Lerna Babikyan is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and writer focused on the transformative power of dance, movement, and creativity. She holds BA degrees in dance and adult education, and an MA in Movement, Mind, Ecology from Schumacher College. Her work is grounded in bodily learning and holistic education.
In the light of her ecological approach and holistic education philosophy, it designs and implements educational programs in the creative dance room for all learning environments. She provides teacher trainings on this topic to local and international educational institutions and art centers, especially Mudita Dance & Moves, where she founded.
At the heart of her workshops, presentations, and performances is the aim to nurture authentic self-expression, help individuals connect with their inner artist, and foster peaceful relationships with oneself, the community, and nature.
Lerna’s creative and pedagogical work deeply explores themes of identity, memory, nature, pedagogy, indigenous cultures, languages, and space. Through embodied practices, she weaves together dance, storytelling, and ecological awareness, crafting a powerful narrative of creativity and healing.
Lerna has shared her experiences and research through presentations and workshops in various local and international conferences, contributing to the academic community on these subjects.
Lerna Babikyan is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and writer with a focus on dance. She explores the colonizer-indigenous relationship in the interplay of body, space, memory, identity, nature, creative dance, pedagogy, historical context and transforming spaces.
In the light of the deep ecological approach and holistic education philosophy, she designs and implements creative dance-focused educational programs for all learning environments. She provides instructor training on the subject at local and international educational institutions and art centers, especially at Mudita Dance, of which she is the founder.
The core values of the workshops and presentations in action are: contact with the authentic expression of the individual of all ages and genders and meeting the artist within, living in a peaceful relationship with oneself and all other living beings, internalizing the learning experience within the creative movement flows of the body, empowerment of the victim, development of individual creativity and support for well-being, cultural learning and ecological inclusion.
Podcast
Dances of Us prepared and presented by Lerna Babikyan; shares the journeys of dancers and communities from underrepresented backgrounds. Each episode highlights how movement becomes a language of identity, memory, resistance, and hope.
