Marlita Hill

Marlita Hill started dancing at age 15 with The Hush Company, a Los Angeles based dance ministry under the direction of Stacy and LaQuin Meadows, where she served for eight years as a dancer, choreographer, and eventually Assistant Director.

Hill went on to earn her BFA degree in Dance Performance with K-12 Certification from Towson University in Towson, MD. In March 2008, she published her book, "Dancers! Assume the Position," which examines the WHAT, the WHY, and the IMPACT of the dancer's ministry. Marlita continues to work with dance ministries and invest in raising the caliber of liturgical dance through her workshop, Unlocking Movement that Speaks. Ms. Hill has been teaching dance technique and choreography in K-12, college, liturgical and community settings throughout the country for over ten years.

In 2009, Hill co-founded the dance department at the Ramon C. Cortines School for the Visual and Performing Arts, in downtown Los Angeles, where she still teaches. She is the creator and curator of The Choreography Clinic, a blog that houses dialogue among dance makers about making dance. She also stewards the dance ministry at Full Harvest International, under the leadership of Bishop Clarence E. McClendon, and serves as a board member and Children's Show Coordinator for Rhapsody In Taps, an LA- based tap company led by founder and Artistic Director, Linda Sohl-Ellison. Through working with community organizations including HelpDesk/LA, Dance Resource Center, Career Transitions for Dancers, and serving on the steering committee for the Horton Awards, Hill is enthusiastically committed to contributing to connecting and fortifying the Los Angeles dance community. Her choreography has been presented at venues including Towson University, Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage (in collaboration with VT Dance), Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (MD), and Carpenter Center Performing Arts.