Gyrokinesis with Anjali Austin

Week of July 13, 2024

Anjali Austin is a distinguished Specialized Master Trainer in GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® methodology with over 35 years of experience in the system. Trained by Juliu Horvath and Hilary Cartwright, she taught in the New York City studios, and was among the first group of teachers certified as Master Trainers.

An interdisciplinary artist whose career spanned thirteen years performing with the critically acclaimed Dance Theatre of Harlem, she has performed ballets Billy the Kid, Swan Lake (Act II), Serenade, Flower Festival, Dougla, Concerto Barocco, and Frankie and Johnny, among others, and PBS television specials Fall River Legend, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Creole Giselle.

Ms. Austin currently serves as Professor and Chair of Florida State University’s School of Dance, where she introduced Gyrotonic to the program. As a result, the School is now equipped with each of the five pieces of specialized Gyrotonic equipment and courses are offered to dance majors. Ms. Austin holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College.