DOMINIKA BOROVANSKY GAINES
Dominika is the Owner/ Director of Kinesphere. She is a GYROTONIC® Master Trainer, a certified Level II GYROTONIC® instructor, a certified Level I GYROKINESIS® instructor, and a certified Pilates instructor through Long Beach Dance Conditioning.
As a modern dancer, Dominika garnered numerous academic and artistic scholarships. A five-year stint studying and performing in New York City was followed by a yearlong tenure in Prague, Czechoslovakia where she performed professionally, began teaching ballet and modern dance, and choreographing. She first encountered Pilates mat work in spring '93, while a graduate student in Dance at Arizona State University. During this time, her intuitive teaching abilities and interest in the art and science of movement also led to a graduate assistantship in Dance Kinesiology with Professor Pamela Matt.
In the fall of 1997, a former teacher introduced Dominika to the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®. While training in GYROTONIC® methodolgy, Dominika saw a marked change in the ease and efficiency of her movement, an improvement in her scoliosis and enhanced balance, strength and aerobic capacity. In 1998 she began teaching in her own private practice. As an instructor, Dominika draws on her diverse movement background and dance teaching skills, bringing to each session patience, clarity, integrity and joy of movement.
Dominika is the former Artistic Director of Semaphor DanceWorks, and holds a BFA '85 and MFA '95 in Dance Performance and Choreography from Arizona State University. It is her vision that Kinesphere be a place of learning and healing, a place to strengthen the body while lifting the spirit.
LISA PETERSON PERRY
Lisa’s passion for the art and science of movement began when she started figure skating at nine years old. She entered into the world of dance at age 13, eventually earning her BFA in Dance Education from Arizona State University in 2001. For several years she was an active member of Semaphor DanceWorks and co-founder of Venture Dance Collective.
An inspired student of human anatomy and physiology, she began her study of Pilates in 1996 and her training in the GYROTONIC® excercise method in 1999 with Dominika Borovansky Gaines. Lisa began her apprenticeship in 2000 at Kinesphere in Phoenix. She took her interest in movement methodologies further in 2002 when she became Level I-certified in the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® and completed her Pilates certification from Long Beach Dance Conditioning in 2003.
Motivated by LBDC’s intense focus on the development of deep core strength and its continual integration of advances in movement biomechanics, Lisa has worked intensively with LBDC founder Marie Jose Blom to become a teacher of Core Intelligence™. She will begin offering this training at Kinesphere in late February 2008.
SHEILA LIVELY
Sheila Lively began her study of Pilates in 2002 as a student. She enjoyed how much the work helped her overcome previous injuries and the stress of the workplace and decided she would like to help others in the same way.
In August 2004, she completed Core Beginnings training through Long Beach Dance Conditioning. In January 2005, she received her certificate as a personal trainer from the National Personal Trainers Institute and followed this with ACE certification in February 2005.
Sheila’s pursuit of knowledge in anatomy and physiology never ceases. She obtained her Pilates certification in the Pilates Method™ through the PhysicalMind Institute in May 2006 and certification to be a Level I GYROTONIC® instructor in May 2007. In July 2007, she received yet another certificate after participating in a Pink Ribbon Program-sponsored intensive on Post-Rehabilitation for Breast Cancer.
Sheila was a Retirement Plan Administrator and Consultant for 20 years before becoming a Pilates and GYROTONIC® instructor. Her first degree was a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia. She wants to teach people how Pilates and GYROTONIC® exercise can help relieve the tension of the job and everyday stresses through movement. You will know that Sheila is in the studio when you hear laughter.
SUE (LAST NAME)
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KIM LAYNE
Kim began practicing Pilates in 2003 to supplement rehabilitation for a broken right ankle. Pilates accelerated the recovery of her ankle's strength and mobility while improving her muscle tone, bodily self-awareness and self-image. These critical positive changes inspired her to become a certified instructor in The Pilates Method through the PhysicalMind Institute in 2005, and to pursue certification in THE GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® in 2007. Now a GYROTONIC® instructor-apprentice under the tutelage of Master Trainer Dominika Borovansky Gaines, she continues to improve her methods of instruction and combines her intuition, compassion and enthusiasm for healing and movement education to ensure clients get the most out of every session.
Kim graduated with a B.A. in Journalism and Anthropology from Arizona State University in 2001 and, in addition to being a teacher, is a freelance copywriter and editor.
SHAY LUCEY
Shay Lucey, raised in Orange County, California, received her BFA in Dance at the University of Arizona. Following graduation, Shay moved to Las Vegas where she performed in the corps de ballet of Nevada Ballet Theatre.
In her third year with the ballet company, she decided to pursue her Pilates certification with Gracie Martinez of Las Vegas Body Arts and Movement. In addition, Shay received training from Ron Fletcher master teachers Diane Diefenderfer of Studio De Corps in Costa Mesa, California and Kyria Sabin of Body Works in Tucson, Arizona. Shay has a meticulous understanding of how the body works and moves and always makes her clients feel comfortable and secure.
