Lindi Duesenberg
Lind’s passion for dance began as a toddler and drove her to pursue a career as a professional dancer and educator. She has performed and taught for nearly 20 years in both Los Angeles and New York and has been seen in numerous music videos, industrials, musical theatre productions and tours across the country. She has also served as an adjudicator for several national dance competitions. She has worked with children for over 15 years in many educational capacities—teacher, dance instructor, tutor and mentor.
Since retiring from performing, Lindi has been forging her path in both the NYC fitness and education world, working as a personal trainer, a leading instructor at Physique 57, creative movement director at the Nursery School at Congregation Habonim and founder her own company, Dance Motivation Fitness (DMF). She built DMF into one of the leading dance cardio workouts in NYC and become well known for her upbeat, motivational, and positive approach to wellness. Though she loved working with adults, her true passion is working with kids and teens and motivating them to achieve greatness is in all aspects of their lives.
While working as a “big sis” mentor, and teaching specialty DMF classes to inner-city youth, Lindi was blown away by the lack of physical exercise in NYC schools and the dramatic rise of childhood obesity. After further research, she found the majority of NYC public schools fail to meet the state PE requirements due to lack of space and lack of teachers. Afterschool opportunities for low income and transient families were also extremely limited and she knew she could create a program to help alleviate these issues.
DMF Youth was born out of the idea that kids in the most underserved schools deserved the same high quality arts education and afterschool opportunities as their wealthier counterparts. Lindi’s motivational approach to teaching worked extremely well with K-12 children, but she wanted to create more than just a dance-fitness program. She wanted a program that exposed children to imperative life skills like goal setting, dealing with emotions, and facing fears. By working with educators, phycologists, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) specialists, she created a unique curriculum that increases her students’ self-esteem and confidence, helping them realize their ultimate potential.
In conjunction with her DMF Youth programs, Lindi serves as a dance education specialist for various schools across the city. She creates and implements unique dance and movement curriculums in K-12 classrooms to enhance and supplement traditional learning and promote key academic concepts. As seasoned teaching artist, she provides a road to innovative kinesthetic learning that weaves arts education into language arts, math, science and social studies.
Since retiring from performing, Lindi has been forging her path in both the NYC fitness and education world, working as a personal trainer, a leading instructor at Physique 57, creative movement director at the Nursery School at Congregation Habonim and founder her own company, Dance Motivation Fitness (DMF). She built DMF into one of the leading dance cardio workouts in NYC and become well known for her upbeat, motivational, and positive approach to wellness. Though she loved working with adults, her true passion is working with kids and teens and motivating them to achieve greatness is in all aspects of their lives.
While working as a “big sis” mentor, and teaching specialty DMF classes to inner-city youth, Lindi was blown away by the lack of physical exercise in NYC schools and the dramatic rise of childhood obesity. After further research, she found the majority of NYC public schools fail to meet the state PE requirements due to lack of space and lack of teachers. Afterschool opportunities for low income and transient families were also extremely limited and she knew she could create a program to help alleviate these issues.
DMF Youth was born out of the idea that kids in the most underserved schools deserved the same high quality arts education and afterschool opportunities as their wealthier counterparts. Lindi’s motivational approach to teaching worked extremely well with K-12 children, but she wanted to create more than just a dance-fitness program. She wanted a program that exposed children to imperative life skills like goal setting, dealing with emotions, and facing fears. By working with educators, phycologists, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) specialists, she created a unique curriculum that increases her students’ self-esteem and confidence, helping them realize their ultimate potential.
In conjunction with her DMF Youth programs, Lindi serves as a dance education specialist for various schools across the city. She creates and implements unique dance and movement curriculums in K-12 classrooms to enhance and supplement traditional learning and promote key academic concepts. As seasoned teaching artist, she provides a road to innovative kinesthetic learning that weaves arts education into language arts, math, science and social studies.
