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Alicia Head began her dance training in Hollywood at the American School of Dance under the direction of Eugene Loring. She continued on with Sallie Whalen and later studied at the Stanley Holden Dance Center, Ballet Petit and Le Studio with Charles and Phillip Fuller.

While studying the Liberal Arts at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo she performed in featured roles with the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo in such ballets as Die Fledermaus, The Nutcracker, and Alice in Wonderland. Ms. Head continued her training in San Francisco at the Academy of Ballet with Richard Gibson and Zory Karah and performed with their Chamberdance San Francisco ensemble in its inaugural season.

Ms. Head also began her Pilates education at St. Francis Memorial Hospital's Center for Sports Medicine, one of the pioneering institutions in the emerging field of dance medicine. She worked with Elizabeth Larkham and others on the faculty learning about biomechanics, kinesiology and injury prevention.

Ms. Head continued her Pilates education with Marie-Jose Blom Lawrence at Long Beach Conditioning Center (LBDC) as a student in the internationally recognized teacher training program where she learned to apply cutting-edge information about anatomy and kinesiology to dance and movement. She also began her 13-year affiliation with Diane Lauridsen and the South Bay Ballet. Since 1996 Ms. Head has been on the faculty of both Long Beach Dance Conditioning and the Lauridsen Ballet Centre, specializing in assisting highly talented and motivated dancers and teachers reach elite levels in their work.

While at LBDC Ms. Head began studying the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM™ and GYROKINESIS™. She studied with Master Trainers Lisa-Marie Goodwin, Juergen Bamberger and Sebastian Plettenberg. Since 2000, Ms. Head has become a certified GYROTONIC™ instructor in Level 1 and Level 2, and also received certification for some of its specialized apparatus. In 2004 Ms. Head became a Master Trainer for GYROKINESIS working with the creator of the system himself, Juliu Horvath.

Currently Ms. Head is a senior faculty member at Lauridsen Ballet Centre and Long Beach Dance Conditioning. She also leads teacher training courses in GYROKINESIS and coaches dancers and teachers privately.