Teaching

Chloë Nagle Çetinkaya teaches contemporary dance, improvisation, dance-making, yoga, and Alexander Technique to adults and children. Her classes center somatic practices, creative process, and personal expression. Chloë has experience teaching dance at the college-level, online, studios, performing arts centers, memory care, and community spaces to students of diverse ages and abilities. She has taught the Alexander Technique to musicians, dancers, actors, singers, yogis, roller-derby enthusiasts, and pregnant women.

Chloë is currently integrating trauma informed practices and research into her teaching methodology. She prioritizes creating a classroom environment in which students feel seen and heard. She believes that this approach supports collaboration, creativity, and connection. To enhance resiliency and wellness in the dance field, she also centers consent, student agency, and self-advocacy skills in her classes. Chloë earned an MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is a certified 200 hour yoga instructor and 1600 hour AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.