Alyssa Caliendo is a Certified Functional Strength Coach for dancers, aerialists, and movement artists alike. She began her professional dance training at Marymount Manhattan college where she gained her, BA in dance, a minor in Biology and concentration in Body, Science and Motion. Since then, she has shifted into the world of pre-hab gaining numerous certifications in the body and dance science field such as Anatomy Trains, Functional Strength, Barefoot Training Specialist, Trigger Point Therapy, and more. In addition to her professional dance science work, she has also performance experience in dance, grand illusion magical arts, and aerial arts! Currently she is an entrepreneur and creator of her signature virtual program called Get Strong Again, a course shifting the landscape of personal training through body awareness and fascial focused strength training for bodies of all kinds. She also teaches dance arts in the air through classes like dance trapeze, silks, and Strong and Flexy (a strength class for aerialists). Alyssa’s greatest passion is blending body and dance science with the arts and is so excited to share her exciting educational background to the dance teachers of NDEO!