The Healing Movement

Specialties

Hip-​Hop/​Street Dances/​B-​Girling

Dance Instruction for women and other underserved groups seeking rebuilding and refreshment

Company performances: Spoken word poetry and dance

Meet the Business Owner

Sara A.

Business Owner

Hawai‘i born & raised.

Hooked on movement at age 4 thanks to an aerobics class with Mom.

Certified American Sign language Interpreter for the Deaf.

9 years dedicated to hip-​hop/​street dances, first B-​Girling, hip-​hop, then locking, popping, rocking, and hustle.

A Junior MasterMind Rocker (MMR), training in original NYC street dance.

Danced professionally with Rainbow Dance Theatre (Oregon) and as a Principal Dancer with The Hip-​Hop Dance Conservatory Repertory Company (NYC).

Co-​founded Kaua‘i UnderGround Artists (KUGA) in 2006, a non-​profit promoting a drug/​alcohol/​suicide-​free culture.

Founder/​Artistic Director for the KUGA Company, mentoring young adults through breaking/​hip-​hop dance elements.

In response to challenging and painful life experiences, founded The Healing Movement in NYC, 2014 to foster personal and communal healing through dance.

Believes in hip-​hop dance as a universal language to unite people, especially giving voice to the underserved, ignored, and oppressed.