Mara Coy
BIO
Mara Miniard holds a BFA in Dance with a major in Contemporary from the Autonomous University of Chihuahua. It was during her career when her curiosity for dance medicine and science started. She graduated with her thesis “Water Cross Training for Dancers” which won several awards and has been published in different magazines. In 2016 while recognizing the needs of dancers in finding a functional practice she started Mara Coy Coaching, a platform to share and Coach dancers with the goal of helping them to develop dance skills and safely reach their full potential. Mara creates programs analyzing the dancer’s biomechanics and using science applied to dance in order to achieve results and assure a long life dancing, this is when Smart Training is born.
Mara has certifications such as AZDanceMed from The Dance Medicine Specialist, Progressing Ballet Technique, and she is currently in the process of her Injury Prevention certification from Fitness and Health Institute.
Mara has trained with the RAD system and has worked in Intensives with Bluegrass Youth Ballet. Furthermore, she has also participated in IADMS.
Mara plans to continue her education in the Physical Therapist Assistant Program. She hopes to contribute in the dance medicine and Science field and help many dancers.
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