Biography & Class Description

Alex Molinari has been training in gymnastics for fourteen years and has been instructing for ten of those years. He teaches gymnasts, dancers, martial artists, and cheerleaders in all aspects of gymnastics and tumbling and has taught at several Olympic training centers throughout the northeast. For three years, Alex instructed students for the Special Olympics of New Jersey, aiding gymnasts with special needs in accomplishing their goals of participating in competitive gymnastics. He has also held head tumbling instructor positions at various competitive All-Star cheerleading programs throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, achieving numerous national championship titles. Over the past five years Alex has worked throughout New York instructing performing artists in acro. His students have appeared in Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, Oklahoma, and 42nd Street. Alex is the founder of Prime Time Tumbling inc., a group that gives instruction and consultation for coaches and gymnastic/tumbling related programs in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and he is a member of USAG, the governing body of gymnastics. Alex holds certifications for gymnastics and tumbling instruction and his students can be seen throughout the sports of competitive gymnastics and cheerleading, as well as on stage, screen, and in film.

Acro/Tumbling

This class is a mix of tumbling and acro techniques, geared for those interested in integrating these techniques into their performing arts training. Students will be instructed appropriate to their skill level, ranging from the very beginner (handstands, rolls, cartwheels etc.) to the more advanced level (handsprings, flips, twists, etc.). Classes employ a wide variety of training practices to give students strength, flexibility and agility that will help them achieve better body awareness to maximize their dance and performance potential. When taught correctly, acro can be a safe and rewarding specialized skill that no performing arts professional should be without. Classes are taught on a foam padded surface and are progressed to a harder surface as the learner excels.

Please wear comfortable, flexible clothing as well as comfortable padded footwear.