Pamela Pollock
I aim to empower my students through their bodies. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in dance and Pilates, I can help you attain your personal movement and fitness goals. I specialize in teaching dance technique to children and adults, choreographing solos for college auditions and specialized programs, coaching children applying to Gifted and Talented programs, and teaching the core principles of Joseph Pilates through the classical mat and apparatus exercises.
Pam Pollock is originally from Brooklyn, New York and has been dancing and choreographing for over two decades, studying with Luigi, Douglas Dunn, Kat Wildish, Katiti King, Sue Samuels, Joya Powell, Fred Weiss, and Terry Steinberg.
Pam received her MA in Dance and Dance Education from New York University (Kappa Delta Pi) and BA in Literature and Rhetoric from Binghamton University (Summa Cum Laude). She is a founding member of Movement of the People Dance Company, a past member of Jazz Roots Dance Company, Emancia Dance Company and 13th Street Repertory Company, and has performed with: Sol Y Sombra, The Sarah Moore Dance Collective, Deborah Damast and Dancers, Phoenix Rising Dance Creations, Galumpha and Kaleidoscope Dancers.
She is Pre-K-12 certified to teach Dance and Dance Education, the New York City Ballet Work-Out Program, Zumba ®, and received her Pilates certification through Body Arts and Science International's (BASI) Comprehensive Graduate Teacher Training Program. Pam taught and oversaw the dance program at Poly Prep Country Day School for thirteen years serving as their resident choreographer, taught Pilates at Melt Massage and Bodywork in Brooklyn, New York, and is a Pilates Instructor and Group Fitness Instructor for Equinox in New York City.
I am a movement educator with experiences throughout multiple areas of education; directing and teaching in K-12 public and independent schools, teaching in private studios and gyms, choreographing for camp performing arts programs, teaching and coaching privately, and performing with professional modern and jazz dance companies. I have a diverse repertoire of movement, specializing in: Ballet, jazz and musical theater, modern and contemporary styles, hip-hop, world dance forms and social dance.