Yvette Franco - Pilates
Yvette Franco teaches Pilates dance conditioning. Born and raised in southern California, she received her BA in Dance from Loyola Marymount University. She is Pilates certified through the Long Beach Dance Conditioning Center under the instruction of Marie Jose Blom Canellias. This past year Yvette has begun her teacher training in Gyrotonic Expansion System, a revolutionary system of stretching and strengthening muscles and joints, under the instruction of Lisa Marie Goodwin. Yvette also teaches group Pilates Mat classes at Los Angeles Body Kinetics in Culver City and does one-on-one training at the Brighton Institute of Physical Therapy in Beverly Hills, which focuses on Pilates rehabilitation.
Susan Goldberg - Laban Movement Analysis
Susan received a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase and then danced her way around the country to arrive back home in Los Angeles. Along the way, she received a Certification as Laban Movement Analyst with an MA from the University of Utah, and she had the privilege of dancing with Sarah Stackhouse, Ellen Bromberg, Liz Lerman, John Malashock, and the AXIS Dance Company, among others. Back in Los Angeles Susan dances with Susan Rose and Dancers, works with local choreographers (Ilaan Egeland, Collage Dance Theater, etc.) and is a member of Arts In Action, a community-based political arts collective with its own fantastic art space in Los Angeles. Recently she was a dancer in the tangopera Angora Matta in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and choreographed the L.A. Shakespeare Festival’s productions of Romeo and Juliet and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Very, very recently, she has been dancing with the little baby boy that came out of her body.
Paul Kibbey - Martial Arts
Paul Kibbey began studying the art of Aikido in 1980. He has studied with many teachers, some of whom studied with the founder of Aikido, Aorihei Ueshiba. He received his 3rd dan in the art of Aikido from Aikido Schools of Ueshiba in 1997. Paul has taught Aikido at Westside Aikido School, Second Wind Dojo, Broadway Gymnastics, and Glendale Aikikai. He has a special interest in exploring the principles of Aikido and how they may relate to everyday life, particularly in the area of conflict resolution.
Kambiz Moghaddam - Martial Arts
Kambiz Moghaddam has been teaching for the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance since spring 1991. He holds the 8th degree black belt (Chief master instructor level) in Korean Integrated Martial Arts Systems, which includes three styles of Tae Kwon Do, Hap Ki Do and Kuk Sool. His academic background extends to exercise science, kinesiology, biomechanics and human motion kinematics. Currently Kami is working on completion of his doctoral degree. He is an international certified chief master instructor and member of the World Ki Do Federation, the only traditional martial arts federation recognized by the government of the Republic of South Korea, as well as a the World Tae Kwon Do Federation headquartered in Seoul, Korea.
Kami is the founder and director of Korea Institute of Martial Arts (KIMA) headquartered in California. KIMA is an international charter center for training, teaching, testing and certification of black belts and leaders from the military and private sectors. In 200, Kami was appointed as
the Chairman of the International Institute of Martial Science and Applied Leadership, a non-profit international martial science and leadership research center, which serves the United States government and the private sector.
Carol Rossi - Yoga
Carol Rossi teaches yoga at Loyola Marymount University, Santa Monica College, and East Los Angeles College, as well as privately. She is a certified yoga instructor and holds M.A. degrees in both Dance Ethnology and Applied Experimental Psychology. In addition to her yoga studies, Carol has 20 years of experience with diverse movement genres including ballet, modern dance, traditional dance forms such as West African and Javanese dance, and aerobics. Her practice and teaching include attention to all aspects of yoga: postures, breathing, meditation, philosophy, and lifestyle practices, which are presented in appropriate combinations according to the needs of the individual student or group. Carol has studied Sanskrit and ancient yogic texts and is a co-founder and former chair of Positive Yoga in Los Angeles, an annual fundraiser for cancer research.
