By both nature and nurture, I am created to use my whole body and voice to invite other humans to be present and awake in their bodies, primed and ready to marvel at the wonder of being alive and privileged to witness the unrepeatable radiant wonder of both their own selves and all the other selves they are lucky enough to behold.

Professionally, I’ve long been a Performing and Teaching Artist, including MC-ing, speaking, teaching and facilitating, in addition to dancing and singing. I thrive with multi-media expression, and find I support my audiences and students most when I’m blending my words and my whole body expression. The teacher in me is always alive and communicating, even when I don’t use words.

My one-woman show, I’ve been told, has elements of a Ted talk. And my actual TEDxFolsom talk has elements of an MC at a burlesque show. Whatever the particular topic at hand is, I bring a humanness, relatableness and resonance that invites those present to feel more like themselves and be ready to receive whatever presentations or messages the day – or evening – ahead holds for them.

I thrive in interview settings, and for that reason adore guesting on podcasts and participating in panels and summits. I look forward to our collaboration!

Sample Podcast Features, MC-ing, Storytelling, Dancing + Singing

(more interviews + talks on this page)

Topics Kellita can present on :

Vulnerability

Shame

Embodiment

Drip Drip Trauma vs Boom Boom Trauma

Authenticity

Kellita Maloof, the creator of Showgirl Awakening, is an Artist, Dancer, Director, Teacher, Coach & Mentor. For over 20 years, she's performed, designed & curated shows & midwifed Awakening Showgirls all over the world. Kellita helps kind, smart, soulful, sensitive women who've been over-editing, over-managing and over-giving--and are attracted to dance theater and performance--to trust themselves & express themselves with confidence, presence & radiance.
Kellita Maloof, the creator of Showgirl Awakening, is an Artist, Dancer, Director, Teacher, Coach, Mentor & Showgirl Shaman. For over 20 years, she's performed, designed & curated shows & midwifed Awakening Showgirls all over the world: from San Francisco to New Orleans, Hollywood to Montreal, and Paris to Tokyo.
Her achievements include: founding award-winning troupe Hot Pink Feathers, Queen of Carnaval San Francisco 2008, 5 x finalist at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, and 1st Place in Original World Fusion & Dance Choreography in San Francisco's Grand Carnaval Festival.
Kellita helps kind, smart, soulful, sensitive women who've been over-editing, over-managing and over-giving--and are attracted to dance theater and performance--to trust themselves & express themselves with confidence, presence & radiance.
She integrates into her work over a decade of practice in transformative modalities, including EFT, Marin-style NLP, Systemic Constellations, Four-Fold Way to name a few.
Kellita's mission is to support women in unifying body, mind, heart, spirit & soul, and in expressing the power, truth and beauty that is innate to each and every one.
Kellita Maloof, is an Artist, Dancer, Director, Teacher, Coach, Mentor & Showgirl Shaman. For over 20 years, she's performed, designed & curated shows, & midwifed Awakening Showgirls all over the world: from San Francisco to New Orleans, Hollywood to Montreal, and Paris to Tokyo. She descends from a long line of sassy dancers. Her Spanish great-grandmother routinely danced flamenco on tabletops while her Lebanese great-aunt entertained vaudeville audiences with her signature topless hula dance. The exuberant Kellita continues the tradition of interpreting world dance through a showgirl lens. While trained in ballet, it was her introduction to samba, burlesque and tango that truly opened her floodgates of enthusiasm.
To both showcase and share her passion, 17 years ago Kellita founded Hot Pink Feathers named "Best Dance Troupe" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1st Place in Original World Fusion Dance & Choreography by Carnaval San Francisco, and "Best Dance Classes" by 7 x 7 Magazine. Kellita herself was named Little Miss Aftershock for her outstanding shimmy-shake at the Miss Exotic World Reunion & is a 5 x finalist at the Burlesque Hall of Fame. She earned a nod to her main instrument of bump 'n’ grind at the New York Burlesque Festival with a Golden Pastie Award for Best Derriere & Most Sensual. Kellita has enjoyed being featured in Margaret Cho's Sensuous Woman Show, Miss Astrid's VaVa Voom Room, & all Tease-O-Ramas since 2002.
Kellita created the Showgirl Awakening life and dance practice in 2011 to help kind, smart, soulful, sensitive women who've been over-editing, over-managing and over-giving--and are attracted to dance theater and performance--to trust themselves & express themselves with confidence, presence & radiance. Kellita is an expert on expressing your truth and beauty through your body, and has devoted her life to helping women rewire their bodies & minds to run at a delicious hum. Showgirl Awakening is an innovative practice that unites body, mind, heart, spirit & soul through a combination of awareness, intention, love, presence, acknowledgment, reaching and showgirl dance movement. Integrated into this work is over a decade of practice in transformative modalities, including EFT, Marin-style NLP, Systemic Constellations, Four-Fold Way to name a few.
Through accessing their Presence & Radiance via Showgirl Awakening, women have won Carnaval awards, been invited to perform internationally, found dream homes, landed jobs, and most importantly dusted off the fountain of Self-Love that was hiding right in the center of their very own shimmy.