Thornbury Dance

Thornbury Dance
Cincinnati, OH
ph: 513-478-6831
lisa@inner-dancer.com

About Lisa

Lisa has been dancing, performing and teaching Middle Eastern Dance for over 9 years. She loves to share the joy and artistry of Bellydance. She believes that we all have an inner dancer, though some of us have forgotten to access this dancer as we go through life. Lisa loves watching dancers reclaim their radiant inner essence and beauty.

Shortly after beginning to study Healing Touch, Lisa began applying healing/spiritual concepts to movement and dance, and created experiential movement workshops such as Chakra Veil Dance, Ocean Veil Dance, Finding Your Inner Goddess Dance series, etc.

The most cherished dance Lisa has ever performed was with her son, Christopher, when he was a little boy...in his socks and jammies, walking across the couch as Lisa walked across the floor....both giggling.....

Lisa has a BS Ed in Community Health Promotion and Education and an MA in Wellness Management. For over 16 years, Lisa has worked with a wide variety of populations from infants through senior citizens as a health educator and clinical research coordinator in social service, education, and hospital settings.

Lisa has been especially busy for the last few years! In 2007, she presented her Chakra Veil Dance workshop at the Healing Touch International Conference at Hilton Head. She also coordinated a fundraiser music and dance show, involving over 40 professional musicians and dancers, to benefit Highland's Nature Sanctuary. In 2008, she entered training mode again and learned Reiki, Shamanic Sound Healing techniques, and completed facilitator training for SoulCollage®. She is thrilled to apply this new energy and learning to her dancing and teaching.

Lisa is available on a limited basis for reiki and sound healing sessions. Email or call 513-478-6831 for more details.

Lisa's Training

Dance Training

Lisa has studied with many local Cincinnati area dance teachers in weekly classes or workshops, as well as attending workshops from internationally known dancers/choreographers such as Aisha Ali, Mahmoud Reda, Shakira of Columbus, Beata and Horacio Cifuentes, Conchi, and others. Lisa has been incredibly inspired by the Greater Cincinnati area dancers and teachers. Lisa attributes much of her style of teaching to Shakira of Columbus, who inspired her to to balance healthy movement and alignment concepts with emotional expression. Because live music feeds the soul and unlocks pure dance potential like nothing else can, Lisa would also like to acknowledge another significant chunk of her "dance training", which has come from the sweat of pure ecstatic joy while dancing with local musicians such as those in Mayan Ruins, Tree of Life, and Snakes Rising.