December 2025
Upon retiring in January of 2023, I humbly accepted a contract offer to write an historical biography of Mura Dehn, whom I knew fairly well from research on my dissertation in 1997. Mura Dehn: Champion of Black Social Dance and the Traditional Jazz Dance Company will be released February 19th, 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing/Methuen Drama. It can be preordered here:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/mura-dehn-9781350428034/
In addition to writing full time, I was rehabbing a ruptured Achilles, then a fractured wrist and subsequently CoMBo was put on the back burner. Please check back in March of 2026 for updates.
We know we can change our bodies through targeted activity. The science of neuroplasticity is revealing that we can also change the structure of our brains. CoMBo is an exercise program for bodies and brains: simultaneously developing awareness, focus, flexibility and strength.
CoMBo is a mindbody conditioning system that includes a moving/breathing meditation, grounding, centering, balance, expanding, and dynamic movement. It is a holistic method that promotes integration, wellbeing and happiness
Kim Chandler Vaccaro
Has been teaching dance in higher education for over 35 years. She is dedicated to helping each student find their optimal personal potential and has watched as many students reach their personal best through the study of CoMBo.
CoMBo begins with the breath/chi: using the breath to develop deep inner sensing, focus and to cultivate energy and vitality.
Activating the stabilizers cultivates balance, grounding and a connection to the earth.
Exercising the powerhouse creates score strength and torso organization.
Finding efficient, functional alignment and lengthening opens the joints and increases range of motion.
Movers who have energy, groundedness, strength, openness and balance can reach their full potential in whatever they attempt.