India Harville (she/her) India Harville is an African American queer disabled femme teacher, somatic bodyworker, dancer/dance instructor, performance artist, social justice activist, and educator dedicated to facilitating people in personal and collective healing and transformation.  Her identities and lived experiences informs all her work, from performing to educating to consulting. No matter what she is doing, she sets forth the example that however our bodies show up the world, they are perfect, worthy of existence, and capable of magic.

Saira Barbaric (they, he, she, ze) is a nonbinary Black disabled hedonist fascinated by birth, death and rebirth. They are a maker of porn, performance art, costumes, paintings and events. Barbaric grounds their work in mediums and venues considered both high and low art with the aim at weakening the barrier between the two. After a BFA in costuming for theater, Barbaric worked in film and nightlife with an ongoing fixation on crafts and art objects. They are a co-founder of Scumtrust Productions, a nonbinary porn crew that crafts films and spaces exalting sensual magic and of Mouthwater Festival, a disabled dance project premiering its first festival in fall 2024.

Alistair Fyrn is a creature of the woods & sea as well as a mixed media creator. Their work explores eroticism, trauma, transformation, and mythos. In 2017, they co-founded Scumtrust Productions, a queer porn film crew. The films they have helped to craft have shown nationally and internationally. Alistair enjoys performing, burlesque, painting, woodworking, jewelry making, fiber art, storytelling, and garden design. Follow them on IG @lethalfyrn

Roux Haile is a dancer, curator, tattoo artist and community organizer based in Portland, OR. Their social practice as director and co-founder of Ori Gallery is birthed out of the necessity for arts spaces that do not cater to the dominant hegemony and center the creative contributions of my communities. The fluidity and interconnectivity of my work is a constant source of inspiration and joy as it is a direct affront to the isolation imposed by supremacy culture.”

Oro (She/They) creates art using her dream symbolism. She can recall dreams she’s had from her childhood. These images burned into her memory, flooded with color and rich with meaning. Oro has lived on the fringes since she can remember. Born to Borikén parents in the cold midwest. They moved to Oakland, CA as a young person to seek queer community,  harm reductionists and abolitionists. She found her family, mentors, madrina and the bravery needed to survive through storytelling. Movement, film and music have helped her to make sense of the world. They believe that the most miraculous thing one can do is share openly and unapologetically what it’s like to be you in this world. So many things inspire their creativity: learning about cycles, learning about death and birth, learning how to unlearn, dismantle, and envision. Oro moved to the PNW in 2016 bringing what they gleaned and weaving her lessons to the wisdom of the land and people here. She invites her ancestors to be with her, to help them embody what it means to steward, not only this sacred land we are on but relationships and liberation.

Nova is a multidisciplinary performing artist ranging from fire, LED, and fire prop dancing promoting self love, body positivity, and Black Queer liberation. She performed at major music festivals all over the country as well as Italy & Spain. You can catch her dancing in Portland at Kit Kat Club, Sinferno, and teaching pole and twerk classes at IKO Movement.

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Jacqueline Boxx’s mobility aids are as enticing as her activism, and she packs an aesthetic and emotional punch, whether she brings classic tease, nerdlesque, or neo-burlesque to the stage. She is a devoted burlesque performer, instructor, show producer, and disability activist, and has taught workshops and lectured on panels about mindful movement and adaptive performance across the world. She is a founder and core instructor at the Baltimore-based burlesque teaching collective Essential Tease which regularly teaches both online and in-person classes and produces student showcases. 

Jacqueline has competed and been featured at the Burlesque Hall of Fame four times in total and, in 2017, she became the first performer to ever compete in a wheelchair for a title at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender. She is the 2023 Monarch of Pacific Northwest Burlesque and the 1st Runner up “SupaFly” of the 2023 What the Funk Festival.  ​21st Century Burlesque Magazine named her one of the top 50 most influential burlesque performers in the world in 2022. She is: Miss Disa-burly-TEASE!

Vanessa Hernández Cruz (she, her, ella) is an interdependent Chicana Disabled dance artist, filmmaker, visual artist, poet & an Intersectional Disability Justice activist. She was born and raised in the unceded land of the Tongva & Kizh peoples colonially known as Los Angeles, California. She received her Associates Degree in Dance from Santa Monica College. She holds her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Science from California State University Long Beach. In late 2024, she was an Access Movement Play (AMP) Artist in Resident in New York.

Smizing his way through Seattle since 2022, this Kaleidescope King is always versatile. Sexy, silly, emotional…it just depends on the day! Harley (@harleysayne) finds his power in disability representation and is deeply passionate about providing performance spaces for Drag Kings. He is a Co-Producer and Media Manager for The Emerald City Kings Ball, the only international Festival dedicated to Drag King

The Curiosity Paradox, Grant Miller and Jonathan Paradox Lee, are Access Artists who are queer, non-binary, Disabled people with white settler ancestry. As an artistic practice, they consider the seemingly benign aspects of gathering people together and reframe them as a fertile ground of solidarity, resistance, learning, and creativity. The Curiosity Paradox has shown work at the Vancouver Art Gallery in British Columbia, Vassar College in New York, and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. They have been residents at New Expressive Works and Water In The Desert.  They organize the current iteration of Disability Representation (DisRep) and are co-creators of Threshold Practice, an assistive technology for theater, meetings, and any time two or more human or non-human people spend time with each other. They are currently developing a new full-length production called Grant Us An Audience, a play about Disabled theater makers trying to fund their play. It is an episodic wink to those of us who celebrate each other in a world that fails to recognize us. In Winter 2025, they will launch a cohort of access artists working on accessibility in public performance. For more information, visit TheCuriosityParadox.com

Mx. Pucks A’Plenty is The They Them Yas Queen of Burlesque, The Michelle Obama of Burlesque, and Seattle’s Own Mxtress of Thiccness! They have been ranked in the Top 50 of Most Influential Burlesque Industry Figure for the past three years, landing at #17 in 2023, as voted for by thousands of burlesque fans and peers worldwide by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine, named 2022 Performer of the Year by Seattle Gay News, and was one of the Seattle Pride Grand Marshals in 2023.This roguish radical is always ready to ride whether it be behind the scenes or on stage. Spreading their black queer magic wherever they go, Pucks is always in control. Pucks is also the founder and co-producer behind What the Funk?! An All BIPOC Burlesque Festival and Fatlesque Fest NW.  The Femme Daddy that your mother didn’t know to warn you about, Mx. Pucks A’Plenty.

Ésminà Secret is a drag artist and the Indigicunt of Seattle. She enjoys good vibes and good music. They are a community organizer and ballroom house mother in the Seattle kiki scene and has been doing makeup since they were 13 years old. She has special interests is fashion, makeup and hair. You can always find her on stage with a beat face with her iconic makeup style. If you want true talent she will show you.

WillYum LaBeija – a multi-talented artist hailing from North Carolina and currently based in Seattle. WillYum has an impressive background serving in the US Army as a dance captain in the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Soldier Show. With extensive training in both classical and urban dance styles, WillYum has developed a particular passion for vogue performance. Since 2011, he has been a proud member of the Royal House of LaBeija. WillYum has received numerous awards and recognitions for his exceptional talent, including the Dance Disability Lab Cohort UCLA 2023, 3Arts Body’s of Work UIC fellowship, National Veterans Art Summit 2019 residency, Movement Residency Brazil/Panama 2019/2020, Links Hall Co-Missions Winter Residency 2019, Physical Theatre Residency in Austria 2019/2020, New International Performing Arts Institute Residency 2020, Neighborhood Arts Entrepreneurship Project-Task force member 2020, Ways Residency 2020, Global Water Dances Choreographer/Site Lead 2019/2020, and Breaking Grounds Performance Series 2018.

Bringing you the kitsch and the class, Seattle’s own Ms. Kitschy Kupid* is a burlesque and go-go extraordinaire and an all-around hoot. She’s a founding member of Haus De Corvo and also a member of the BOOTS! 60’s Go-Go crew. Ms. Kitsch will give you feelings of both loving nostalgia and the heat of the unknown. With her whimsical style, need for attention, and absolute vivacious energy, this babe with classy vibes and tacky taste will keep you wrapped around her finger.