inSpirit Teacher Bios

Lainie Magidsohn

LAINIE (she/her) is a dancer, mover, choreographer, collaborator, improviser, and teacher.  She brings a lifetime of dance and a wide variety of movement practices and styles to her rich, contagious, joyful, expressive, playful classes.  She loves sharing what she does, and creates a safe space for movers of all ages, abilities, bodies and genders to engage with their own unique dance.

For ten years, Lainie danced with Village Folk, an international folk dance group, and is currently a dancer, choreographer, and Co-Artistic Director of the Toronto-based community dance company, PushPULL.

Lainie has trained in the Nia Technique, Ageless Grace, DanceAbility, and is currently working on bringing Dance Your Ability to Toronto. She is also an instructor with Dancing With Parkinson's in Toronto and across Canada online.

Outside of her life in dance, Lainie is also a wedding officiant, a life drawing model, and a parent.  She has been involved in Equity & Diversity work with a number of different organizations and thrives on the opportunity to engage in Courageous Conversations whenever possible.

Find out more about Lainie, where she moves and what she does here:  www.thisbodydances.com