Abdiel is a former Principal Dancer of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Abdiel and their dance partner made history becoming the world’s first professional “male-female” ballroom couple to compete as Gender Neutral in DanceSport ballroom competition. They’ve taught their gender neutral approach at The Juilliard School, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of California Irvine, and currently as a pre-doctoral lecturer at the University of Washington. Abdiel is an avid Hustle dancer/educator/researcher dedicated to its cultural preservation and creative expansion. Their greatest passion is igniting and uniting people through social dance as a form of collective healing and celebration.

Photo by Bryan Thomas

Akoiya Harris is a Seattle based movement artist. She graduated from The Ailey School’s Certificate Program and has performed as a company artist with Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater. Akoiya has recently performed her own work at Seattle Art Museum, Wa Na Wari, MadArt Gallery, Base Art Space through ”12 Minutes Max”, and 10 Degrees in the show “2.” Through collaborations and projects with others, Akoiya has performed at The Frye Art Museum, The Henry Art Gallery, and The Luminary (St. Louis). Outside of her movement practice, Akoiya does work in cultural preservation through the collection of community members oral histories. Akoiya was recently named one of Seattle Theater Groups Artist in Residence.

Photo by Aiyanna Doss Bethea

Originally from Medellin-Colombia, Zara Martina Lopez is a Seattle based dancer, performer, filmmaker and photographer. She studied photography in São Paulo, Videodance in Cuba and worked as a video dance instructor at the University of Antioquia. Combining mediums such as drag, physical theater, spoken word, video and photography, her work pulses with the synergy of myriad techniques that give shape to her unique visual poetry. She’s sexy, she’s fun, she likes ketchup and mustard on hot dogs.

Photo by Joe Reynolds

Brea Wilson (they/them) is a Black, mixed race, trans non-binary multidisciplinary artist born and raised in occupied Duwamish territory. Their primary mediums include photography, filmmaking, music production and fashion design. Their work is primarily centered around Black and brown queer folk and their experience.

Photo by Ruby Meza