTONIC® Trainer
GYROTONIC® Application for Dancers
Pilates Instructor
Qi Gong Teacher
YAMUNA BODY ROLLING® PRACTITIONNER
Starting her ballet training at the Houston Ballet Academy, Chia Yin Ling completed her training in Classical Pilates and continued practicing the method throughout her career as a dancer. During her engagement as a solo dancer at the Staatstheater Darmstadt,
she completed her Pilates education at Polestar and had first experiences with GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Method.
In addition to her work as a choreographer and dance teacher in Germany and France she was a trainer in several studios. In intensive collaboration with pain therapists and chiropractors, experiences with Feldenkrais, Franklin Technique, Tai Chi, Qi Gong and
Yoga are also incorporated into bodywork.
2015 training and cooperation with GYROTONIC® trainer for groups and personal training at Rituel Studio, Paris, from May 2017 trainer and supporter of the Body Works Cologne.
Language of instruction: German, English, Chinese and French.
Chie Mukai
GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer
GYROTONIC® Level 2
GYROKINESIS® Level 2
Musical Journey
Therapeutic Applications for the Pelvic Girdle, the Shoulder Girdle, Scoliosis, Psoas
Principles Applied to Dynamic Trunk Stabilization
Applications for Osteoporosis
Applications for Dancers 1&2
Chie is originally from Osaka, Japan. Her love of dance led to Boston, MA to pursuit her deep dance education at Walnut Hill School for the Arts. After the graduation, she earned the full scholarship to attend to The Boston Conservatory
where she successfully received a degree with B.F.A. in Dance.
She was eager to explore her career to New York City and became a freelance dancer, also, GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® trainer.
She has worked with clients of all ages with different needs such as rehabilitation of injury, athletes to improve their performance skills, and non-movers to learn new way of moving.
After experiencing many injuries through her dance career, she would like to share thoughts from her experience to find out a solution together.
Unterrichtssprache: Japanese and English.
Kojiro Imada
GYROKINESIS® specialised Master Trainer
GYROTONIC® specialised Master Trainer
Dance teacher and choreographer (contemporary dance and ballet for contemporary dancers)
available GYROKINESIS® courses: Level 1, Level 2 beginner, Level 2, Breathing Intensive, Cardiovascular Program 1 + 2, Happy Move
available GYROTONIC® courses: Level 1 courses
available Specialised Equipment courses: Jumping Stretching Board,
GYROTONER® Program 1+2, Archway Level 1
Born in Tokio, Japan. Through his career first as a ballet dancer and then as a contemporary dancer he developed his own dance movement system "Circumnavigation Technique". Between 2009-11 he works as a teacher of ballet at the Japan Women's College of Physical Education,
and since 2011 he works as a teacher of contemporary dance at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. His interests include somatic studies, especially in the GYROTONIC® methodology. He was trained as a GYROTONIC®
Trainer in 2006 and has also been a GYROKINESIS® Trainer since 2007; finally, in 2013 he was certified as a GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer and since 2021 GYROTONIC® Master Trainer.
Language of instruction: German, English und Japanese.
Ana Cognigni
Bühnentanzpädagogin in klassischem und moderne Tanz
Certified Pilates Mat Practitioner
Certified GYROTONIC® Level 1 Trainer
GYROTONIC® Therapeutic Applications for the Pelvic Girdle, the Shoulder Girdle
Ana Cognigni was dancer at the Ballet Contemporáneo del Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Europe she worked as free dancer and produced several Solo-dance performances.
She graduated at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in Stage Dance Pedagogy. She is certified Pilates Mat Practitioner and certified GYROTONIC® Level 1 trainer.
She is teaching at the Dance Academy of the Rheinische Musikschule Köln, and at the Musik-und Kunstschule Wesel, and give several courses.
Language of instruction: German, English, Spanish and Italian.
Katja Nikitsina
Certified GYROTONIC® Level 1 Trainer
Katja is a qualified engineer. In her free time, she enjoyed trying various sports activities at a young age. This gave her nine years of experience in ballet and judo. At a later stage she also found interest in different yoga styles and weight training.
Through dance she learned about the GYROTONIC® Method. She especially likes the complexity of the exercises and the combination of flexibility and strength that can be gained through the numerous exercises.
She developed a very good body awareness through the different forms of movement and knows about the importance of movement for body and mind. In the GYROTONIC® Method she sees the health aspect of movement best implemented for all bodies.
Language of instruction: German and English
k.nikitsina@gmx.de
Rick Kam
Certified GYROTONIC® Level 1 Trainer
Rick Kam received his classical dance education at the Theaterschool/Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. After his studies he worked as a dancer for Nieuwe Dansgroep Amsterdam and De Rotterdamse Dansgroep.
As house choreographer he worked for the Rotterdamse Dansgroep.
Most recently he worked with Amanda Miller until June 2007 as dancer, choreographer and artistic assistant for pretty ugly tanz köln at the Schaupielhaus Köln.
Since September 2008 he is head of the dance department, Tanzakademie Rheinische Musikschule Köln, including the Studienvorbereitende Ausbildung Tanz Rheinische Musikschule.
In his dance pedagogical activities, he was associated with the Cologne University of Music and Dance as a lecturer in classical dance from 2009 to 2022.
"GYROTONIC® Method provides me with a holistic method that, through its targeted movement sequences, balances the physical overload caused by the demands of everyday life and strengthens both the body and physical awareness.
As a GYROTONIC® Apprentice, I hope to gain many new insights into the possibilities of the GYROTONIC® Method.“ (Rick Kam)
Language of instruction: German and English
kam@rickkam.de
new YAMUNA BODY ROLLING® PRACTITIONNER
Nikos Konstantakis
www.nik-kon.com
Chia Yin Ling
chiayin@bodyworks.cologne
Susa Weinbach
sweinbach@gmx.de
Stefanie Albrecht
info@praxis-ganzheitliche-entspannung.de
Anna Roßmüller
anna.rossmueller@web.de