Find Your Flow Within
Move stronger, dance freer
Welcome to Ivy Flow
Hi, 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. All the tools I have collected over the years now come together through Ivy Flow in my Move to Groove classes, as a system for learning and expressing.
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
★★★★★