About
“Dancing you to a healthier lifestyle one step at a time…”
Welcome to a safe place for Dance Science & Wellness for Black & Brown Dancers
Zahra Carpenter (she/her/Goddess/love) is a dance educator advocating for safe dance environment guidelines, funding urban public school dance classes, onsite or local dance healing practitioners, and acceptance for many beautiful black, brown, and indigenous dancers. Her growing foundation in holistic healing dance-arts medicine leads toward her elaborate dream of becoming a leading Black Indigenous American Dance Healer.
EDUCATION:
MFA Dance Science, 2024, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, London, UK
BFA Modern Dance, 2000, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC
PROFESSIONAL HOBBIES:
Board Member- International Association of Dance Medicine & Science
Company Manager- Katherine Smith Contemporary Dance Ensemble
GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® – Elements Fitness & Wellness Center, Beyond Elements
Provider Candidate- Safe in Dance International
Research Interests:
Dance science, dance medicine, physiology, performance psychology, cultural psychology, biomechanics, nutrition and sports medicine, racial trauma, dance movement therapy, cognitive function, creativity, physical therapy, positive psychology, PERMA-V, cross-cultural psychology, EDS/POTS, human movement therapy, dance conditioning, wellness, performing arts medicine, and somatic techniques.
Dance genres of interests include African, HBCU Auxiliary, Indigenous Dances of the Americas, Polynesian & Māori, African Street Dance, House, Dunham Technique, Brown Ballerinas, Liturgical/Praise, Beat Yo’ Feet, and Black American Concert Dance.
Services
Dance Conditioning
GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS® Instructor, BASI Pilates Apprentice Instructor
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Lectures
Workshops, Professional Development, & Masterclasses in Dance Science Application to the Studio
Researcher
Eager to collaborate on: dance science projects related to less-explored dance styles, performance psychology, injury prevention/post recovery, skill-specific conditioning plan implementation, effects of food allergies in dancers, and more.
Current/Recent Projects
EMOTING & VITALITY
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Emoting Performance Storytelling of the Native American Powwow Dance and the Historically Black College & University Band Dance Genres Through a PERMA-V Comparison Lens.
This research project fulfills the requirements of the MFA Dance Science degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK.
The aims of this research will be to (RQ1) explore how each of the Native American Powwow and HBCU band dance cultures approach emoting before and after performance storytelling and (RQ2) analyze this through a cross-cultural perspective in the psychological processes behind emoting through the PERMA-V wellbeing theory.
See the results below.
Contact
Dancing Soulz, LLC
Washington, DC 20003
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