About my dance to self-conquest:
Grounded, alert, vibrant, and ever-blooming 

Kadanse the rhythm of your inevitable living inheritance with the integrity of your inner balance, for better living as you embody your constant becoming > About My Dance to Self-conquest: Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou) / To my sons, our sons and daughters, you, with honour to our ancestors...

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Onè! Let us kadanse to always align best with the power of our presence in the universe

My dance to self-conquest, to the rhythm of my inevitable living inheritance, always leads me to recognize my voice and kadanse as valid and relevant.
| ~ Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou)
Photo: Wesley Rigaud, 2015

I am Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa Revolisyon Kadanse Nou), an Active-Listening Steward Leader. I carry the sacred rhythm of our dance with the responsibility of one who evolves on the path of fundamental knowledge that reclaims me back to my ancestral inheritance. My walk, embracing the essence and the principles of our inevitable inheritance from its origin, is deliberate. It shapes my purpose, my voice, and my authority.

My dance to self-conquest strengthens my capacity to walk steadfastly as who I am, to recognize my voice and my kadanse as not only valid and relevant, but align with what is essential. And in this ongoing reclamation, what anchors me most is presence, the undeniable power of being deeply rooted, aware, and intentional.

Through the discipline of presence, I choose to embody the power, guiding my leadership. I lead with rooted rhythm, attentive and available to what each moment reveals. This is how movement becomes active listening, and how my listening becomes stewardship.

🌿 Navigation ♥

1. Kadanse the power of our presence in the universe
2. My Journey and Landmarks
3. My Story
   • My First Steps
   • Moving Forward
   • My Blockages
4. Cultivating My Art
   • Vision of my dance
   • Everything begins with a thought
   • I dance to the rhythm of my sacred essence to self-conquest
5. I am sharing all about my dance to self-conquest
   • The dance floor is yours
6. Our Continuous Journey
   • Our power of presence
   • Undergoing Self-Conquest

"Be at least a Firefly on Earth
if you cannot become
a star in the sky."
~ Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig
| Source: Rising Firefly Productions

My dance to self-conquest - journey and landmarks

At 60, the vital energy in my dance to self-conquest leads me to connect more deeply with what is essential..

I dance to the rhythms of the drum and a poetic voice, the greatness of being a woman
| ~ Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou) | Photo: Wesley Rigaud, 2013

 The landmarks of my dance to self-conauest in my life's journey:

• Partly an only child, first of the class, both rebellious and compliant
  
  
• Immigration from Haiti to Canada where my dance turns into a duality of identity struggle
  
  
• Continuous training and development in traditional Haitian dances 
   
• Creation and development of Gwoup Kiskeya dance troupe
  
  
• Intensive Summer Program in contemporary dance, ballet, songs and percussions at Groupe de la Place Royale
  
  
• Becoming a mother twice
  
  
• Checkmated dreams of being a pediatrician, art teacher, figurehead in children's literature, then professional in aeronautics.
  
  
• Teaching traditional Haitian dances and initiation to Meritah (commonly called Africa in this modern era) and Caribbean rhythms.
   
• Professional and Artistic Training Program in African Contemporary Dance at Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata
  
  
• Intensive Summer Workshops, Drum and Dance, at Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata
  
  
• Switching from salaried employee in administration and accounting to an independent worker lifestyle in financial planning.
  
  
• Initiation to Salsa and Capoeira at Studio Danse Montréal
  
  
• The evolution of this website about better living through cultural revolution dance that emanates from our inevitable inheritance, and as internet business.
  
  
• Contributions through dance, upon request, to activism initiatives.
  
  
• initiation through KEBTAH on the journey to embrace our inevitable living inheritance from the sacred essence of culture, to better re-learn.
  

My story

I dance to the rhythm of my heart and soul, my mind and spirit recognize the rhythm of my sacred essence.

"Khefista Shemzoumot is written in Medou within the white space on the image. Khefista Shemzoumot is the name that connects me deeply with the core energy of the Earth and to the depth of my being.

The Medou language is the original language of humanity. Its writing is based on sounds and the awareness of nature’s forces, which foster clarity of body, mind, and spirit, aligned with the reality of nature and the universe.
| Photos by Teniou Saïminthou / Rite of Passage – 6 Tehouti 424 (September 15, 2024)

An Active-Listening Steward Leader, I am also a dance ethnologist apprentice by calling developed through life's imperative statements, practical training and self-directed learning. I am mostly a Kem's path apprentice as Meritah's child.

I proclaim to be a single mother by both conscious and unconscious desire. I claimed since my early teens to want children and no husband, all the while desiring a loving companionship.

I thrive to develop my talents to better serve us all under the necessity I see to dance our sacred essence and foster sustainable circles of individual and collective wellness in total health and fitness and integral wealth.

My dance to self-conquest is my absolute mean of expression, for as far as I can remember, it prompted me to live fully without restraint, despite how irrelevant and unvaluable I used to feel to the eyes of the man and woman through whom I swayed in this earthly world.

"I dance to the rhythm of my heart and soul - my mind and spirit recognize the rhythm of my sacred essence."
~ Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou) | Photo: Wesley Rigaud, 2015

As Pearl Primus express it so well...

My first steps

Hardly walking yet, I would defy whatever standed in my way to get to the dance at my paternal grand parents' house. As a teenager, I took Ballet Jazz lessons and dreamed further to dance with icones like Louise Lapierre, Eddy Toussaint, Alvin Ailey...

As a young adult, I danced the rhythms of Vodou philosophy and was in awe to realize that the rhythms of my heart and the rhythms of the drum were one. The vibrations of the rites of my origins were the reflections of my spirit, the gestures and their meanings revealing the essence of my being deep in my womb.

I then forged, with my girlfriends, the dance troupe Gwoup Kiskeya. By deepening the knowledge of the dances of our origins, we revealed ourselves to ourselves, realizing a synergy of empowerment, solidarity and cohesion.

We immersed in the dances in unisson, heart and soul, body, mind and spirit spirit, for ten years.

Here I am, white skirt, around 40 years ago with the core members of Gwoup Kiskeya. We empowered ourselves in solidarity as we learn about our cultural roots through our dance heritage. | Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou)

Moving forward

"Today, an unparalleled anchor is present with my initiation through KEBTAH on the journey that goes way back to the origin of humanity, to better embrace our inevitable living inheritance through fondamental knowledge of the sacred essence of culture."
~ Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou)

I started my activity on the internet in September 2011. What I had and still have to say has always been inherently part of me, it seems. I first began to express it in 1992 in a French course as part of a professional training that I followed in secretarial work under the recommendations of my brother, even though I was more interested in the accounting program offered in the same institution.

In fact, the awakening first sparked in 1988 during my university studies in visual arts and French literature after failing in biology. It was a period, starting in 1986, when I tried to align myself with my childhood dreams.

I first undertook studies in biology to move on to general medicine and then pediatrics. Then, I chose to study visual arts and French litterature towards the teaching of the arts and children's book writting. I was taking parallel classes at the Ottawa School of Arts where I also carried out live model contracts to better incorporate the arts community.

At the same period of time, I also experienced several areas of performance arts at the Groupe de la Place Royale. Shortly after, in 1987, the great adventure began with Gwoup Kiskeya, an adventure that lasted 10 years.

The birth of my eldest son in 1989, led me to follow the strings of life to meet our basic needs, namely housing, food and finding the means to offer him the best possible education.

In this frenzy, my body issued warning signals with 4 episodes of physical exhaustion, in 1990, 1991, 1997 and 2005. I reacted drastically to the 5th episode of exhaustion in 2007 by reorienting myself towards my dreams, starting with that of an entrepreneur, this time. I first branched out as a financial planning agent, an in-between, to try and cover our basic needs to start.

In the meantime, my second son was born in 1995, expanding my small family unit to three.

Finally, the 6th episode of exhaustion being physical and mental in 2011 was quite devastating, leading to the ultimate 7th episode of exhaustion in 2013 being fundamentally mental.

I have worked for the last 7 years after, respecting the inherent rhythm of the process, to access what dwells deeply in me in order to best materialize the notion that We are One.

Today, an unparalleled anchor is present with my initiation through KEBTAH on the journey that goes way back to the origin of humanity, to better embrace our inevitable living inheritance through fondamental knowledge of the sacred essence of culture, guided by the ingrained rites of passage from our ancestral Kemetic memory.

The kemetic way of life, the kemetic philosophy and spirituality, brings fondamental knowledge of our ancestral traditions at the origin of humanity.

Video from Mona Magick : The Kemetic Way of Life spoken by a Dogon Priest @MonaMagickMonaMagick
| This interview is from the source of someone of a lifelong lineage and practise, and not of someone who has written a book based on most likely 3rd perhaps even more second hand information that is usually very inaccurate. Naba Iritah Shenmira is a Priest and Healer from the Dogon bloodline of he Groumanche region of Meritah (Africa). Naba Iritah through guidance from the ancestors and Elders from the Gulmu lineage of Burkina Faso, as well as various kingships presents to the audience "The Kemetic Way of Life". He addresses the virtues that have been around for thousands of years, how to apply ancient practises in today's lifestyle, the importance of honouring bloodlines, and makes a powerful statement on initiation.

Here you will find the fundamentals that so many neglect to adhere to in hopes of assuming that advanced knowledge wouldn't require constant discipline.

Share your challenges toward your mindful power of presence and self-conquest. Unwind your kadanse! As for me, I write the way I dance!
♥ This path of light, bringing forth our inevitable living inheritance to dance life to the purity of our sacred essence for better living, is for you! ♥

My blockages

Instead of being at war on every front, I dance who I in vibant self-conquest.

"I always felt this division between me and this other in me, which took so much place in my head, while I remained very present in my heart and my body, aligned with my authenticity."
| ~ Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou)

Three very heavy episodes have passed like bulldozers through this powerful source of deep joy and reconstruction that is dance.

At the birth of my second son, the most wonderful gift in life, I felt a deep shock of betrayal and stinging solitude. Biological paternity has been rejected and the circle of friends dispersed in indifference.

During the adolescence of my first son, I compared with what is most painful, it seemed to me, with the societal ambushes to the family, social problems and finances, the racial difficulties and the psychotic effects of marijuana.

In my professional career as an agent in financial planning, I felt trapped in the labyrinth of the world of faceless business.

In 2007, a period of retrospections after my 4th episode of exhaustion, I put myself in a position between 3 choices:

1. Start entrepreneurship training with the objective of making a living from dance passion 
2. Go to Senegal for 2 months of intensive African dance immersed in the adventure
3. Join Investors Group as a Financial Planning agent in hopes of making money first.

Although I opted for financial planning, because of course there was an interest, it was far from what inhabits me. Finance is not what makes me vibrate, feel alive, gives me that momentum of life where I feel I am. I have the desire and the ability to learn about finance, but no natural tendencies or talents. I saw usefulness in helping people while providing me with a springboard to help propel myself towards the fulfillment of what really inhabits me.

I tended to put aside what came naturally to me and look for things to be recognized and valued by others publicly. I wonder if this is why I have invested so much in accounting, administration and finance. Of course I always had the pretext of wanting to feed my family.

I always felt this division between me and this other who took so much place in my head, while I remained very present in my heart and body aligned with my authenticity. 

Also, despite all, I share my dance to self-conquest with open heart enlightened infinite ever conscious love. Instead of being at war on every front, I dance who I am in vibant self-conquest.

My dance to self-conquest is anchored to the call of my soul, inevitable living inheritance to which I started to answer with Gwoup Kiskeya. Gwoup Kiskeya is the initial point of my understanding as carriers of the sacred essence of our dance.

I must set in motion this natural portal to dance life beyond all blockages, moving toward a broader global understanding of our timelessly rooted inevitable living inheritance, guided by the ingrained rites of passage from ancestral Kemetic memory.

Cultivating my art

"The energy to act, learn and produce quality, nothing less, continually propels my courage."
| ~ Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou)

I've been learning my trade mainly through intrinsic research along with workshops in dance, in addition to formal training in ethnology and ethnographic films, validated by increased fondamental knowledge of our ancestral traditions at the origin of humanity.

The energy to act, learn and produce quality, nothing less, continually propels my courage.

Vision of my dance

My vision has always been clear about sharing the power of dance for whole wellness.

I follow through against all odds.

My vitality is a gathering strength.

My commitment to create an environment of harmony, beauty, and fundamental joy to infinity is a source of motivation. 

I walk willfully to spread serenity, respect and the joyful courage of love.

Through fundamentally joyful and powerful self-care to self-conquest, I aspire to bring light rays and beams, for everyone of us to dance its full potential of total presence, always.

The kreyòl Crone Goddess name, Tilarenn Solèy, I received in an ever present daydreaming state.

The mighty Goddess Nout, the deity that governs the month I was born, as described  in the kemetic sidereal calendar, bestows upon me all the wisdom of a mother and the awareness of protection and preservation for me to deploy in my path of becoming to truly live the name the earth recovered for me which is Khefista Shemzoumot.

The mighty Goddess Nout, the deity that governs the month I was born, as described in the kemetic sidereal calendar, bestows upon me all the wisdom of a mother and the awareness of protection and preservation for me to deploy in my path of becoming to truly live the name the earth recovered for me which is Khefista Shemzoumot.

Everything begins with a thought

Everything begins with a thought. I understand that we must be our own selves. My thinking is to follow the truth we all have within. I communicate in movements, to the rhythms of life breaths memories. | Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou) | Ayiti la, Photo: Wesley Rigaud, 2015

It is in my gut, I'm engaged to follow the truth we all have within.  

I let the stream of my dance run freely. 

I open my soul and let go. 

I release my soul's vibrations to strengthen the bonds with the ancestors. 

Every word, every gesture is sent in the universe and dances with the stars. 

I understand that we must own ourselves.

My energy is set on my words to be always impeccable as I dance and express that I am what I came to share.

I dance to the rhythm of my sacred essence to self-conquest

I am devoted to lead by example.

I align heart and soul, body, mind, and spirit to dare to shine brightly. 

Revolisyon kadansenou.com is for you to elevate your power of presence better and better, to appreciate, integrate and share.

For me, it is a space open to the whole world, to gain momentum and lay a foundation of the universal Carriers of the Sacred essence of our dance statement.

As We are One, our individual energy positively nurtured is the foundation for individual and collective sustainable growth.

I am sharing all about my dance to self-conquest

I am sharing on everything I know, everything I am learning about self-care to self-conquest and the connection to our roots, our ancestral legacies toward total presence.

We shall elevate our consciousness through dance spirit integrity. 

It is all about who we are and who we are becoming. 

It is all about growing in courage, strength and wisdom. 

No sorrow, no angriness, no resentment will ever have room to stay in this truly genuine place.

Self-portrait invitation to dance to the rhythm of vibrant self-care to self-conquest and unlock, as best, the path to your sacred essence legacy richness | Khefista Shemzoumot (Grann Nan Listwa revolisyon Kadanse nou)

The dance floor is yours...

Following is an inspiring example of how Alison Désir dances unlike any. Unlike any simply means as a unique person. You can share your unique story too (here), Unlike Any.

Our lives, our dance, a continuous journey to self-conquest

Our lives, our dance, is a path of self-conquest to better embrace and own our power of presence.

Aim to thrive on this path in alignment with our timeless essence, by the honesty and vitality of daring to live fully the depth of our dance. | Original artwork from Reginald Nazaire / NAZAREGI

We must dance life to the rhythm of our sacred essence, wherever we go, with everything we do. We must dance who we are to self-conquest!

I acknowledge that the journey is always worth it as long as we stay genuine in our essence and learn to take our place with integrity. I kadanse who I am to self-conquest!

This is a quest where we get barriers down. I kadanse who I am to self-conquest!

This path is carved by alignment with our timeless essence, by the honesty and vitality of daring to live fully the depth of our dance. This is a journey to fully endorse balance and harmony at every step and every move, to align with the sacred essence of our dance through our vital energy, consciously present in every moment.

Our power of presence

My dance has been and will always be a powerful quest to radiate inner balance and integrity.

To dance with respect, clarity and integrity is to dare to Be always present, to align with our timeless essence in synchronicity with the universal rhythm of balance and harmony.

I choose to kadanse my dance toward self-conquest, so that we may more fully integrate our social, political, economic, spiritual, and cultural power, guided by a daily presence attentive to each movement in every moment.

Through the sacred rhythm and mindful power of presence in dance spirit, I embody self-care as a path to self-conquest, strengthening my advocacy for whole health and fitness, nurturing the enlightenment that rises from respect, clarity, and integrity of inner balance.

Instead of being at war on every front, I kadanse my dance to self-conquest. We are One.
I dance to Maya Angelou's memory along with the memories of all the ancestors living in another realm | Photo: Wesley Rigaud |
"I come as one, but I stand as ten thousand."
~ Maya Angelou

Undergoing self-conquest

Our dance is our inherent universal and timeless resource.

Wherever you are, whichever walk of life you travel, your dance is your natural quality of life foundation. 

Your dance carries the essence of your power of presence, leading you into self-conquest and into the well-being of both the individual and the collective, across every dimension. It holds an ageless elixir of health — emotional and physical, material and spiritual — flowing through time in heart and soul, body, mind, and spirit.

The power of self-conquest is always within reach through vibrant self-care. When we live align with the rhythms of our deepest being, we propel ourselves toward unveiling the sacred richness of our dance legacy.

My dance to self-conquest keeps me consciously grounded, genuinely alert and vibrant, naturally blooming.

At 60, the vital energy in my dance to self-conquest leads me to connect more deeply with what is essential.

About my dance to self-conquest: Grounded, alert, vibrant, and ever-blooming

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