Emma Lawes (she/her) is a dancer, educator and producer based between Los Angeles and Seattle. Currently, she is in creation processes with Keyes Wiley (SEA) and Sean Ardor (CA) to premiere in 2025. She is on faculty at Orange County School of the Arts and California School of the Arts SGV, and producing work with CO-, G.U.M. Collective and zoe | juniper. She has presented her own work at Base: Experimental Arts + Space, 10 Degrees Arts + Events, Mutuus Studio and Atwater Village Theater. She is a graduate of the University of the Arts with a BFA in Dance Performance under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield.

Olivia Anderson is a Seattle-based dancer, educator, and stage manager who is continually growing into her own practice and purpose. You may have seen her performing her own work around Seattle, or dancing with companies/artists such as dani tirrell and the Congregation, Keyes Wiley and the NOGOODDOERS, EL SUEÑO, Gansango Dance Company, Malacarne, Chamber Dance Company and badmarmarDANCE, among many others.

She recently began teaching dance at the Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences and the University of Washington. Olivia is moving through the world with care, intention, and a great curiosity that drives her love of people. 

Ashley Menestrina (she/her) is a movement artist with deep ties to improvisation. She has been performing her own work around the world since 2016. Her solo work, 'The Human Condition: Absent Presence', premiered at The Martha Graham Theater in April 2018 and has since toured in New York City, Los Angeles, Turkey, Mexico City, Portugal, Oklahoma City, and Germany (receiving ‘Best Creation’ Prize at Solocoreografico Festival in both OKC and Frankfurt). Her most recent work, 'Combative Echoes', was originally shown in Thessaloniki, Greece for Die Wolke Art Group’s Unit Motives: GRM festival in 2019, and was accepted into the 24th International Solo-Dance-Thetare Festival Stuttgart in 2020, the 39th Edition of NYC's Battery Dance Festival in 2021, and Seattle International Dance Festival in 2024. She has further worked as a performer/collaborator/choreographer for the following: Manhattanville College (NY), Alice Gosti (Malacarne), Gonzaga University, 5th Ave Theater production of Afterwords, Anna Mlasowsky for the Amazon Artist in Residence program, DX arts department at UW, Emily Schoen Branch, and Maia Melene Durfee.

KEYES WILEY (they/them), also known behind the decks as DJ dark_wiley, is a multi-hyphenated performing artist, DJ, light/sound designer, and educator based in Seattle. Their work spans the worlds of performance, nightlife, and sound, with a practice rooted in collaboration, community, and queer expression.

By day, Keyes serves as a dance faculty member at Cornish College of the Arts and is the artistic director of the experimental performance group The NoGoodDoers. By night, as DJ dark_wiley, they are the resident DJ for TUSH—Seattle’s premier destination for drag and queer performance at the Clock-Out Lounge.

Known for genre-blending, mood-shifting sets, DJ dark_wiley has played at some of Seattle’s most beloved venues and events, including Bad Idea, Pride in the Park, Peekaboo, White Center Pride, The SAM Remix, Rapture at The Timbre Room, Legendary, Pony, Heels at The Cha Cha Lounge, and Dance Floor Feelings at Vermillion. Whether on underground dance floors or main stages, their sets are designed to move bodies and build connection within queer and allied communities.

Previously, Keyes served as the Managing Artistic Director of the DIY arts hub Studio Current and was the founder/director of the dance company The New Animals. They’ve collaborated with artists including Keith Hennessy, Keyon Gaskin, Alice Gosti, BenDeLaCreme, Jinkx Monsoon, dani tirrell, and Kitten n Lou, and their performance work has been presented at venues such as On the Boards, Gibney (NYC), Velocity Dance Center, Risk/Reward (PDX), Bumbershoot, and the Seattle International Dance Festival.

Keyes also designs original soundscapes for dance, theatre, and fashion—including for Janelle Abbott’s New York Fashion Week collections. A natural-born collaborator, they thrive in spaces that center shared vision, experimentation, and radical joy. 

Lexi Dysart is a versatile and accomplished dancer who has trained extensively in various styles, with a specialization in Contemporary and Improvisation. Her diverse training background includes institutions such as Chapman University, Broadway Dance Center, and educators like Tillman O’Donnell from The Forsythe Company, Jermaine Spivey from Kidd Pivot, Adi Salant from Batsheva Dance Company, Medhi Walerski from Nederlands Dans Theater, Justin Conte, and more.

Having danced with Erica Sobol’s Lobos Art Collective for four years and serving as her assistant, Lexi has gained valuable experience in professional dance settings.  She has showcased her own choreography on various stages, including Rhapsody’s Sirens After Dark, Club Jete, DM Art Festival, and the Young Choreographer’s Festival.

In addition to her dance pursuits, Lexi is pursuing a degree in Photography and has expanded her artistic expression to include dance for camera.  Her commitment to education is evident through her passion for teaching, which she has developed over the past 13 years.  In her classes, Lexi strives to create a safe and encouraging environment for students, fostering a space where they can take risks, let go of self-judgment, enhance physical awareness, and, most importantly, have fun!

Lexi’s teaching credits span across notable institutions such as Gonzaga University, New England Dance Movement, Peridance Capezio Center, Broadway Dance Center Children and Teen Program, Boogiezone Utopia, Starquest International, and Spotlight Dance Cup.  This extensive teaching experience reflects her dedication to sharing her knowledge and nurturing the growth of aspiring dancers.

I was born into a military family in Honolulu, HI and moved to the Pacific Northwest as a toddler. Already singing and dancing by the age of two, I began my formal dance training at the age of 8 while attending Elk Plain School of Choice, an arts elementary school that allowed me to study all disciplines of dance.

Over the years, my strong passion for music & the arts has given me the opportunity to sing and share the stage with the likes of Sugar Ray, Keith Sweat, (the REAL) Lady-A, Kim Archer and Tiffany Wilson. Singing has also allowed me to perform for the Seattle Seahawks Season Opener and the Make a Wish Foundation.

If you are local to the Seattle area, you may have seen me acting on stage at Village Theatre, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, or ACT Theatre. I’ve also directed and choreographed for Showtunes Theatre Company, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Theatre Puget Sound and Tacoma Arts Live.

On this site you will get to see all sides of me. Be it through my words, my music, or my movement, I hope I make you feel something.

Nicole is an actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, teacher, visual artist, wife to Josh and mother to Max and Huxley. Nicole has lived and worked on both coasts, loves to create, garden, and do construction! On screen, Nicole has been seen in Nike, LG, and T-Mobile commercials. On stage in Adrift (Sam French Festival), Big Effing Deal! (Duet with Reggie Watts), Cabaret (Gregory Award Nominee), Mary Poppins, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, How to Succeed, Once Upon A Time in New Jersey and many Village Originals (Village Theatre), The Constant Wife (Seattle Rep), Cabaret (5th Ave, AMTSJ, Ordway Center), Wonderful Town (5th Ave), Ming the Rude (Empty Space), Elephant and Piggie, Fire Station 7, Sleeping Beauty (SCT), Tapestry (Oregon Cabaret Theatre), and many more. As a choreographer and dancer Nicole had the honor of working with Sonya Tayeh and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with running the dance call for the original production of Head Over Heals. In New York, Nicole’s work has been seen at the HERE Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, Astoria Performing Arts, The Management and Acting Manitou. In Seattle, at KIDSTAGE, Cornish, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, The Triple Door, Café Nordo, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Fantastic Z, and Art Institute of Seattle. Nicole is currently teaching at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle Film institute, and Westlake Dance Center. She has also taught at UW, Art Institute of Seattle, Hunter College High School, VAM Studios, 5th Avenue, Century Ballroom, McCarter Theatre Company, Jersey City Dance Academy, and The Studios. Nicole holds a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, is a certified Simonson Technique teacher and a member of Actors’ Equity.