DANCE ARTIST • CHOREOGRAPHER • CREATOR OF DANCE ALCHEMY FOR THE SOUL®
Kristen Mangione
Movement heals. The body tells the truth.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE
"Broken"
November 1, 2026 • 7pm
Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC
A reimagined solo from Mapping the Heart.
Part of Artists in Motion with Alison Cook Beatty Dance & Guest Artists.
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Meet Kristen
I'm a dance artist, choreographer, and creator of Dance Alchemy for the Soul® — a practice that weaves movement, somatic awareness, and inner listening to support healing and transformation.
With over 30 years in the field, I've danced professionally with choreographers including Bill T. Jones, Nancy Zendora, and Chris Ferris, and presented choreography in New York City, London, and across five continents. I've worked at American Ballet Theatre, The Juilliard School, and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and have shared my work at venues including the Ailey Citigroup Theater, Merce Cunningham Studio, TEDx Hoboken, the Juilliard Entrepreneurship Symposium, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmys), and the Conference for Global Transformation.
I hold a BA from Smith College and a Professional Diploma in Dance Studies & Choreography from The Laban Centre in London. I was selected as a New Jersey Governor's Scholar in Dance.
Alongside my dance career, I have deeply studied Eastern philosophy, Chinese medicine, Zen meditation, and the healing arts — including training and teaching at the Ohashi Institute in New York. I am a certified Reiki Master and meditation teacher, and have worked with over 1,000 clients in bodywork therapy. This somatic foundation now shapes both my choreography and my Dance Alchemy method.
I serve on the board of the American Dance Guild and am the founder of ZenSpace Studios in Hoboken, NJ, where I've created a home for dance and embodied practice for over a decade.
My current project, Mapping the Heart, is an evolving interdisciplinary dance work featuring the music of Grammy-nominated composer Steve Roach — charting the unseen emotional landscapes that shape our lives.
I believe movement heals. The body tells the truth. And when we listen, everything can shift.
Work With Me
I work with dancers navigating transition, artists seeking embodied creative practice, and anyone ready to discover what the body knows. Through teaching, workshops and transformational programs, I guide people back to movement as a path to truth.
Kristen Mangione
@thedancealchemist • www.givemedance.com
ZenSpace Studios • Hoboken, NJ