…has been dancing for as long as she can remember . The love of movement has been a deep practice of quieting her mind for as long as she can remember helpi g her gain skills in dedication, determination, skill building, flexibility, cooperation, unison, and hard work. Dance has always proven to be a place of  refuge, deep Joy and connection  Oftentimes quoted saying “the dance floor is my church” She dives deeply into the spaces where music permeates through the airwaves and directly into her heart.

 She has been trained in jazz, modern and ballet as a young girl. The was a founding member of her high School dance team,The Pantehrettes. Winnie g competitions in Jazz and high kick.  After high School there was a hiatus of organized dance and an exploration of clubs and expressive dance. When she moved to Asheville in 2012 she quickly began dancing with Christine Garvin Dance and helped to form the student dance company, Les Femmes Mystique.  She found incredible joy in every aspect of the company, from the choreography to the costumes to the productions. In 2015 she joined Trillium Dance Company and found that the more intricate choreography and performance opportunities were a huge inspiration to her. She helped to open Tribe Dance and Pole where she taught classes to young girls, Full Spectrum, using movement to make sense and move emotions in pre teen girls. and young children with Super Hero Training, an expressive movement class full of capes and masks and giggles. Using her passion of  space holding for different rights of passage and integrating it with her passion of movement and service, she grew deeply and enjoyed her time there teaching. She now moves with OMotion Dance Collective in a way that she never has before. Each day connecting to the elements and spirits of the land and the ancestral line of intelligence to help her get deeper into her practice of movement. Using dance as a tool to transcend grief and to use her body as a tool for prayer. She looks forward to sharing and dancing and evolving with the women of OMotion and our community far and wide as we share our prayers and medicine with the world at large.

…was launched into the wonderful world of dance early on. She was able to explore jazz, tap, hip-hop, modern, West African and was classically trained in ballet. In college her explorations took a remarkable turn when a friend revealed hoop dance to her. She fell in love with the sacred circle and quickly expanded to an array of props with the addition of fire. Flow arts became a significant part of her journey as it took her across the states, down to Central America and into a meditative flow-state within. She has recently been exploring the vulnerability of using her body as a conductor so that she can channel Divine healing energ in order to reconnect with herself, earths rhythms and beyond.

Rhiannon is an advocate of well – being, empowerment, and advocacy; and believes in utilizing movement as medicine, as teacher, and as creative and emotive expression. She has a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, is pursuing a certificate in Dance Movement Therapy, and is a somatic and trauma informed practitioner. She is a movement artist, who is passionate about co – creation to support transmutation within the individual and community. She believes that there are endless creative avenues to healing, and that what she has found in dance and movement, is a playground of embodiment and mindfulness. Rhiannon has been dancing as long as she can remember. She’s had the opportunity to study dance in more transitional forms: ballet, pointe, jazz, yoga, lyrical, modern, hip hop, West African, swing, salsa, tribal fusion, belly dance, and burlesque. She has studied ecstatic dance methods, 5 rhythms, Authentic Movement, and is a certified Dancing Freedom Facilitator. Rhiannon is honored to be a member of OMotion Collective. Rhiannon is both an instructor and a performer in the Asheville dance and movement community. She is a “Rope Bunny” aka model for Shibari, flow and fire performance artist, and a model. She has performed burlesque as Serenity Calypso and is a founding member of Boulder Burlesque. She has also had the opportunity to create and perform and instruct both locally and nationally. She looks forward to moving with you!