Bio
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BIO
Award-winning and world renowned, Dr. Denita Hedgeman, is an author, speaker and choreographer who inspires people to reach their goals and live their purpose through inspirational messages, training/consulting and performing arts. She is also a career, personal, business, ministry and fitness coach.
She has won numerous awards in career development, dance and ministry including "Best Choreography" award in Nice, France; "Most Creative Dance Group" by Destined 2 Dance; "National Talent Search" by Dance Ministry Award Show; "Esther 25 Women Leaders in Ministry Award" by the National Coalition of Women in Ministry; and "Best Campus Liaison" and "Director of the Year Award" by the National Urban League.
She has traveled extensively and has performed with artists such as: Foreigner, Tonex, Howard Hewitt, Jonathan Slocumb, CeCe Winans, Kurt Carr, V. Michael McKay, Smokey Norful, Dennis Quaid, Isaac Hayes, Eric Johnson, Sharon Glass, Larnell Harris, Jason D. Williams, Hal Ketchum, Kenneth Davis, Everett McBee and Juanita Bynum. She has been featured on TBN and The Bobby Jones Show and in movies, TV, plays, commercials, Off-Broadway, MTV and training films. She plans events, consults and facilitates workshops for conferences, businesses, churches, ministries, colleges, fitness programs, etc.
Dr. Hedgeman was the Founder and Minister of Dance for the Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church Dance Ministry from 1990-2006 and is a member of the National Liturgical Dance Network (NLDN).
She is the author of "While I Wait" and Guidelines to Starting and Maintaining a Church Dance Ministry". She is the producer/choreographer of the DVD, "Dancing Into Your Calling" which is an instructional and exercise program for Praise Dancers. She is also the Founder and Choreographer for the outreach award-winning group, Disciples of Dance. She also has published articles in national magazines such as The African American Pulpit "A Dance Ministry in Your Church" and the HBCU Career Guide "Finding Your Purpose and Applying It to Your Career Search" which landed her on the cover of the latter.
She has an undergraduate degree in Journalism/Advertising and a Masters and Doctoral degree in Religious Dance.
She was a motivational speaker for monster.com, the Director of Career Services at LeMoyne-Owen College and is the Youth Services Event Coordinator for the City of Memphis Office of Youth Services. She is also the owner of Denita Hedgeman, Etc. which is a consulting and professional development organization.
BIO
Award-winning and world renowned, Dr. Denita Hedgeman, is an author, speaker and choreographer who inspires people to reach their goals and live their purpose through inspirational messages, training/consulting and performing arts. She is also a career, personal, business, ministry and fitness coach.
She has won numerous awards in career development, dance and ministry including "Best Choreography" award in Nice, France; "Most Creative Dance Group" by Destined 2 Dance; "National Talent Search" by Dance Ministry Award Show; "Esther 25 Women Leaders in Ministry Award" by the National Coalition of Women in Ministry; and "Best Campus Liaison" and "Director of the Year Award" by the National Urban League.
She has traveled extensively and has performed with artists such as: Foreigner, Tonex, Howard Hewitt, Jonathan Slocumb, CeCe Winans, Kurt Carr, V. Michael McKay, Smokey Norful, Dennis Quaid, Isaac Hayes, Eric Johnson, Sharon Glass, Larnell Harris, Jason D. Williams, Hal Ketchum, Kenneth Davis, Everett McBee and Juanita Bynum. She has been featured on TBN and The Bobby Jones Show and in movies, TV, plays, commercials, Off-Broadway, MTV and training films. She plans events, consults and facilitates workshops for conferences, businesses, churches, ministries, colleges, fitness programs, etc.
Dr. Hedgeman was the Founder and Minister of Dance for the Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church Dance Ministry from 1990-2006 and is a member of the National Liturgical Dance Network (NLDN).
She is the author of "While I Wait" and Guidelines to Starting and Maintaining a Church Dance Ministry". She is the producer/choreographer of the DVD, "Dancing Into Your Calling" which is an instructional and exercise program for Praise Dancers. She is also the Founder and Choreographer for the outreach award-winning group, Disciples of Dance. She also has published articles in national magazines such as The African American Pulpit "A Dance Ministry in Your Church" and the HBCU Career Guide "Finding Your Purpose and Applying It to Your Career Search" which landed her on the cover of the latter.
She has an undergraduate degree in Journalism/Advertising and a Masters and Doctoral degree in Religious Dance.
She was a motivational speaker for monster.com, the Director of Career Services at LeMoyne-Owen College and is the Youth Services Event Coordinator for the City of Memphis Office of Youth Services. She is also the owner of Denita Hedgeman, Etc. which is a consulting and professional development organization.
