Ann Rodiger

Founder & Director

Ann Rodiger is the Founder and Director of the Balance Arts Center in New York City.  She has over 40 years of experience teaching the Alexander Technique. Her teaching draws from her knowledge and experience from Alexander Technique Training in Urbana Illinois with Joan and Alex Murray, as well as her knowledge of Labanotation, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Yoga, meditation and various dance techniques.

She has developed the BAC Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program and substantial programming for performing artists. She has also adapted the Alexander principles to work for those with hypermobility and Ehlers Danlos Syndromes. Rodiger teaches internationally in Germany, Belgium, Greece, and Turkey. The Balance Arts Center is a NYC Women and Minority Owned Business and a thriving place for the community to teach, share knowledge, and perform.

Ann’s interest in the Alexander work began when she was studying dance at The Ohio State University.  As a person with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, the AT work allowed her to find a sense of balance and stability. 

After teaching dance at the U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the  U. of Hawaii-Manoa Ann moved to NYC to continue her dancing and performing.  She taught at the City College of NY and Labanotation at the Juilliard School.  She also began a private practice in the Alexander Technique which focused on performing artists, particularly dancers and singers. 

The BAC has grown from Fulton Street, through 28th St. to 30th Street in NYC to an 15 room studio space that includes small and large teaching rooms and a performance space. The BAC serves as home base to the BAC AT Teacher training program, Ann’s private practice and as a NYC community base for the AT. 

Ann has a thriving private practice in NYC and also travels to teach abroad in Germany, Belgium, Greece, and Turkey.