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Lou Moulder
"I took my first ballet class in Germany at age three," says Lou
Moulder, whose father was serving in the Army. She also took classes in
Alabama and Tennessee before her family settled in Dallas, Texas, when
she was eight. "In high school, I taught young children at the Whistle
Stop Dance Studio," she says, "but after high school, I worked at
retail and office jobs. Later on, I began to teach yoga and ballet. I
assumed that I wouldn't make a career in dance, but I figured out that
teaching dance could work for me." In 2006, at age 30, Moulder flew to
Eugene for a weekend visit. "As a little kid I wrote a paper," she
recalls, "I thought I'd end up in Oregon." Six months later, she headed
north with a car-full, including her cat. Once in Eugene, she worked
from home for a year as an administrator for an air conditioning
company. She began teaching adult ballet and tap at Ballet Northwest
Academy in 2008, and she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University
of Oregon with a degree in dance in 2013. When the academy closed in
2016, Moulder brought her classes and a core group of students to the
well-established Dance Factory studio. "Some of the students are very
serious," she says. "Others are just there to have fun." Moulder also
teaches dance and pilates to small groups (five or less) and individual
clients at Bodies by Pilates in the Tamarack Wellness Center. "For
individual sessions, I usually work with people recovering from an
injury or looking to improve their posture or balance," she says. "I
put together a sequence of exercises, personally crafted for each
client. I focus on getting people to move correctly." |
happening peoplephotograph and story by Paul Neevel Eugene Weekly / 21 February 2019 |
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