Expansion and Contraction: Let's Dance with Kelly Buwalda

02/03/21 • 58 min

so excited to share this episode #72 with Kelly Buwalda. We get into dance, thai massage, performance, why do babies dance and how we innately crave rhythm. We talk about singing to dogs, dancing for water with children and moving on air on rooftops. What am I talking about? Listen to find out more!

This episode is full of ideas to get you moving and shaking and climbing mountains in your mind and in the world. For example, Kelly was inspired by another quietly strong woman to climb Kilimanjaro for her 40th birthday and she shares some of the struggles and support from that journey.

A little bit more about my guest today.

Ways to get inspired and move more and how our efforts and accomplishments are

Kelly Buwalda is an artist, educator, and adventurer. She is propelled by creativity and fueled by connection. Originally from Indiana, she has been creating and collaborating in NYC for nearly 20 years. After acquiring her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance & Psychology at Hope College (Holland, MI), she trained with National Dance Institute (NDI), a far-reaching dance education program founded by Jacques d'Amboise. She became a Teaching Artist with NDI in 2005, and has since taught thousands of elementary students, and directed At the River's Edge, NDI's 2018 "Event of the Year." As a dancer, she performed for numerous project-based companies, working with choreographers Mei-Yin Ng, Erin Dudley, and Julio Rivera. In 2010, she graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and became a certified Health Coach. Years later, she studied Intuitive Thai Therapy with Sarah Seeley, and currently offers wellness sessions for groups and individuals. Kelly was awarded a 3-month artist-in-residency at Chez Bushwick in 2014, and her choreography was selected for Detroit Dance City Festival in 2016 & 2017. She will be premiering solo dance films created during COVID with filmmaker Fred Hatt on February 3, 2021. Among these and other pursuits, she loves her new role as dog mama.

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Lets jump in! cha cha cha.

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