Continuing Zena Rommett's Legacy

With Integrity and Passion

 

 

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Continuing Zena Rommett's Legacy

With integrity and passion


 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOUNDING BOARD

  • Robert Joffrey (1998)
  • Zena Rommett (2010)
  • Howard Squadron (2001)

ADVISORY BOARD

  • Carmen de Lavallade
  • Mercedes Ellington
  • Lar Lubovitch
  • Phylicia Rashad
  • Tommy Tune

MANAGING BOARD

  • Camille Rommett
  • Leslie Carothers-Aroma
  • Rita Cohen
  • Joseph P. Cooksey
  • Gerard A. DeBenedetto
  • Charlotte Prince
  • Dawn Hillen
  • LuAnn Leonard Johns
  • Claudia Peres-Ortiz
  • Nora Kimball Mentzos
  • Nina Thilas-Mohs
  • Philip Mouquinho
  • Renee Robinson
  • Austin Rommett

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT

Camille Rommett

VICE PRESIDENT

  • Nina Thilas-Mohs
  • Dawn Hillen

 

STAR MEMBERSHIP

NOVA STARS

  • Anne Higgens
  • Anne Higgens’ firm
  • Philip Mouquinho

SUPER STARS

  • Rita Cohen
  • Lorenza Marchi
  • Kate Wen

SHOOTING STARS

  • Renée Robinson
  • Goldie Eleis Cohen
  • Sherry Goldman
  • Carol Naish
  • Emily Wagner
  • Lisa Weber
  • Andrea Woods Valdés

STARLIGHTS

  • Joyce Glick
  • Jaleeha Raheem

WISHING STAR

  • Cathay Rhodes
  • Jan Rosenthal
  • Ann Van Kuren

SHINING STARS

  • Charlotta Amandusson
  • Andrea Woods Valdés

STARS

  • Marcea Daiter
  • Bridget A. Roosa

 

OUR AFFILIATES

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Board of Directors

FOUNDING BOARD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT

  • Camille Rommett
  • Robert Joffrey (1998)
  • Zena Rommett (2010)
  • Howard Squadron (2001)

ADVISORY BOARD

  • Carmen de Lavallade
  • Mercedes Ellington
  • Lar Lubovitch
  • Phylicia Rashad
  • Tommy Tune

MANAGING BOARD

  • Camille Rommett
  • Leslie Carothers-Aroma
  • Rita Cohen
  • Joseph P. Cooksey
  • Gerard A. DeBenedetto
  • Charlotte Prince
  • Dawn Hillen
  • LuAnn Leonard Johns
  • Claudia Peres-Ortiz
  • Nora Kimball Mentzos
  • Nina Thilas-Mohs
  • Philip Mouquinho
  • Renee Robinson
  • Austin Rommett

VICE PRESIDENT

  • Nina Thilas-Mohs
  • Dawn Hillen

DONATE TO SPONSOR A DANCER

Help a dancer become certified in the Zena Rommett Method™. The Zena Rommett Foundation, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3). Your gift helps carry Zena Rommett’s legacy by giving dancers the training to share this gentle yet powerful therapeutic Technique helping dancers, athletes, seniors, and those recovering from injury. By supporting a teacher, every gift, big or small, can help countless others.

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STRENGTH, STABILITY & CONFIDENCE FOR GENERATION SILVER

Strength, Stability & Confidence for Generation Silver

This five-part virtual workout series, sponsored and endorsed by AARP, was among their top three most popular virtual workouts.

Sometimes the best gift isn’t something you put on a shelf. It’s something that helps a loved one who struggles with stiffness, everyday aches and pains, or reduced mobility. Give them a transformative gift ~ this gentle but effective approach focused on strengthening, stability, alignment, and functional movement. Actress and producer, Phylicia Rashad states, “the Zena Rommett Method™ is for everyone! It is safe!”

Now Available Series of five (5) 1/2 hour consecutive classes in one streamed package. Please visit: https://floorbarre.org/shop/

Title: Floor-Barre™ ~ For Generation Silver.
As we age there is increased wear and tear from years of weight on the skeleton, muscles and joints. Without the pressure of gravity, Floor-Barre™ corrects alignment, lengthens, and strengthens the joints and muscles. Floor-Barre™ takes a holistic approach to help with numerous issues such as arthritis, tendonitis and back pain, while improving balance, posture and mobility.

Each class will emphasize specific benefits.

Introduction by Phylicia Rashad

  • Class #1: Relief Arthritis (knees), Tendonitis and Back Pain Instructor, Leslie Carothers, former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet
  • Class #2: Correct Posture and Body Alignment Instructor, Renée Robinson, soloist for 30 years with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
  • Class #3: Relieve Tension, Muscle Stiffness and Increase Mobility Instructor, Rickey Tripp, renowned Broadway dancer and choreographer
  • Class #4: Correct Alignment and Lengthen Muscles Instructor, LuAnn Leonard Johns, former Rockette of 12 years
  • Class #5: A Mind and Body Experience. Instructor, Dawn Hillen, Floor-Barre™ instructor since 1985, lifetime Buddhist offers a very centering, calming workout

STREAMING

Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Foundation

Founded 1968 NYC

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Zena Rommett’s The Art of Floor -Barre™

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eBook ~ You may place your order at Amazon, visit this link:
https://www.amazon.com/Zena-Rommett-Art-Floor-Barre $24.99

Paperback now available at https://floorbarre.org/shop/ $29.99
 

THE BOOK: A JOURNEY WORTH READING

The book includes biographical information on Zena Rommett, along with photographs of Zena Rommett as a young ballerina. It features research and interviews by Lisa Jo Sagolla with ballet and modern dancers, Broadway stars, and prominent orthopedic surgeons specializing in the needs of dancers.
 
The book explores the foundational principles of the Floor-Barre™, including an anatomical analysis of its rehabilitation benefits. Also included is a series of step-by-step photographs demonstrates the Technique, while a dedicated section provides an overview of the International Zena Rommett Method™ Teacher-Training Certification Program.
 
A must read for dancers, dance teachers, physical therapists, dance historians and anyone who likes a good story of a little Italian immigrant girl who through her commitment to help dancers, the elderly and injured became world renowned in the fields of dance, rehabilitation and wellness.
 
 

 

ZENA ROMMETT METHOD TRAINING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

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A woman is doing yoga in front of the eiffel tower.
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While the Zena Rommett Method ™ Certification days are focused on the work, after hours we enjoy each other and Rome, Paris, Venice, Florence, Madrid, Barcelona, Playa del Carmen, Mexico and New York.

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