Janet Welsh

Janet Welsh, MFA - Bio

Janet Welsh—dancer, choreographer, educator—is the creator of Core Flow™, a unique fitness system blending elements of Dance, Pilates, Yoga and Bodywork.

She received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance from Mills College in 2000 and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from California Institute of the Arts in 1982. Janet has also worked closely with chiropractors and Feldenkrais practitioner Pauline Sugine. Engaged with fitness for the last twenty years, Welsh served as Director of Wellness and Fitness for the Mauna Kea Resort in Hawaii, where she developed programming to bridge the gap between the healing arts and fitness. In the 1980’s she built an extensive clientle in Los Angeles, working with the film industry, Elite Models, dancers and at-risk youth. She has danced and choreographed in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, appearing with Donald Byrd, Molissa Feneley and on MTV and other commercial television projects. Her choreography was also featured in the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival.

Janet views the body from an architectural perspective, looking always towards an increased capacity for precision, range of motion, spatial awareness, core initiation of movement, efficiency and overall ease and balance. Currently, she teaches Core Flow™ at Mills College and at the Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Center in Oakland. Janet also works as a Somatic Arts practitioner at the Claremont Resort and Spa in Berkeley.

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	Janet Welsh, MFA - Bio Janet Welsh—dancer, choreographer, educator—is the creator of Core Flow™, a unique fitness system blending elements of Dance, Pilates, Yoga and Bodywork. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance from Mills College in 2000 and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from California Institute of the Arts in 1982. Janet has also worked closely with chiropractors and Feldenkrais practitioner Pauline Sugine. Engaged with fitness for the last twenty years, Welsh served as Director of Wellness and Fitness for the Mauna Kea Resort in Hawaii, where she developed programming to bridge the gap between the healing arts and fitness. In the 1980’s she built an extensive clientle in Los Angeles, working with the film industry, Elite Models, dancers and at-risk youth. She has danced and choreographed in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, appearing with Donald Byrd, Molissa Feneley and on MTV and other commercial television projects. Her choreography was also featured in the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival. Janet views the body from an architectural perspective, looking always towards an increased capacity for precision, range of motion, spatial awareness, core initiation of movement, efficiency and overall ease and balance. Currently, she teaches Core Flow™ at Mills College and at the Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Center in Oakland. Janet also works as a Somatic Arts practitioner at the Claremont Resort and Spa in Berkeley.