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.
Here is a link to our 2025 Schedule - Subject to change
Below is a selection of our 2025 facilitators. More to come soon!
Oblio Z Stroyman, aka DJ MaestrOblio (they, them) composes musical poems, collages concepts, shakes us out of our default grooves to show us different facets of ourselves. They weave together the past and present to offer the dance floor a glimpse into what is possible when we fully show up as a community to co-create our future.
DJ MaestrOblio was a core facilitator for Coalessence Ecstatic Dance in Eugene Oregon, and has been a guest DJ for many dances communities including Corvallis Ecstatic Dance, Bend Ecstatic Dance, Turtle Dance, Om Culture, Queer Ecstatic Dance Retreat, and Dance Camp Northwest. They are a strong part of the contact improvisational dance community, and are the imaginer of the community dance practice called “Dance Seen.” In their other persona, Mx Fugue Farce, they worked as DJ for a drag/clown performance art troupe at Lightening in a Bottle, Electric Forest and Oregon Country Fair. They endeavor to bring the warm, connected, conscious dance vibe to the club floor. They aspire to help create an environment where “artists, weirdos, and misfits can find their tribe, discover new facets of their identities, and cultivate a connected community through counter-culture and catharsis.”
Hayley Shannon (she/her) is an embodiment guide devoted to the healing power of movement, expressive arts and community. She created Dance Healing ten years ago after a profound healing experience while training in dance/movement therapy in Greece. She’s served diverse communities inter/nationally including shelters, orphanages, festivals and retreats. Hayley investigates how dance is a catalyst for personal, collective and planetary evolution with a particular interest in land based ceremony and collaboration. Her training includes a BA in dance and communications, somatic therapy at Tamalpa Institute with dance icon Anna Halprin and her daughter psychotherapist Daria Halprin (Level 1-3 plus one year apprenticeship), breathwork and qigong.
Sheena Medicina is a life-long dancer & Ecstatic Dance journey facilitator. She cooks up fresh mixes of uplifting soundscapes with hints of cumbia, twerk, bass, pop, psychedelic downtempo, tribal electronica, house, organic & world beats, with plenty of funk & throwback tracks in the mix & always a good healthy dose of feminine medicine.
Noé Khalfa (they/he) and Adnan Khan (he/him) are passionate facilitators of dance and movement spaces that invite deep embodiment, play, and connection. Noé has been guiding ecstatic dance, contact improvisation, and movement workshops for over a decade, while Adnan brings his DJing gift and love of rhythm, energy, and guided meditation into the mix.
Together, they create BloomDance—an immersive, consent-centered dance journey that has become a favorite at Dance Camp. Their facilitation blends dynamic music and interactive elements to inspire full-bodied expression. They’re thrilled to bring BloomDance back for another unforgettable night!
Peggy has a BFA in dance, was a Pilates instructor for 15 years, trained in yoga and massage, and has been a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner since 2001. The Feldenkrais Method informs her work most, but ongoing explorations in dance, meditation, and energy studies allow her to be especially intuitive and creative. Like a dance, Peggy creates ways to address people's unique needs in the moment, whether in a class or working one on one.
Wyld is a sensitive and awkward animal whose native tongue is dance.
The 5Rhythms practice has given her the route to the root of creative expression and healing. Offering this freedom is her most profound joy. She has been holding 5Rhythms spaces since 2018 in devotion to the Mystery and in gratitude to the creator of this practice, Gabrielle Roth, who once said "It takes discipline to be a free spirit."
Kurt teaches partnering and improvisation workshops focused on sensing and moving from one’s moment-to-moment state, clear communication about availability and consent, and savoring relational interaction.
After dancing in New York, Kurt lived and worked in Europe from 1988-2012, teaching and performing at festivals, schools and companies throughout Europe and Asia. From 2007-2011, he directed the Masters Program in Contemporary Dance Pedagogy at the HfMDK in Frankfurt, Germany.
Informed by a degree in architecture, my current work structures approaches to: establishing communication strategies; identifying preferences; building trust; expanding the range of choice in relationship; and navigating social space. I’m passionate about exploring approaches that facilitate joyful, consensual connection.
Xanne Kozuki, aka Uname, (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.
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
Stuart Phillips dances CI as a healing process for over 40 years, teaching, performing & researching said form worldwide Stulips.org
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.
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.
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.