Connection, Exploration, Movement for All
Dance, Somatics, and Pilates
12429 Ceder Rd, Cleveland Heights OH
Class Schedule
Group Classes
Wednesday 9AM and 12PM
Friday 9AM 10AM 11AM
Saturday 9AM and 10AM
NEW CLASS Thursdays 6:30PM
Private Sessions
Private and Semi-Private sessions are available Tuesday-Saturday mornings/early afternoon as well as Thursday evenings. These sessions are catered to individuals needs and goals and utilize Pilates Apparatus such as Reformer, Chair, and Springboard.
Join us for inclusive, fun, and challenging classes!
Mission
SHV Movement promotes wellness and creativity through movement. We are a home for movement education practices such as Pilates, Somatics, and Dance as well offering community classes for local movement artists to create, explore, and share their work.
Sarah Holmes Villanueva
Sarah is the Owner and Director of SHV Movement (formerly known as The Somatic Center). She has been teaching Dance and Pilates for 20 years and has studied movement her entire life. Sarah has training in both classic and contemporary movement pedagogy and kinesiology. She believes that the joy of movement is for everyone and learning technique is both one step at a time, as well as, a means to access creative energy. Dance, Pilates, and Somatics can build community, promote healthier lifestyle, and relieves stress and pain from the body.
DANCE BIO:
Sarah Holmes Villanueva has been teaching dance and performing for almost twenty years in NYC, Vermont, Florida, and Cleveland. While being an educator she also choreographs and produces. She has had the opportunity to show her work at The Somatic Center, The Florida Dance Festival, Abrons Arts Center, Dixon Place, Spoke the Hub, The Wild Project, The 92nd Street Y, Dancespace, Merce Cunningham Studios, Dance New Amsterdam, Galapagos Art Space, Green Space, The Tank, and Triskelion Arts. She completed her Masters in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, in 2010. Since moving to Cleveland in 2017, Sarah has performed at Pandemonium at CPT in Emily Jeffries’ choreography. She has performed with Ajayi Dance in a site specific piece at Hale Farms. Her choreography has been presented at Maelstrom Arts, Pilgrim Church Theater, Hildabrandt Artists Collective, and Cleveland Public Theatre, among other unique site specific venues. She has taught at Tri-C, CSU, Oberlin, and is a guest teacher for the Dancing Wheels Company. Sarah is very interested in community outreach and finding ways to connect more people to dance. She is deeply influenced by music, visual art, and nature!
PILATES BIO:
Sarah is a Pilates Method Alliance Certified Instructor. She received her certification on all Pilates apparatus as well as mat, from Half Moon Pilates (currently The Lab) in Brooklyn, NY. She also received Continuing Education with Teri Steele in NYC and Lizbeth Garcia in San Diego. She is certified in TRX, Barre Above, and Trigger Point Therapy. She has studied various somatic practices such as Body-Mind Centering, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, and Yoga. Sarah works with each client and classes' needs to balance an invigorating workout with proper alignment, as well as, release of pain and tension. She loves working with students of all levels and has expertise in helping them recover from various injuries. She worked for over 10 years at one of New York City's most reputable physical therapy centers, Physio Logic as a Senior Instructor.
Sarah recently completed Alexandra Beller’s "Anatomy of Choice" course in Laban/Bartenieff. Sarah is also passionate about helping Moms maintain their strength with Pre and Post Natal workouts that are safe and empowering!