U-M alumnus Carol Teitelbaum, a Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(CM), has over twenty five years of experience as a movement educator. A former member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Ms. Teitelbaum was the faculty chair of the Merce Cunningham School from 1998 until its closing in March of 2012. In addition to teaching technique classes and repertory workshops, she has staged many Cunningham dances for a variety of dance companies and schools, ranging from revivals for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company to projects with the Ballet de Lorraine, State University of New York at Purchase College, Barnard College, Conservatoire de Paris, and Stanford University. Many years of working closely with dancers gives Ms. Teitelbaum a keen understanding of the physical demands of dance and a familiarity with the common solutions to these challenges, many of which impede performance or lead to injury. The Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education provides her with both a framework and a means to work more deeply with both dancers and non-dancers to find greater choice in selecting easier and more effective movement patterns. The effects of this improved attunement can be far reaching artistically and personally, as well as physically. Ms. Teitelbaum is a graduate of the New York Feldenkrais Training Program. In addition to her private clientele, she is currently working at the Field Center for Children's Integrated Development, an organization devoted to working with special-needs children, established by Sheryl Field, noted Feldenkrais Practitioner and teacher. Ms. Teitelbam holds an M.F.A from U-M. Class for students runs from 12:10-2 PM. Public welcome to observe the class. Each session features a different guest artist who teaches a master class and sections from their repertory—this panorama of the contemporary dance field is presented to broaden the student’s awareness of what career possibilities are out there. The guest artist conducts a 30-minute technique class/warm-up and then teaches repertory that is performed by the class. In the final 15-20 minutes faculty coordinator Bill De Young conducts a Q and A interviewing each guest artist about their career and what recommendations they have about the transition from student to professional and what they look for when they audition dancers for their projects.