About us
Welcome to The Dance with Ann Kite — formerly Conscious Dancer DC.
This community continues to evolve alongside the growing conscious movement community in DC and Baltimore, welcoming both longtime dancers and those discovering this work for the first time.
We gather through movement, music, mindfulness, and authentic connection to create spaces where people can move freely, reconnect with themselves, and share meaningful experiences with others.
Our roots include many movement traditions and practices, including:
• Contact Improvisation
• 5Rhythms-inspired movement
• Acro-Yoga
• Zumba
• African Dance
• Taketina
• JourneyDance
• Biodanza
• Belly Dance
and other embodied and conscious movement experiences.
No dance experience is needed.
You can expect the same heart-centered gatherings, with continued growth toward deeper connection, inclusivity, creativity, and community.
Whether you come for movement, self-expression, emotional wellbeing, inspiration, or simply a chance to pause and reconnect — you are welcome here.
Come as you are.
With love,
Ann Kite
Upcoming events
18
- $30.00

The Let Go: Friday Night
Carderock Springs Swim and Tennis Club, 8200 Hamilton Spring Ct, Bethesda, MD, USLet go of the week and welcome the weekend. Join master teacher Ann Kite in person every Friday at 8pm for a dynamic, deeply embodied release.
Each week, 60–75 people gather to dance together in a supportive, spirited community. Ann has held this group for years, creating a safe space to sweat, shift, and soften the ego’s grip so the freer, wilder, more alive part of you can come through.
Movement is for everyone, whether you’ve danced for years or are brand new. This isn’t about performing or getting the “right” steps. It’s about tuning into your body’s natural rhythms, finding freedom in stillness and motion, and remembering what it feels like to be fully alive.
Whether you’re seeking connection, healing, or simply a fresh perspective, you’re welcome exactly as you are.
Movement is the doorway. We’ll guide you the rest of the way.
Purchase tickets: https://www.annkite.com/letgo
*****Feb 27, Apr 1, Jun 26, Aug 28, and Oct 9, will be led by a substitute teacher as Ann will be away leading a retreat on those dates.
1 attendee 
Softly: Buffalo Gap Retreat w/ Ann Kite
Buffallo Gap Retreat, 229 Cool Creek Road, Capon Bridge, WV, USOur ability to feel is our ability
to fully inhabit our bodies,
to fully show up in our life here and now.We each have a range and depth of emotional capacity.
With practice and in a safe container, we can increase our range and deepen our ability to hold the whole of our emotional experience.This retreat will be just that — a moving exploration of our emotional selves — designed to clear what no longer serves and support you in awakening to the truth of who you are.
In addition to daily dance and movement sessions, you’ll enjoy a variety of experiences designed to nurture your entire being:
- Wood-Fired Sauna: Relax and rejuvenate in the warmth of a hand-crafted sauna.
- Nature Activities: Explore hiking trails, swim in a pristine lake, and immerse yourself in the beauty of the forest.
- Community Fire: Gather under the stars to connect, share, and celebrate around the fire.
- Optional Yoga Classes: Begin your mornings with a gentle yoga flow to awaken your body and spirit.
- Massage and Cranial-sacral therapists available on site.
Buffalo Gap Retreat is located in the foothills of the Potomac Highlands, and is just 2 hours from Washington DC. The retreat center features cottage rentals and tent camping in addition to a beautiful outdoor pavilion, expansive fields, a lake for swimming, a wood-fired sauna, hiking trails, a cafe offering prepared foods, and other amenities.
Subscribe to Ann’s email newsletter for registration updates. Full details: https://www.annkite.com/thedance-august2026
1 attendee- $30.00

The Let Go: Friday Night
Carderock Springs Swim and Tennis Club, 8200 Hamilton Spring Ct, Bethesda, MD, USLet go of the week and welcome the weekend. Join master teacher Ann Kite in person every Friday at 8pm for a dynamic, deeply embodied release.
Each week, 60–75 people gather to dance together in a supportive, spirited community. Ann has held this group for years, creating a safe space to sweat, shift, and soften the ego’s grip so the freer, wilder, more alive part of you can come through.
Movement is for everyone, whether you’ve danced for years or are brand new. This isn’t about performing or getting the “right” steps. It’s about tuning into your body’s natural rhythms, finding freedom in stillness and motion, and remembering what it feels like to be fully alive.
Whether you’re seeking connection, healing, or simply a fresh perspective, you’re welcome exactly as you are.
Movement is the doorway. We’ll guide you the rest of the way.
Purchase tickets: https://www.annkite.com/letgo
*****Feb 27, Apr 1, Jun 26, Aug 28, and Oct 9, will be led by a substitute teacher as Ann will be away leading a retreat on those dates.
1 attendee - $30.00

The Let Go: Friday Night
Carderock Springs Swim and Tennis Club, 8200 Hamilton Spring Ct, Bethesda, MD, USLet go of the week and welcome the weekend. Join master teacher Ann Kite in person every Friday at 8pm for a dynamic, deeply embodied release.
Each week, 60–75 people gather to dance together in a supportive, spirited community. Ann has held this group for years, creating a safe space to sweat, shift, and soften the ego’s grip so the freer, wilder, more alive part of you can come through.
Movement is for everyone, whether you’ve danced for years or are brand new. This isn’t about performing or getting the “right” steps. It’s about tuning into your body’s natural rhythms, finding freedom in stillness and motion, and remembering what it feels like to be fully alive.
Whether you’re seeking connection, healing, or simply a fresh perspective, you’re welcome exactly as you are.
Movement is the doorway. We’ll guide you the rest of the way.
Purchase tickets: https://www.annkite.com/letgo
*****Feb 27, Apr 1, Jun 26, Aug 28, and Oct 9, will be led by a substitute teacher as Ann will be away leading a retreat on those dates.
1 attendee
Past events
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