If you are asking the question, here is her response…
I AM an Afro-Caribbean descendent, educator, creative practitioner, consultant, and healing artist. My love of dance is a living metaphor for how I transform ideas into action and build relationships within and between communities. I observe the emotional pulse of the environment and creatively navigate social spaces to foster connection, facilitate wellness, and inspire social change.
My guiding forces have led me to different modalities including Reiki, mindfulness, aromatherapy and African-based dance traditions to embrace my spirituality and my calling. Holding a B.A. from Barnard College in Dance & Psychology, I began my career in arts nonprofits, distinguishing myself as an intern with a knack for collaborative problem-solving and improving systems to bridge gaps in communication and operations. I later received an M.A. at Teachers College’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute with a goal of refining my intuitive practices into professional prowess. My research exploration included mind-body integration, social-emotional learning and theoretical approaches to creativity and group dynamics.
Using these methodologies, my personal pedagogy, and my studies of cultural arts, I design experiential wellness workshops and collaborate with dynamic visionaries to reform and reimagine their current programs. My expertise is in community arts initiatives, event coordination, student affairs, youth enrichment, and mindfulness education.
Below is a list of my ongoing interests and explorations.
Movement Lens
- Diasporic dance traditions and freestyle — African (Mali/Guinea dances, ndombolo), Caribbean (e.g. Orisha dance, Haitian folklore, and Latin styles), Afropop, house, step
- contemporary interpretations of ancestral dance rituals
- movement of bodies in context (psychosocial observation, performance, and analysis)
- Laban Movement Analysis
- embodied physiology
Holistic-Spiritual Approaches
- Energy work (Usui Reiki, chakra system, kundalini)
- BodyMind Dancing™ (training in progress)
- aromatherapy (focus on essential oil classifications and applications)
- breathwork, breathing techniques
- social emotional learning
- mindfulness practices
- work-life integration & self-care
- Vinyasa yoga
- anxiety intervention
Community Engagement
- multicultural education
- youth empowerment and mentorship
- socially-conscious programs
- equity and accessibility in nonprofit management
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Kei Anisah 