​Amber Dawn

As a DJ, Amber Dawn thrives on creating containers to foster connection through music and movement.  She started DJing six years ago, encouraged by her friends to share songs with fusion and ballroom dancers throughout the SF Bay Area and internationally.  Amber especially loves playing dark, sensual, glitchy, and slow melty micro songs.  Her unique skill as a DJ is reading the floor and adjusting to meet the dancers where they are.  She values variety playing fusion sets that take dancers on a journey through multiple genres of dance and music.  She teaches Fusion, Micro, and Ballroom dance, donates her time to mentor new DJ’s, and is a neurodivergent advocate.  

​

Andrew Krausnick

As a DJ Andrew loves finding that sweet spot where the vision for a set finds the energy the dance floor is bringing and it turns into a night to remember. He seeks to bring a mix of familiar and brand new sounds that seem like they were always meant to go together.

​

August Shepherd 

Audyssey (August Shepherd, they/them) is an artist and musician here to service the expansion of Belonging.​

​

Brian Holliday

Brian Holliday has been dancing and DJing for sixteen years from downtown warehouses to cabins in the woods. Full of sonorous sub-bass and ethereal melodies, his musical style has been described as a journey from “sea to space.” He endlessly seeks to better understand how music translates into the language of dance. His passion for this knowledge has led him to create his own music under the alias t3chnobear.​

​

Carter Nelson

A partner dancer at heart, Carter has been Fusion dancing for over a decade and a half 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. Carter loves to DJ all flavors of electronic music, steady grooves, and the ooey gooey melty. 

​​

Eleanor Chen

Having danced up and down the west coast since 2016, Eleanor's approach as a DJ comes from years of dancing the whole night straight with no breaks. She aims to give the floor what it needs, no shame, and it shows: her sets have been described as “transformative,” “absolute bangers” with “no maybes.” Expect to be musically engaged and emotionally compelled. With musician ears and dancer intuition, Eleanor is here to make magic happen.

​

Imandra McKenzie

Based in Portland, OR — Imandra has been DJing across the West Coast since 2018. She's excited to bring her blend of sultry dark pop and vibing electric beats to the dance floor.

​

Jaclyn Rising

Jaclyn Rising is a Colorado native and true “Jac-of-all-trades” in the dance world. With over two decades of experience and a background spanning more than 15 different dance styles — including belly dance, ballroom, Latin, swing, blues, tango, and more — Jaclyn brings a uniquely well-rounded perspective to the floor. Whether performing, DJing, or teaching, her passion lies in creating spaces where dancers can explore, experiment, and find their own voice within the rich world of fusion.

​

Jonathan Liu

Jonathan is a musician-dancer with decades of experience playing the piano and singing in choirs. Their first introduction to social dancing was through a college West Coast Swing club, and ever since then they have been hooked. Nowadays they primarily dance zouk, tango, and fusion. As a DJ, Jonathan strives to concoct musical alchemy. Their sets traverse sonic journeys across rhythmic bangers, cathartic lyricism, meditative instrumentals and more. Regardless of the genre, expect emotionally resonant music and seamless arcs that take you on a magical adventure across soundscapes. 

 

Justin Burkey

Hailing from Durham, NC, Justin is from an area where fusion and zouk have heavily influenced each other. With so much crossover between dance styles and the lines between them beginning to blur, Justin's music selection has done the same. After years of DJing regional and national events, the tracks he picks will still surprise you and his sets may just put you in a trance.​

​

Kenya Brown​

Kenya Soul, hailing from the Bay Area, draws inspiration from a rich tapestry of hip hop, Lindy Hop, blues, and occasionally anime.  Rooted in improvisation, connection, and musicality, breathing life into stories through movement. He seeks to build bridges between divergent communities through shared artistic language, which is how he found his home in Fusion. 

​

Rémy Baheux

For 16 years, Rémy (Seattle, they/them) has been DJing fusion events nationally. They've found so much joy in the constant exploration of music and what can be danced that the fusion community partakes in. They have been inspired by so many musical genres and dance styles in their journey. Music that'll make you feel music that will make you shake! Booty werkin to oooey gooey. They are excited to share the range of their tastes to take you on a journey with their music ✨️

​​

Sammie Anne McKibben

Sammie Anne McKibben fell in love with fusion hard and fast on the historic wood floors of the Firehouse 5 in Sacramento, CA. They are multifaceted in all areas; biracial, genderfluid and a true switch lead-follow. They are an avid collector of dances and their musical taste is as varied as their background. Sammie Anne aims to build conversational bridges through fusion dance; to foster connection, community and creative expression amongst those whose shared language begins with the beat.

​

Tenae Lew

Tenae has been obsessively dancing, organizing, and DJing in and around Seattle for fifteen years, and brings music to fusion events of all sizes. Her style is rooted in music found in the wee-hours of the night, with an ear for micro-licious elements, deep, driving beats, and artists whose creations give you goosebumps. Tenae's goal is to offer sets in which rising and falling movements are felt within the dancers' connection to each other, in deep, tender darkness. You already know exactly what you’re gonna get.

​

Zoë Wahbeh

After being sucked into the fusion scene in Bellingham in 2015, zoë began DJing fusion in 2018. With influences from tango, kizomba and micro, she endeavors to bring a collision of sounds to the dance floor to explore all possibilities of connection.