Marita Kennedy-Castro

Marita Kennedy-Castro is the founder of Embody the Rhythm, a dance collaborative that uses performing arts to build community and multi-cultural awareness. She is a fire dancer, physical theatre performer, singer, choreographer and 20-year scholar of West African Dance.

I spoke with Marita in her home located in Portland, Maine.

Our conversation centered around how she learned to heal her body by deepening her relationship with the earth. She draws on indigenous practices of healing and dance and uses this knowledge as inspiration to do her work in the world.