Nejla Yatkin

Nejla Yatkin’s BIO

Described by The New York Times as "a magician, telling tales and creating worlds" and "a fierce and supple performer," Guggenheim Fellow choreographer and master teacher Nejla Yatkin travels around the globe inspiring empathic connection between people and their environments. She creates solos, choreographs ensemble dances for stages and sites, collaborates on plays and film/video projects, and educates young artists. She is the recipient of multiple grants and awards from the 2023 Guggenheim Foundation , 2023 National Dance Project, Princess Grace Foundation, the Jay Pritzker Foundation, the Turkish Cultural Foundation, the National Performance Network, 3Arts, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, the Illinois Arts Council, and the City of Chicago, among others. 

Nejla hails from Germany and weaves multiple cultural influences into choreographic tapestries of her own design. Nejla is also a Yogi and has been practicing Yoga for the last 30 years. She has been harnessing the healing power of movement for many years and in 2021 completed here her 200/h Yoga teacher training at Yogaview in Chicago. As a dancer she finds a deep connection between Modern Dance and Yoga especially the fluidity, beauty and meditative qualities in Vinyasa style yoga captured her heart. Nejla is also a Reiki master and infuses all her classes with a loving and healing energy. You can find more about Nejla on her website at www.ny2dance.com

Styles: Vinyasa and Yin Yoga classes, movement meditations,  and Reiki

She also teaches: Movement exploration inspired by patterns in Nature classes

She currently teaches 3 regular classes at CorePower as well as offers Movement workshops every spring and every fall at Yogaview in Chicago