About

Dawn Karlovsky is a nationally certified teaching member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) since 2004.  Dawn is currently serving as Chair of AmSAT's Committee for the Alexander Technique in the Performing Arts (CATPA).  She teaches The Alexander Technique at Washington University as part of the Somatic Studies Certificate Program, and in the Department of Dance at Webster University in St. Louis where she teaches modern dance, dance composition, dance history, and the Alexander Tech. for performing artists in dance, music, and theater. 

Dawn presents workshops on the Alexander Technique for a variety of performing arts institutions including: Washington University Somatic Studies Program, Webster University Department of Music and Voice Pedagogy Workshops, The Webster Community Music School, Isadora Duncan International Symposium (San Francisco), California State University-Dominguez Hills Department of Dance, Central Methodist University, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, IL, Les Studios Actuel de la Danse (France),  the American College Dance Association Festivals, and Body-Mind Centering Conferences. 

In addition to her work in the Alexander Technique, Dawn is the founder and director of Karlovsky & Company Dance, a St. Louis-based contemporary dance-theater company and 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.  Her choreography has been commissioned and presented by universities and modern dance/theater companies nationally and internationally including France, Beijing, China, and Cape Town, South Africa. Dawn holds an MFA degree in Choreography from the University of Utah and BA in Theater Arts-Dance Performance from Northern Illinois University.  www.karlovskydance.org.