Katherine Adamenko is the founder of bend burn breathe, bringing 35 years of experience across fitness, well-being, dance, and performance, shaping how people move, train, and reconnect to their bodies.

Fascinated by the impact of movement on the body and mind, and deeply curious about neuroscience and positive psychology, her work integrates performance, creative self-expression, and embodied training into what she calls the science and art of living—the foundation of the b3 ethos.

Trained in New York City ballet studios from a young age, she went on to study dance in college within a liberal arts education, maintaining rigorous daily practice while studying political aesthetic theory, anatomy, kinesiology, dance theory and history, and discovering female bodybuilding—a convergence that profoundly reshaped how she understands the body and movement.

She established herself as a dance and theatre educator in New York City while performing regionally and in the downtown NYC theatre scene. She went on to study theatre in the UK, developing her work as a body-based performance artist, and upon returning was introduced to butoh, a Japanese dance form she has practiced for over 25 years.

She built her fitness career as a master personal trainer and group fitness instructor in luxury fitness environments, later expanding into corporate well-being within major corporations and top-tier law firms, where her work has reached thousands through programs, presentations, and coaching.

A lifelong practicing artist, her work has been presented across the U.S. and internationally, and she was recently awarded LARAC’s 2026 Independent Artist Grant.

She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200), certified personal trainer (NSCA), group fitness instructor (ACE), and a health and wellness coach (Wellcoaches). She holds a B.A. in Dance from Rutgers University and an M.A. in Contemporary Theatre Practice from the University of Essex.

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