Donation – $2 - 25 | Open-Level

Join us for this two-part MLK Day special program exploring healing energy rituals and awakening divine feminine energy. In this movement class, explore the ways dances of the divine spirits of the African Diasporan are interconnected with healing and femininity. This Contemporary dance class will use traditional folkloric movements of Oshun to connect with varying themes of divinity, strength, healing, femininity and inform a Modern Dance combination. All ages and mobility levels welcome.

Kendra J. Ross is a pilates instructor, dancer, choreographer, teaching artist and community organizer from Detroit, MI. A graduate from Ailey/Fordham University in Dance, Kendra has worked with Urban Bush Women, Andrea E. Woods/ Souloworks, Ase Dance Theater Collective, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Monstah Black, MBDance, Oyu Oro, Ase Dance Theater Collective and Movement of the People Dance Company. Kendra is a certified instructor in the Silvestre Technique created by Roseangela Silvestre of Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. She is also a Power Pilates Certified Mat instructor who has taught pilates, fitness and dance fitness classes at Power Pilates, Crunch, And Yoga Studios and various NYC public schools. Kendra has taught as an artist in residence at Detroit School of Performing Arts, Brooklyn School of the Arts, Brooklyn Studios for Dance and Bates College. She has been a guest teacher at Florida A&M University and Florida State University. An avid student of many different movement modalities, Kendra’s classes focus on understanding the history, cultural contexts and idiosyncrasies of the various styles she employs while recognizing the connections and applications in each body, mind and spirit. Kendra specializes in teaching pilates, Hip-Hop, Afro-Cuban, and Contemporary dance. She challenges students to train their minds and bodies to understand the focus and initiation points of the various forms of dance and how to seamlessly move between each modality.