Mindful Movement with Shanzell

Daydreaming about the most beautiful day, 2 weeks ago, .show 💖🌸

Thankful for all of these insanely talented, perfect humans and all the super sweet moments in-between..

Same time, next year? xoxo🫂

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Grateful to return home and share this work with Flint. Thank you Flintside for the thoughtful feature and for holding space for tap dance, memory, and legacy. This continues to be a meaningful full circle moment.❤️

Shanzell Page brings rhythm and legacy to Flint as UMS/UM-Flint Artist in Residence – Flintside Flint-born tap artist Shanzell Page returns home, blending movement, memory, and legacy as UMS/UMFlint Artist in Residence.

Honored to be named among the 25 Genesee County small businesses receiving support through the Flint Genesee Economic Growth Alliance Small Business Support Hub.

This funding directly supports the continued growth of Mindful Movement with Shanzell and the ability to serve our community through arts education and movement practice.

Grateful for the encouragement and investment♥️

25 local small businesses receive funding from the Flint & Genesee Small Business Support Hub - Flint and Genesee Economic Alliance Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance awards grant funding to Genesee County businesses (Flint, Mich., 12/17/2025) — The Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance’s Small Business Support Hub has awarded 25 grants to […]

TODAY is the day!

FREE Tap Workshop in Flint💐
5:30-6:30pm
Northbank Center Dance Studio 432 Saginaw St Flint

Quick sign-up if you haven’t!
https://forms.gle/C3QKxLk5QWvWLT746

See you there🌅

Free tap workshop at University of Michigan-Flint next Wednesday with Michigan Momentum dance team.

Come move, play with rhythm, and have fun.
📍RSVP here: www.mindfulmovementwithshanzell.org/events/workshop

🌱✨ Honored to officially share that I’ve been named the 25/26 UMS/University of Michigan–Flint Artist in Residence! Thank you to everyone who has poured into me along the way. I can’t wait to grow this work with you all. 🍊✨

Introducing Shanzell Page, 25/26 UMS/UM-Flint Artist in Residence University Musical Society

✨The third edition of the Mindful Movement with Shanzell newsletter is here!

Inside you'll find April + May birthdays, National Tap Dance Day, and current offerings from artists and organizers in our community.

It highlights the lineage we stand on and the work continuing now.

There's a tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Features on Dulé Hill, Maurice Chestnut, Derick K. Grant, and Dr. Robert L. Reed.
A birthday post honoring Ted Louis Levy.
Movement and announcements from Ayodele Casel, Dormeshia, Michela Marino Lerman, and lan Berg with Subject:Matter.

🔮There are also invitations to partner, new work in process, weekly class info, and a moment of gratitude as I share that Mindful Movement with Shanzell is a FedEx Entrepreneur Fund recipient.

This issue speaks on obedience, artistic process, and the communal pulse that continues to guide our steps.

📖 Read the full newsletter here👇🏾

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What a journey.

Mindful Movement with Shanzell was chosen as a recipient of the FedEx Entrepreneur Fund, and the support has been next-level. From mentorship to financial strategy to branding gems, it's been a full-circle reminder that our stories matter and deserve to be resourced.

Now and over these past few months, I continue teaching, creating, dreaming up new work, building partnerships from the ground up, and still dancing in my living room just to keep the rhythm alive.

Thank you FedEx and Hello Alice for seeing me. I am so moved and so ready for what's to come.

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March marked more than Women’s History Month for me, it marks one full year since I launched Mindful Movement with Shanzell, a space rooted in tradition, purpose, and the art of honoring what often goes unnamed.

This special anniversary newsletter is both reflection and offering honoring those who came before us, recognizing those walking with us, and investing in those still on their way.

To the women who’ve shaped the sound and soul of tap.
To jazz women whose instruments carried us across time.
To mentors and elders, unsung heroes, and future icons.
To every dancer, dreamer, and rhythm keeper.

This issue also celebrates:

-The 2025 Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant (featuring mentee Justin Strozier)
-The launch of The Billie J. Legacy Scholarship and The Shepherd’s Steps Fund
-A tribute to educator, artist, and community matriarch, Sheila Miller-Graham 💐
-Tap dancer birthdays, community shout-outs, and a spotlight on visionary women like Pamela Yasutake, Josette Wiggan, Quynn Johnson, and Chloe Arnold
-📖 Click below to read the full newsletter, and tap into what it means to build something from love, with love:

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