Kamili Nilata

KAMILI NILATA, (Founder,Artistic Director) BS, MS - is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana.  During her formative years, she studied Dance Anthropology for 12 consecutive years (New Orleans, LA.) under the tutelage of Bernice Durden, a student of Katherine Dunham-Dance Anthropologist , film Choreographer and creator of the Dunham Dance Technique in New York City. This technique opened the door to knowledge of various cultures for Kamili.

 

Ms. Nilata’s Master degree at Pepperdine University in Urban Studies further introduced her to people’s environment, arts and culture, and way of life.

 

Kamili choreographed several PBS television shows, and one received an Emmy Award. She traveled internationally in Europe, Ghana, Nigeria and Cuba. During her years of travel, she studied various indigenous dances as well as created merging dance compositions with the dance communities.

 

Ms. Nilata is also an Arts Integration Educator and Certified Mindfulness Educator,

Author, My Body and Me (Book and Healthy Living/Dance Education Curriculum).

Living With Joy and Movement Educational Series curriculum in both Programs:

Mindfulness Education and Arts Integration Education addresses Health Education, Science, Literary Arts, and Metaphysical Dance Arts. Additionally, the Programs are designed to provide youth with tools of self-discovery that foster hope, discipline and respect for self, others and community. She has brought her Educational experiences to New York City Schools, Atlanta Public Schools, Broward County Schools, Fairfax County (Virginia) and New Orleans School System.  In 2021, she conducted a Mindfulness Education workshop to a West African Ghanian Village.

 

Living With Joy and Movement Educational Series programs are available to Schools, Teacher Professional Education Development, Home-School Education Programs, Arts-Centered Centers, Museums, Senior Citizen active Centers, and Children Medical Centers.