Cynthia Jordan began her journey as a ballet dancer performing in Spokane and Seattle. With a BA in Dance from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA in Dance from the University of Washington, Cynthia has been dancing and teaching professionally for decades. Jacob’s Pillow summer dance program, the Spokane Ballet, and the UW Chamber Dance Company include just some of her notable career highlights as a professional dancer.

Erricka Turner Davis has performed with Poetry+Motion, 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Chamber Dance Company, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Opera, Sankofa Theatre, Oakland Ballet, and Spectrum Dance Theater. She received her BFA in Ballet Ed. with Honors from The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and her MFA in Dance from The University of Washington, Seattle, Wa. She also completed 2019-2020 TAT Lab. She has choreographed, taught, and lectured at Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center, SOAR Academy, Jack and Jill of America Honoree Ball-Seattle Chapter, Broadway Performing Arts Center (11 Days of MLK, Jr.), Harlequin Theatre (Soul on Fire, Let The Good Times Roll), Spectrum Dance Theater, Northwest Tap Connection, ARC School of Ballet/ARC Dance Productions, Tacoma School for the Performing Arts (SOTA), Allegro Performing Arts Academy, Ensemble Ballet Theatre, Irene’s School of Dance, Ballet Bellevue, Evergreen State College, Northwest Dance Intensive, Evergreen City Ballet, Rainier Dance Center, University of Washington Dance Series, and other venues throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Emma Ruhl is a local Actor, Dancer, Dance Educator, and Choreographer who loves to perform and teach, taking every opportunity to share her love of dance and theater with others.  She started dancing at 3 years old and has studied a wide range of dance styles including Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Lyrical, Swing, and Hip Hop. By the age of 8 she had been introduced to the world of Musical Theater where she had the opportunity to embrace her love of dance, theater and singing in one place. She is a graduate of the University of Washington’s Dance Program.

Lex Ramirez (she/her) is a queer, Latinx teaching artist from Oakland, CA who has been teaching dance in Seattle, WA since 2013. She has an extensive background in teaching artistry, community engagement, program creation and DEI work. Her experience includes working and consulting for Seattle Theatre Group's education and community engagement programs as well as teaching numerous workshops for MoPop, University of Washington, Cornish, Seattle U, Seattle Public Schools and more. Lex has a keen understanding of what it takes to be a successful teacher in both dance and program facilitation. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and space to support emerging teachers.

Majinn  is a queer, disabled, mixed Black dance artist and educator who utilizes their training in multiple dance forms to find and express their whole self. They believe that to be the best dancer and person they can be they need to continuously push their own comfort zone. Majinn works to help guide people in becoming more confident and connected in their bodies, find joy in their movement and be able to speak their voices primarily through Black social dance forms. One of Majinn’s biggest goals in dance is to spread the histories of Black social dance forms in and out of academia so that the cultures are learned and more respected. They also aim to give back to the communities that these art forms were created from through any way they can.  Majinn’s art is for them and the communities they come from, always striving to be authentically themselves in their movement and work You can find Majinn under Majinn_Mike on Instagram

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