Teaching

Lydia Zimmer has been teaching dance since graduating from The Boston Conservatory in 2011. Her approach is rooted in technical rigour and creative openness – building a foundation strong enough to take risks from. She teaches across styles and levels, and believes the studio should be a space where dancers are challenged and safe at the same time.

Contemporary technique, ballet, improvisation, and conditioning. Her technical vocabulary spans Graham, Horton, and Countertechnique, with improvisation research drawing on Gaga, Forsythe, Cunningham, and Release methodologies.

Lydia is currently on faculty at The Dance Institute, Halifax Dance, Atlantic Dance Intensive, and the Indigenous Dance Program in Moncton, New Brunswick.

She has previously taught at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, The Boston Conservatory, and the Derida Dance Center in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Lydia is available for workshops, intensives, and residencies with post-secondary programs, dance companies, and presenting organizations. Workshop engagements can be tailored to the needs of the group – from technique intensives to creative process sessions rooted in her choreographic practice.