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. Carter loves to DJ all flavors of electronic music, steady grooves, and the ooey gooey melty. 

 

TBD Tango fusion topic

I’ll be developing one or two class ideas to incorporate what I’m currently learning from Tango in Buenos Aires this winter. You’ll just have to trust me. 

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David Accurso

David Accurso is a passionate social dancer and instructor with a deep, interdisciplinary understanding of movement. With a degree in Dance and Comparative Movement from Evergreen State College, his teaching is informed by years of study in Fusion, Lindy Hop, Blues, Zouk, Salsa, Bachata, Argentine Tango, and more. David has honed his teaching skills by teaching weekly since 2007, sharing his love of dance across the U.S. and internationally. His classes are dynamic, fun, and designed to empower dancers of all levels. Get ready to move, connect, and experience the magic of dance! David is the founder and creative director of OlyDance in Olympia, WA, USA.

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Eliza Wilder

Eliza found partner dancing at 16, when she was lucky enough to start Lindy Hop, Blues and this new thing called “Fusion” around the same time. For the last 15 years, she had continued to dance and study all three, folding in Charleston, Balboa, Vernacular Jazz, Juke Blues, Struttin’, Drag Blues, traditional African Dances from Benin and Guinea, Micro Fusion, sprinkled with a little House and Tango. 

Her work is built on a foundation of training in Ballet, Modern and Broadway Jazz from childhood and. BFA in Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts, with 25 years of performance experience and 10+ years of choreography. 

She is currently training in WCS and deepening her Lindy Hop practice. 

Learn the science of improvised connection with Lucas Weismann — a dancer and DJ who's spent nearly three decades seeking the universal theory that makes partner dance possible, regardless of your background or style.

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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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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. Since 2019, she has been teaching both solo and partnered dance in northern Colorado, while also performing, organizing, and growing the local fusion dance community.
As a fusion instructor, Jaclyn specializes in blending techniques, movements, and musical influences from multiple genres into one cohesive partnered experience. Her classes explore how to draw from each dancer’s toolbox to create dynamic, adaptable, and musically driven partnerships on the social floor.

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Jana Matthews

Jana  Matthews began her dance training in San Antonio, at the young age of four.  She has a BFA in dance from West Texas A&M University and over fifteen years of teaching experience.  A versatile dancer, Jana has trained in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, modern, hip-hop, acro, contact improv, salsa, bachata, zouk, kizomba, west coast swing, and more.  Jana also has considerable professional experience performing as a dancer and/or Magician’s assistant on stages across the US and on Disney cruise lines. 

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Lucas Weismann

Since 1996, Lucas has immersed himself in the mechanics of improvisational dance. From Lindy Hop and Balboa to Blues and Fusion, he brings a unique analytical approach to understanding universal dance principles — the core of what makes improvisation work with anyone, cross-genre fluency from swing traditions to modern fusion, musical depth connecting disparate genres with purpose and flow, and living tradition showcasing how blues, funk, and jazz evolve today.

Whether you're exploring fusion for the first time or seeking to understand the fundamental threads that connect all partner dances, Lucas's approach will transform how you move and connect. This isn't about learning steps. It's about uncovering the underlying principles that make dancing with a stranger feel like a conversation you've been having your whole life.

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Ren Enby

Straight out of San Francisco, I have a Fusion flavor mixing elements of West Coast Swing, Tango, Blues, Kizomba Hip Hop and Zouk.
I've traveled across a dozen states, and several countries teaching, organizing and dancing Fusion. This community is my home and teaching is how I show my love for it. I'm excited to be here with y'all

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Taylor Kinney

Taylor started her dance journey over twenty years ago as a competitive ballroom dancer, where she placed as 2x world champion in Rhythm styles before competing as a professional and placing as a finalist in the Star Dance Tour.  Diving into the improvisational and expressive world of Salsa and Bachata, Taylor served as the co-director of the Stanford Salseros, directed a solo Latin Fusion performance team (“Moxie”), launched and co-directed the Bay Area chapter of the Daniel & Desiree bachata performance team, taught and choreographed with Hector Reyes for the MamboNova salsa dance company, and danced for the Afro-Modern Salsa dance company “Afinkao”. Ultimately, her journey led her to discover Brazilian Zouk… and the rest was history. Taylor co-founded the “Sotaki” Brazilian Zouk dance school with Tom Lev in Houston, where she spent three years helping to grow a dance community that prioritized playfulness, inclusivity, curiosity, and present connection.  Now Taylor is back, based in the SF Bay Area, where you’ll usually find her enjoying goofy shenanigans or blissed-out hugs on the dance floor after teaching at Omni dance school or B2Z.