A native of Mill Valley, CA, MALIA LAM graduated from UCLA with a BA in dance. After

graduating in 2018, she moved straight to NYC and worked with the following companies

over the years Yu.S.Artistry, An Nuo Spiritual DanceArt, and Muniz & Makers Dance

Company and performed choreography by Vive Khamsingsavath, Angie Moon, Jordan

Ryder, SpaceJunk, Misaki Hayama, SarAika, Robert Mark Burke, Joseph Heitman,

Gable Couch, Katie Messina, Animus. Malia has had the opportunity to dance in

places such as Koresh Dance Come Together Festival, Nazareth College MAD, Dixon

Place and Bridge for Dance. Malia currently is a company member with One Day

Dance and also works as their Director of Administration. Within the past two years,

she started focusing more on her own choreographic works as well. She released a

dance film co-choreographed with John Trunfio that was shown in Green Spaces Virtual

Fertile Grounds Show, performed a duet co-choreographed with Alex Schmidt at Forza's

Emerging Artists Showcase and most recently performed a 20 minute solo in a Split Bill at

Arts on Site. You can also find her occasionally rocking out on stage singing and dancing with

her band, Bone Head Stew.

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Outside of performing and choreographing, Malia is a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS®

instructor and has taught both this method and floorwork contemporary dance classes all over the city including at Martha Graham School of Dance. Malia discovered the GYROTONIC® method in 2017.

She was hooked on the holistic movement practice immediately. Malia received her GYROTONIC® Level 1 certification 2019 and since then completed certifications in GYROTONIC® Applications for Dancers Level 1 and Level 2, Jumping Stretch Board Archway Specialized Equipment and the GYROKINESIS® method. Malia has taught in many places all over Manhattan including Gyrotonic studios, dance schools and a physical therapy office, where she worked closely with the doctors to tailor sessions with her patients for their specific recovery needs.