Programming and Facilitators

Our vision for camp is to provide a broad range of opportunities for movement, exploration and growth. 

Our offerings will focus on Contact Improv, Conscious Dance, and Expressive Arts, as well as Community Building, Inner Movement, and Partner Dancing.

Below are some of our facilitators for Dance Camp 2024 as well as a general schedule proposal, please note all of this is still WIP and will be updated and things evolve.

Xanne Kozuki, aka Xaxxie-K, (they/them) is the founder of Sneaky Deep Collective, whose mission is to ignite social change through play. Born and raised in Hawaii, they developed a passion for multiculturalism, which led them to a path of majoring in Intercultural Communication. After dedicating the past 20 years of raising two children with special needs, they are excited to be in a position of having the time and energy to apply their passion of building authentic connection and community.

Since 1984 Carolyn Stuart’s research and development has spanned 17 countries, hundreds of projects, and diverse populations. Her primary teachers have been the commitment to the process of emergent, unfolding exploration and the use of the blindfold. She experiences, in CI, a new world of mutual well-being and is eager to share inhabit that possibility with others.

Co-Faciliator Elizabeth Kerle found CI in 1994 and has been facilitating a Jam in Corvallis for the last 20 years. Elizabeth and Carolyn have collaborated in numerous performances and maintain a thread of inquiry that continues to excite and inform their understanding of the potential of CI.

Earth Ephect 🌎✨ is the electronic music project created by multi-instrumentalist and producer Paul Patterson. Paul creates music in a mixture of genres spanning ambient, downtempo, psychill, psybient and bass. 🎥 Cinematic soundscapes along with moody instrumental melody lines are a signature sound of Earth Ephect.

His creative process comes from impactful and significant life experiences that often reflect the concept that all of life is connected through a shared energy symbiosis. ✨

Along with dreamy vocals often recorded by his wife (Kathryn Ashgrove)🎙️, and a balanced mix of acoustic and electronic sounds, he creates sonic journeys for the intent of uplifting and awakening the human spirit. ✨🙏🏻

Dr. Jessica Tartaro (she/her) is a cis-gendered, able bodied, Sicilian Jewish Intimacy Coach & Connection Facilitator with nearly 20 years of experience in the healing arts working with individuals, couples and groups. Former Fulbright scholar, she passionately believes that everyone can learn how to have closeness with others – whatever your history – through committed practice, connecting with your body and a good dose of play. In 2022, Jessica gave birth to her daughter Joya, who has become her greatest teacher in intimacy and is now a curious, strong willed, and very charming toddler. Read more about Jessica’s services and story at www.DrJessicaTartaro.com

Felix Roth was first exposed to conscious movement as mediation in his teens, while living in Osho's commune in Oregon. In the late 90's he started studying 5 Rhythms and later Soul Motion with Vincent Martínez-Grieco, and has been dancing his heart out ever since. He began facilitating dances in 2004, and is one of the co-founders of the Sacred Circle and Mindful Meltdown Ecstatic Dances in Portland, OR. Felix's sets ebb and flow, and invite an exploration of all forms of human expression.

Lisa Eleanor Wells, El, they/she, teaches improvisation, yoga and meditation at Oregon State University and at the Marigold Center for Contemplative Studies in Corvallis, OR. She performs as part of the Body Habitat Project as well as part of Ten Tiny Dances, Corvallis. She is interested in deep listening as a movement, performance, and relationship style.
 

Anna Joy Reedy, SEP (she/her) in 2013 found herself in her first cuddle puddle on a dance floor being fed grapes by frolicking little fairies (children). Inspired to recreate this slice of heaven as often as possible and share it with the world, she completed the Cuddlist and Cuddle Party TM certifications along with a series of related trainings. She works full time with touch and trauma therapy clients; she has facilitated consent workshops in and around Seattle since co-founding Happy Humanimals in 2022.

Ian Wilson (they/them) is a cuddle and consent facilitator. They studied facilitation with Cuddle Party facilitators Madelon Guinazzo and Adam Paulman, and cofounded Happy Humanimals in 2022. Ian is a trained Cuddlist and continues this work in one-on-one client sessions. Ian is also a dancer, hiker, musician, artist, and creator.

James Weston Schaberg shares facilitation that celebrates contemporary, creative dance synthesized with authentic human relating. He has combined countless concepts from his study of more than three dozen movement modalities across the globe from the past two decades of research. James offers individual and group dance instruction, as well as dance immersion retreats, teacher trainings, and online courses. 

Michal Lahav began her love affair with contact improv in 1998. Since then she has explored it across the globe, in national parks, her living room, and perhaps yours too. She has taught numerous workshops locally as well as at dance festivals, including Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation ('11,'13,'16), West Coast Contact Festival, Dance Camp Northwest (2002-2018) and at institutes, including Seattle University, Louis and Clark College, and SANCA Circus Arts school. She practices and facilitates a weekly Contemplative Dance practice group. Michal integrates studies of yoga and dance with a curiosity for movement, human behavior and a great lust for everyday life.


Wyld Lee (she/her) of Wyld Fempyre is a transformation and rebirth maven, devotee of Great Mystery and here to inquire and inspire. Her soul mission is to help burn down our collective domestication one human ~ one ceremony ~ one dance at a time.

Wonder Phallen, started movement improvisation in 2001. They spent years exploring creative expression. In 2004 Wonder began training in the martial arts. Training in martial art, they developed kinesthetic awareness of self and other bodies. In 2011, they started social dancing which led to increased understanding in partnership, connection, rhythm, floor craft, social etiquette, and consent-based practices.

In 2015 Wonder received their bachelor degree in communication, dance, and leadership from Western Washington University. Their dance education overlaps with functional movement, pilates, and yoga, which sparked their interest in other movement modalities. Eventually, their dance study brought them to Contact Improvisation (CI). After being introduced to CI, Wonder began studying, traveling internationally and diving into the form and teaching. They continue to learn forms such as Butoh, aerial arts, clown, yoga and performance. They continue to emphasize presence, authenticity, movement expression, functional movement, mindfulness, and movement skills

I'm Scot Robinson, he/they, who escaped the NYC stress-grid in 2002, then co-established Flying Turtle Dance in 2003. Dance community building and bridging has been the center of my life since then. I've hosted holiday feasts and dances of up to 100 people, have formed and sustained an oversized ark of friendships, have been called out for my excesses and devoted myself to repairing harm, and now I live a more hermetic life on Vashon Island, caring for my 91 year old Turtle-mother Carol.

Eulipion Friends returns to Dance Camp Northwest to share our joy of performing live for dancers of all types. We interact with dancers as we perform our music and bask in the energy exchange as the magic unfolds throughout the set. We feel so blessed to be a part of this amazing opportunity for co-creation.

Bob and Alan have been playing together for 45 years and have extensive experience performing for Ecstatic Dance. We are soul mates and look forward to connecting at a heart and soul level with you.