As a teacher / facilitator, Leah shares her passion for invention and improvisation as tools for personal development and as a playful approach to education. She presents fresh material on a broad range of topics to inspire her participants. Using kinetic, aural, tactile and spacial learning styles, Leah seamlessly weaves dance, art, science, poetry, history, and current events into fun, accessible experiences. Leah facilitates pre-school creative movement, teenage olympics of the mind, adult personal development retreats, and brainercize classes for people of an advanced age. Leah embraces and encourages life-long learning that follows the thread of compassionate curiosity for living, moving and enjoying fullness of being.
National Sacred Dance Guild Featured Presenter, 2009, New Haven, Connecticut, weeklong intensive
Vashon Community Care Center, 2005-08, developmental movement with Alzheimers patients
Vashon Artists In Residence, 2003-10, instrument making from ordinary objects, Literacy in Action program
Islandwood, 2002-04, recycling and understanding "source" through music and movement
Nature Consortium, 2001- 07, teacher on the themes of natural cycles, music, and movement
ArtsCorps, 2002-04, Instructor for this urban outreach program
RecycleArtists Program, King Co Arts Commission, 2000-01,
Moving in the Spirit, Urban Outreach Teacher and Program Director, 1988-93
Ela's passion for creating surprising sounds from unusual things is infectious. Through the process of creating instruments and art, Ela teaches others to think creatively and invent solutions. Using sponataneity and playfulness to present artistic and scientific ideas, Ela's classes empower the student to think in a unique way.
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