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Earlier this year, I stood at a small lake in rural Germany where a handful of women were drowned for being “witches.” It was early morning, fog on the water, cold wind cutting through the quiet. I imagined what it would’ve been like to be led there - AS JUST A LITERAL GIRL - by some (probably) very unattractive men who had decided my life wasn’t worth keeping.
They called it punishment. But really, it was fear. They were terrified of women like us (women like ME, now) - intuitive, sensual, connected to nature, to each other, to healing. Women with power they couldn’t name, so they tried to throw it in the water and drown it.
When I stood there, my whole body filled with rage. Because how fucking dare they. How many brilliant, wild, powerful women met that same end?
This routine, “Water Witches”, is for them. In this piece, we channel their defiant spirits. I challenged myself to move as if I was standing in that lake myself - soaked, shivering, alive. To move as if I was coming back to haunt the spirit of the patriarchy and fuckboys and mojo dojo casa houses everywhere.
I wanted to move as if the ghosts of those drowned women had just filled my lungs and told me to fight for my life.
To move as if I was saying: “I’ll haunt you forever you motherfuckers. Come out come out, wherever you are.” 😈

If you are a girl, and you are inspired by anything in this piece, I hope it inspires you to be more threatening. To be a bit of a menace. To defy all the weight that tries to squash you and silence you and attempts to make you fucking stale. I hope it inspires you to rage, and to fight back. It’s never too late to fight back.

This wouldn’t have been possible without the brilliant camera work by @exotuts, who not only filmed me, but also 30 other women doing this piece, and made each one A MOVIE 🍿
Or without my love @nate_the_great15 who made this song by @klergy_music exactly what I needed it to be for this moment. I love both of you beyond. Thank you 🙏🏼💙

I chose this song because I wanted to channel the energy of Britney—a woman who dared to be great, talented, vulnerable, and HERSELF in the face of a world acting like literal sharks set on tearing her apart.

I think as women, we see what happens to the women in the spotlight - we watch how the media twists them, disrespects them, shames them (or attempts to), and along the way we internalize the idea that shining bright as a woman… isn’t safe.

We see that being in the spotlight comes with consequences.
Because if they could destroy the women we looked up to as teens, maybe they could destroy that small glimmer in us too.

This piece—for me, and for all 20 women who took part in Lights, Camera, Her—was a reclamation of that glimmer.
A statement saying: I’m going to shine. I’m going to be seen. And I’m going to do me—no matter what they throw at me (motherfuckers 🖕🏼😘)

To the 20 women in this program, I love you. You are walking proof that we shine brighter together.

Thank you to @exotuts for capturing this moment even better than I envisioned it!

✨ If this resonates, drop a 🪩 in the comments
✨ Tell me your favorite moment
✨ And tag a woman you want to see shine unapologetically!

CHOREO + DIRECTION: @kaylabrenda
VIDEO + EDITING: @exotuts
EMPIRE + GIRL GANG: @bodylove.sanctuary
SLAVE 4 U REMIX: @its_eephus @nate_the_great15
#bodylovesanctuary #kaylabrenda

GET TO KNOW MEEEE 💕🫧🎀 ⚔️
You know how people are always like, “This post is for my new followers...”?
Well Sister Queens it’s not a joke—this one really is 😂 I’ve been spilling tea on my stories about how I’ve been shadowbanned for ages, and finally, FINALLY, I’m seeing some fresh, cute-as-hell faces around here. So, in honor of the new baddies joining me and my VOIBE… Hey there, it’s me, Kayla! Let me introduce myself💕😘 Tell me in the comments if you learned anything new about me!! 👇🏼✨#gettoknowme

BODYLOVE Babes,

Something new has come to the Mothership of BODYLOVE, and I am SO down for this.

We get questions from the girlies. ALL the time. In the DMs, in class, in the comments, in our LIVES, and I realized...these answers deserve more than a quick reply that gets buried.

They deserve a home.

So we're building one…

I'm going to start writing mini-blogs right inside the app...real, blunt, fully thought-out answers to everything YOU’VE been asking us.

About dance. About the mental side of it. About the moments that don't make it to the highlight reel. All of it.

This is about more than learning choreography. BODYLOVE has always been about you growing as a heels dancer in EVERY way...the technical, the emotional, the mindset, the artistry.

And this new space is just another way to pour into that.

We're kicking it off with one of the most asked questions we get...

**HELP…what to fuckin DO when you start comparing in dance class???**

You walk into class, you're feeling yourself, and then you look to the left. And the right. And suddenly your brain goes somewhere it really didn't need to go.

We're talking about it. Fully. No sugarcoating.

The full breakdown is live on BODYLOVE right now.

If you're a BL baddie... go check it out in the app. Like right meow. Purrr.

And if you're not yet... just know that BODYLOVE isn't just a place to learn choreo you peep on socials. It's a place to understand yourself AS a dancer; the mindset, the emotions, the things that trip you up off the floor that show up ON the floor.

This new space is exactly that. And she is juiciii.

Link in bio to join. Come be part of it. 🖤

BODYLOVE Babes,

Something new has come to the Mothership of BODYLOVE, and I am SO down for this.

We get questions from the girlies. ALL the time. In the DMs, in class, in the comments, in our LIVES, and I realized...these answers deserve more than a quick reply that gets buried.

They deserve a home.

So we're building one…

I'm going to start writing mini-blogs right inside the app...real, blunt, fully thought-out answers to everything YOU’VE been asking us.

About dance. About the mental side of it. About the moments that don't make it to the highlight reel. All of it.

This is about more than learning choreography. BODYLOVE has always been about you growing as a heels dancer in EVERY way...the technical, the emotional, the mindset, the artistry.

And this new space is just another way to pour into that.

We're kicking it off with one of the most asked questions we get...

**HELP…what to fuckin DO when you start comparing in dance class???**

You walk into class, you're feeling yourself, and then you look to the left. And the right. And suddenly your brain goes somewhere it really didn't need to go.

We're talking about it. Fully. No sugarcoating.

The full breakdown is live on BODYLOVE right now.

If you're a BL baddie... go check it out in the app. Like right meow. Purrr.

And if you're not yet... just know that BODYLOVE isn't just a place to learn choreo you peep on socials. It's a place to understand yourself AS a dancer; the mindset, the emotions, the things that trip you up off the floor that show up ON the floor.

This new space is exactly that. And she is juiciii.

Link in bio to join. Come be part of it. 🖤

BODYLOVE Babes,

Something new has come to the Mothership of BODYLOVE, and I am SO down for this.

We get questions from the girlies. ALL the time. In the DMs, in class, in the comments, in our LIVES, and I realized...these answers deserve more than a quick reply that gets buried.

They deserve a home.

So we're building one…

I'm going to start writing mini-blogs right inside the app...real, blunt, fully thought-out answers to everything YOU’VE been asking us.

About dance. About the mental side of it. About the moments that don't make it to the highlight reel. All of it.

This is about more than learning choreography. BODYLOVE has always been about you growing as a heels dancer in EVERY way...the technical, the emotional, the mindset, the artistry.

And this new space is just another way to pour into that.

We're kicking it off with one of the most asked questions we get...

**HELP…what to fuckin DO when you start comparing in dance class???**

You walk into class, you're feeling yourself, and then you look to the left. And the right. And suddenly your brain goes somewhere it really didn't need to go.

We're talking about it. Fully. No sugarcoating.

The full breakdown is live on BODYLOVE right now.

If you're a BL baddie... go check it out in the app. Like right meow. Purrr.

And if you're not yet... just know that BODYLOVE isn't just a place to learn choreo you peep on socials. It's a place to understand yourself AS a dancer; the mindset, the emotions, the things that trip you up off the floor that show up ON the floor.

This new space is exactly that. And she is juiciii.

Link in bio to join. Come be part of it. 🖤

BODYLOVE Babes,

Something new has come to the Mothership of BODYLOVE, and I am SO down for this.

We get questions from the girlies. ALL the time. In the DMs, in class, in the comments, in our LIVES, and I realized...these answers deserve more than a quick reply that gets buried.

They deserve a home.

So we're building one…

I'm going to start writing mini-blogs right inside the app...real, blunt, fully thought-out answers to everything YOU’VE been asking us.

About dance. About the mental side of it. About the moments that don't make it to the highlight reel. All of it.

This is about more than learning choreography. BODYLOVE has always been about you growing as a heels dancer in EVERY way...the technical, the emotional, the mindset, the artistry.

And this new space is just another way to pour into that.

We're kicking it off with one of the most asked questions we get...

**HELP…what to fuckin DO when you start comparing in dance class???**

You walk into class, you're feeling yourself, and then you look to the left. And the right. And suddenly your brain goes somewhere it really didn't need to go.

We're talking about it. Fully. No sugarcoating.

The full breakdown is live on BODYLOVE right now.

If you're a BL baddie... go check it out in the app. Like right meow. Purrr.

And if you're not yet... just know that BODYLOVE isn't just a place to learn choreo you peep on socials. It's a place to understand yourself AS a dancer; the mindset, the emotions, the things that trip you up off the floor that show up ON the floor.

This new space is exactly that. And she is juiciii.

Link in bio to join. Come be part of it. 🖤

BODYLOVE Babes,

Something new has come to the Mothership of BODYLOVE, and I am SO down for this.

We get questions from the girlies. ALL the time. In the DMs, in class, in the comments, in our LIVES, and I realized...these answers deserve more than a quick reply that gets buried.

They deserve a home.

So we're building one…

I'm going to start writing mini-blogs right inside the app...real, blunt, fully thought-out answers to everything YOU’VE been asking us.

About dance. About the mental side of it. About the moments that don't make it to the highlight reel. All of it.

This is about more than learning choreography. BODYLOVE has always been about you growing as a heels dancer in EVERY way...the technical, the emotional, the mindset, the artistry.

And this new space is just another way to pour into that.

We're kicking it off with one of the most asked questions we get...

**HELP…what to fuckin DO when you start comparing in dance class???**

You walk into class, you're feeling yourself, and then you look to the left. And the right. And suddenly your brain goes somewhere it really didn't need to go.

We're talking about it. Fully. No sugarcoating.

The full breakdown is live on BODYLOVE right now.

If you're a BL baddie... go check it out in the app. Like right meow. Purrr.

And if you're not yet... just know that BODYLOVE isn't just a place to learn choreo you peep on socials. It's a place to understand yourself AS a dancer; the mindset, the emotions, the things that trip you up off the floor that show up ON the floor.

This new space is exactly that. And she is juiciii.

Link in bio to join. Come be part of it. 🖤

… and I’ve loved every step of the journey 🥹🩰
Baby Kayla, meet grown up Kayla 💕🫶🏻

LA CLASS ALERT 👠‼️ I am teaching “MAMACITA” the last two Saturdays of May! We are taking it BACK to the era where you would learn half of the choreo in class 1, then review and GO ON in classs 2 🔥 This routine is too long to teach in one go, so 10/10 recommend signing up for BOTH classes. Class will be filmed on the 30th 🖤
Link in bio to sign up!

YALL HAVE BEEN HOUNDING ME FOR THIS DROP AND SHE’S HERE 😈🖤
I looked around one day as I’m watching you on the app, in classes, getting to know you in person… and I’m just falling in love with all of you because you are all so beautiful and gorgeous and in love with life and dance and each other and you show up so magically everywhere you go…

and…AND…ANNNNNNNDDDDD -
every single one of you would cut a mfer if you had to 😭

every single one of you FEEEEELS deeply! rages in your car sometimes. walks around with the energy of “DONT LOOK AT ME.” (But be obsessed w me..)
and I’m like…yeah.I know you lol.
SOOOOOO
this merch drop honors THAT part of us -
Everything within you that is actually PUNK AF.
the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man.the feminine messy. the “if I disappear for 3 business days mind your business” energy (ME LOL)

Time for you blast Paramore and go absolutely CRRRAAAAZZZYYYY with this drop!! LINK IN BIOOOO😈

PS! If you’re a BL girl, make sure you RUNNNN to the app to grab your exclusive BODYLOVE discount code!!!

Why BODYLOVE Fiji!? This is why 🥺🏝️
Fiji is a place that has held me in the mess, the confusion, the desperately-needing-something-DIFFERENT, the desperately needing ME. I can’t wait to bring you along this time. I can’t wait to share this place with you 😭 This retreat is my biggest love letter to BODYLOVE yet.
ARE YOU COMING!? 👇🏼
Fill out the form in my bio to apply. We have 10 spots left! 🏝️😮‍💨

Edit by: @keilan.mcneil ✨

One of my favorite classes to date 🩵 Tapped into my contemporary roots for this piece, and I found the result really beautiful. I told the girls they could dance this in heels or barefoot, and both ways offered something different and I loved both. Full class video uploading to my YouTube now✨

still smiling btw 🫠✨

OUR FIRST GUEST TEACHER ALL THE WAY FROM LA… @kaylabrenda 🇺🇸✈️😍😍

Originally from Colorado, Kayla Brenda began her professional dance career at the age of 18, and since then, she’s danced her way across the globe, performing alongside both national and international superstars. A familiar face in prime-time Hollywood productions, Kayla has graced the stage at prestigious events such as The Academy Awards, The Grammy’s, The VMAs, the AMA’s, Teen Choice Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and the BET Awards. She has had the honor of performing with legendary artists like Ricky Martin, Jason Derulo, P!nk, Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, Trey Songz, Pitbull to name a few!

With a deep belief in movement as medicine and the power of soulful expression, Kayla founded her own online platform and global community: BODYLOVE™️. Created with the mission to empower women through dance, BODYLOVE™️ helps women reconnect with their bodies and their inner power.

Kayla aligns with everything we stand for at Beauty & The Bevel and we cannot wait to welcome her into our community💐

Full information and ticket sales will be released THIS SUNDAY, May 10th. Until then we still have one more teacher to announce 👀👀

🗓️WHEN: Saturday, June 27th

Schedule 👇

12:00-12:30 | Registration

12:30-14:30 | Workshop with Kayla Brenda

14:45- 16:45 Workshop with Guest teacher #2 (to be announced tomorrow 👀)

📍WHERE: Reading, UK - River Academy Dance Studio

🎟️ PRICE: £75 (classes will not be priced individually)

Ensure to set your alarms for 6pm Sunday as spaces are limited ❣️

OUR FIRST GUEST TEACHER ALL THE WAY FROM LA… @kaylabrenda 🇺🇸✈️😍😍

Originally from Colorado, Kayla Brenda began her professional dance career at the age of 18, and since then, she’s danced her way across the globe, performing alongside both national and international superstars. A familiar face in prime-time Hollywood productions, Kayla has graced the stage at prestigious events such as The Academy Awards, The Grammy’s, The VMAs, the AMA’s, Teen Choice Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and the BET Awards. She has had the honor of performing with legendary artists like Ricky Martin, Jason Derulo, P!nk, Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, Trey Songz, Pitbull to name a few!

With a deep belief in movement as medicine and the power of soulful expression, Kayla founded her own online platform and global community: BODYLOVE™️. Created with the mission to empower women through dance, BODYLOVE™️ helps women reconnect with their bodies and their inner power.

Kayla aligns with everything we stand for at Beauty & The Bevel and we cannot wait to welcome her into our community💐

Full information and ticket sales will be released THIS SUNDAY, May 10th. Until then we still have one more teacher to announce 👀👀

🗓️WHEN: Saturday, June 27th

Schedule 👇

12:00-12:30 | Registration

12:30-14:30 | Workshop with Kayla Brenda

14:45- 16:45 Workshop with Guest teacher #2 (to be announced tomorrow 👀)

📍WHERE: Reading, UK - River Academy Dance Studio

🎟️ PRICE: £75 (classes will not be priced individually)

Ensure to set your alarms for 6pm Sunday as spaces are limited ❣️

OUR FIRST GUEST TEACHER ALL THE WAY FROM LA… @kaylabrenda 🇺🇸✈️😍😍

Originally from Colorado, Kayla Brenda began her professional dance career at the age of 18, and since then, she’s danced her way across the globe, performing alongside both national and international superstars. A familiar face in prime-time Hollywood productions, Kayla has graced the stage at prestigious events such as The Academy Awards, The Grammy’s, The VMAs, the AMA’s, Teen Choice Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and the BET Awards. She has had the honor of performing with legendary artists like Ricky Martin, Jason Derulo, P!nk, Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, Trey Songz, Pitbull to name a few!

With a deep belief in movement as medicine and the power of soulful expression, Kayla founded her own online platform and global community: BODYLOVE™️. Created with the mission to empower women through dance, BODYLOVE™️ helps women reconnect with their bodies and their inner power.

Kayla aligns with everything we stand for at Beauty & The Bevel and we cannot wait to welcome her into our community💐

Full information and ticket sales will be released THIS SUNDAY, May 10th. Until then we still have one more teacher to announce 👀👀

🗓️WHEN: Saturday, June 27th

Schedule 👇

12:00-12:30 | Registration

12:30-14:30 | Workshop with Kayla Brenda

14:45- 16:45 Workshop with Guest teacher #2 (to be announced tomorrow 👀)

📍WHERE: Reading, UK - River Academy Dance Studio

🎟️ PRICE: £75 (classes will not be priced individually)

Ensure to set your alarms for 6pm Sunday as spaces are limited ❣️

One of my favorite classes ever 🥹🖤 Can’t wait to show you…bc technique and artistry never go out of style 😮‍💨🤌🏼