Marquita Sams is a dance medicine woman, Licensed Master Social Worker, Reiki Master, choreographer, liver transplant recipient, and multidisciplinary artist whose work is based in Afro-Diasporic knowledge systems from a variety of cultures (including ancient Egypt, Nigeria, the Sea Islands, and Haiti). Through her multi-disciplinary practice, she strives to be a conduit for Spirit, the power of Mother Earth, and her ancestors. 

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In 2006, Marquita received a Bachelor of Arts in African and African-American Studies and Dance from Washington University in St. Louis. In 2013, she received a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she focused on the spiritual and cultural significance of the African Diaspora. In 2022, Marquita received a Master of Social Work from Delaware State University, where she focused on the intersection between spirituality and somatic psychotherapy. She has performed with dance companies all over the country including Philadanco D/2 (Philadelphia), The Slaughter Project (St. Louis), Project Motion (Memphis), Ko-Thi Dance Company (Milwaukee), Wild Space Dance Company (Milwaukee), and Hayiya Dance Theatre (Macon), and she has choreographed and performed solo work at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Drucker Center in Chicago, the Kenilworth Arts Studios in Milwaukee (one-woman show), and the Tubman Museum in Macon. She has also choreographed pieces for full company performances, lectured in university dance history classes, taught K-12, and led movement and meditation classes and healing retreats for adults. 

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Marquita was the Movement Consultant for Obi Mbu (The Primordial House) (2021),

a 30-minute film which presents a choreographed dance performance

exploring the movement of Black dancers illuminated with ultraviolet light as they reenact an Igbo myth of creation. She also created other short dance films that explore sites important to Black history in the South.

 

In 2023, Marquita co-directed and choreographed The Four World Ages, a sweeping saga based on a Nigerian-Igbo myth that tells the history of humanity as it unfolds through four areas. The Four World Ages was presented by the Rainbow Serpent Collective during a dance residency at The Yard at Martha's Vineyard. This piece employs dynamic projections, innovative light design, and spatial augmented reality components that blend artificial intelligence, computer vision, motion capture technology, custom-built software,

and real-time 3D rendering. 

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Marquita created a unique healing modality, called Miracles in Motion, that teaches individuals how to develop a daily practice of focusing, aligning, and elevating to achieve overall wellness and wholeness. Through Miracles in Motion, Marquita combines her passion for dance, mental health, and spiritual healing to support individuals in doing a deep-dive into their inner work.