About Courtney
Courtney Ramm is a professionally trained dancer and movement educator whose work brings together movement, music, and embodied awareness.
She began her dance training at a young age, followed by studying for seven years at the School of American Ballet and continuing her training through advanced programs in ballet and modern dance. She holds a degree in Kinesiology with a focus in dance, as well as a Master’s Degree in Dance Education.
Over time, her work expanded beyond performance into teaching, choreography, and guiding others through movement. Alongside performing, she developed a deeper interest in how movement supports awareness, expression, and connection in everyday life.
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Many of us are taught to relate to our bodies from the outside in. To improve. To fix. To push.
This work starts somewhere else. The body isn’t something to override. It’s something to listen to. Movement, here, isn’t about performance. It’s about attention.Strength grows from awareness. Confidence grows from feeling at home in your own body.
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Working with Courtney doesn’t feel like a typical class or session. There’s no pressure to get it right. No expectation to perform. Instead, the focus is simple. Noticing. Breathing. Moving in a way that feels supportive and sustainable.
Her work draws from dance, Pilates, yoga, and somatic awareness, but it doesn’t feel technical or prescribed. It meets you where you are. You don’t need experience. You don’t need to be in a certain kind of body.
You just need a willingness to begin. -
"My dance classes with Courtney Ramm were wonderful.
We worked privately or in small groups and she came right to my level. This allowed my anxiety to depart and be replaced with both a great workout and deep joy. Components of her work remain a part of my home practice. How I miss her.”
Margy Grosswendt
“I am incredibly grateful to be able to take Courtney's pilates classes as they make me feel stronger, in shape and more confident and they've helped strengthen my core muscles for better coordination and balance. She focuses both on the back and front core. She teaches a real mat pilates class and it's even better than what I can gain on the reformer. The best!” - Jessica Sund
“I joined Courtney’s ballet class a year ago with very little experience, because I love the artistic dance of ballet . Courtney is an exceptional teacher and dancer, she is compassionate and her patience for all levels of her students is amazing. I look forward to attending every week because the music is beautiful along with all the ballet positions I have learned. I feel totally comfortable with Courtney, and feel so good when I leave the class in both body and mind. Courtney goes above and beyond always!”
-Jodi Hayes
“Working with Courtney has felt fun and lighthearted but also offered structure and challenge. I appreciated feeling like I could relax into and trust being directed by her knowledge and experience. As a first time Pilates student, it was fun to see her creativity come through to make the exercises interesting and understandable. Her cues were clear. She made the class fly by and at the end I felt satisfied that I'd treated my body to a challenge but didn't overdo anything. Her ease with navigating and accepting varying abilities, strengths and challenges made the class feel welcoming and comfortable.”
-Angela Kim
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“There was a point where movement stopped being about how it looked and became about how it felt.
That shift changed everything.
It’s what led to this work. And it’s what continues to shape it.”
— Courtney
