Overbey is in her eighth year on faculty in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to a lifetime of teaching dance, she is also a certified trainer of Gyrotonic™, Gyrokinesis™, and a Guild Certified Feldenkrais™ Practitioner. In a recent article in Alcalde Magazine, the official publication of the Texas Exes, Dorothy discusses the physical and mental benefits of Gyrokinesis™.
When teaching ballet technique, Overbey actively works to dismantle the elitism, patriarchy, white-centrism, and body-type discrimination commonplace in the ballet world. Overbey teaches a dynamic, athletic class that takes a wholistic view of ballet technique, focusing on rhythm, musicality, and self-expression. The physicality and discipline of ballet is shared in a supportive environment that asks how ballet technique serves the dancer, not how the dancer ‘fits in’ to ballet. Overbey believes that personal growth and transformation is best supported by a warm, collaborative, egalitarian atmosphere.
Teaching at Austin Community Ballet, www.austincommunityballet.org
Spring 2015 Advanced Ballet Technique - BFA Dance majors, University of Texas at Austin