A'lan Abruzzo

As a dance instructor, A'lan specializes in close-embrace dance and has honed his skills in the realms of Blues, Fusion, Tango, and Micro. A celebrated figure in the national fusion scene, he frequently travels across the US to teach dance and DJ for events. A'lan's classes place a strong emphasis on connection, consent, safety, clear communication, and fostering shared experiences.
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Ally Yancey

Ally began their love affair with DJing Fusion at house parties in 2007, and has been obsessed ever since. From local weekly venues in PDX to exchanges along the West Coast and throughout Europe, they have found a satisfaction behind the DJ booth that's become quite special to them.

They are a sucker for juicy rhythms and dirty beats, and are always seeking to find just the right song that, in a moment, can turn dancers into wild things—roaring their terrible roars and gnashing their terrible teeth and rolling their terrible eyes and showing their terrible claws.
 

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Carter Nelson

A partner dancer at heart, Carter has been Fusion dancing for over a decade,  and both teaching and DJ’ing for nearly as long.  Drawing heavily from Blues and Tango, he strives for a smooth and effortless movement aesthetic.
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Emily Webb 

In 1996 Emily Webb began her love affair with partner dance. Through the years Emily has studied Tango, Swing, Salsa, Blues, and Fusion dance with some the top instructors in the world. Today Tango and Fusion remain Emily's greatest dance loves.

 

Thousands of students across the US and Canada have benefited from Emily's dynamic and interactive teaching style. Emily's adaptability to student needs, knowledge of body mechanics, and specialized drills create high impact learning for students of all levels. Through her years of teaching experience Emily has learned to make even the most complex movements simple and build them from the ground up.  This means you will not only look good while you dance, but feel great to your partners too!

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Imaan & Sharon Taghavi
Imaan Taghavi is an international partner dance instructor, choreographer, director, and pioneer based in Oakland, CA. He is a Brazilian Zouk World Vice Champion with Ashe Jordan and a Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Omni Movement, which is on a mission to build the world’s best social dancers. He is also widely regarded for his breadth and depth of knowledge in multiple partner dance forms including zouk, salsa, bachata, kizomba, and west coast swing. His mentors and coaches include the CoboBrothers Dance Company, Evelyn Magyari, Joe Ferreira (aka the Rio Dancer), Paulo and Luisa, and many more. 

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When Sharon first discovered Zouk in 2016, she knew that she had found 'her dance'. She is currently an instructor at the renowned The Omni Movement school in Oakland. She enjoys infusing other modalities such as Bellydance and Yoga into her zouk technique. As a Somatic Relationship Coach, Sharon believes that if we desire, Zouk can act as a portal to wellness and personal transformation.​

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Jeannie Lin

Jeannie Lin is an internationally recognized dance instructor based in Los Angeles who has extensive movement knowledge rooted in over 30 different dance disciplines including gymnastics, ballet, competitive ballroom & latin, argentine tango, modern dance, hustle, west coast swing, and salsa.  She graduated with high honors at the Ballroom Dance Teacher’s College where she started developing her unique and effective style for teaching partner dancing.  Her career has led her to teach impactful workshops all over the globe in 30+ cities across 12 countries, throughout the US, Europe, Canada, and the UK.  

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Lessa Lamb & Ren Enby
Lessa has been studying and performing various forms of dance for most of her life. In her continuous discovery of partner dance, she has found that her best, most creative, and most satisfying series of movements come when she stops thinking about what she's doing, and just allows the dance, the music, the connection, to flow through her. In this conduit-like state, she finds serenity. It is the experience of these feelings that she strives to impart to as many people as she possibly can.
 

Straight out of San Francisco, Ren (she/they) has a dance education mixing elements of West Coast Swing, Tango, Blues, Kizomba Hip Hop and Zouk.
Having traveled across a dozen states, and several countries teaching, dancing , djing, and organizing, the Fusion community has become a home and sanctuary for her authentic expression as a trans fem, and lover of movement.  ​

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Rose Crespo

Rose (they/them) is a trans non-binary movement artist and DJ based in the Bay Area, CA. A social partner dancer for over a decade, they are known for bringing both bangers and subtle beats to various local, national, and international fusion events since 2015. From the roots of the Mendocino Woodlands to the rooftops of Valencia, Spain, they love to create soundscapes that invite dancers to explore self and shared expression, intimacy, and trust.​​​

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Vanessa Yxcea

Vanessa Yxcea's fusion dance journey began in 2009 in the San Francisco Bay Area. She hosted fusion dances, classes, and festivals in Dallas, TX from 2017-2020. Her favorite qualities of fusion dancing are playfulness, expansion, and diversity of technique.​

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