Find Your Flow Within
Move stronger, dance freer
Welcome to Ivy Flow
Hi there and welcome to my page. I’m Ivana, a dancer and movement coach based in Amsterdam.
I teach regular dance classes and offer one-on-one movement coaching in Amsterdam, combining strength-based personal training with dance and creative movement work.
My story
My name is Ivana, and Ivy Flow is my life’s work, a collection of tools and methodologies I have developed through more than 20 years of dance practice, which I now share in my classes in Amsterdam.
My journey has been shaped mainly through house dance and African street styles, and by a constant desire to express myself fully through freestyle. Over the years, whenever I felt like something was missing, I went deeper into it.
That search led me across many paths. I explored mindfulness through yoga during my teacher training in India. I deepened my understanding of movement with some of the most inspiring teachers in the field, including Marcello Palozzo, Tom English, Rich Andoh, and Jori Meijer. I studied the roots of house dance and its African influences from Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, and many more. I search for my flow in my regular capoeira practice, and I trained it in its birthplace, Salvador, Bahia. I also studied music theory to better understand rhythm and musicality. In addition, I completed a personal training certification to understand the human body from an anatomical perspective.
In a way, my whole life has been about collecting pieces of a larger puzzle, slowly building a picture of how I want to move and how I want to teach. Over time, I realised, it comes back to something simple: having a supportive community, where people can be vulnerable, and challenged to grow together. That's the space I love to guide for others.
Music is the driving force behind everything I do (give a listen to my Freestyle Training playlist). All the tools I have collected over the years now come together through Ivy Flow in my Move to Groove classes.
Where we meet
Weekly community sessions called Move to Groove where we come together to move, groove, dance, and explore.
One-on-one coaching shaped around your goals, from strength and fitness to dance and creative movement.
"Ivy's classes delve into movement technique and dance culture, fostering a non-judgmental atmosphere for self-expression and community bonding. Her emphasis on cultural awareness and research enriches the experience."
Katie Catling
★★★★★