Tanya Keller studies at the royal academy of  Dance in London, England, where she earned her B.A (honors) in Dance Education and Master of Teaching Dance. She is registered teacher with the royal academy of Dance and a professional member of the national dance education organization. Tanya is a PhD candidate at Texas Women’s University whose research interests include dance pedagogy and the significance of practice as well as large movement practices in relation to the aging female body, historical identity and public space, she currently teaches in Shenzhen, China, where she sits as director of Teaching for Sufei Art Education.