Dance Within with Lalanya

Specialties

Come experience my use of African, modern and jazz movements to reinvigorate body and mind! Rhythmic movement and percussion create a state of well-​being, a release from tension and a sense of pleasure and joy with the shared energy of other dancers.

Beginners are very welcome. Have no fear! There is no complicated choreography. Movements are repeated and explored to the live drum beat. You go totally at your own pace.

History

Established in 2012.

I grew up in the Bay Area where I learned ballet, jazz and modern dance.

I have an extensive resume of professional dance experience in Hollywood and in Italy (Rome, Milan and elsewhere), in film, television and theater.

I began teaching this way in Rome. In Milan I began focusing on a way to teach large groups that had various levels of experience.

Looking for a place to teach independently, I came across Multnomah Arts Center (in Portland) and put on dance workshops there in 2011. You can see clips of them at my DanceWithin With LaLanya website.

Meet the Business Owner

LaLanya C.

Business Owner

I studied dance, trained in ballet, jazz and modern, in the Bay Area.

I worked professionally for ten years in Los Angeles in film, television and theater.

After working on a RAI (Italian TV) show produced in LA, I decided to go to Rome to work. I continued to work as a dancer in film, theater and television with numerous credits while expanding my teaching.

I returned from Italy a few years ago and have continued to teach. My husband, whom I married in Rome, assists me as needed.

We are both interested in the spiritual and psychological aspects of dance.