Demi / Alex (he/they) is a second-gen Taiwanese mixed media dabbler, clown, and artist. Their current focus is on butoh, drag, and navigating their own (and collective ancestral) healing processes within the queer / mad / disabled body. They love creating cathartic spaces for play, rage, intimacy, and absurdity- alchemizing and simmering toward more fluid and anarchist realities. Demi / Alex has a B.A. in Design and is working towards his M.S. in Psychology. 

Ramlah comes to dance by way of acting, visual art, and tango, which she studied in Buenos Aires and Paris. In the Bay Area, she has been fortunate to work on contemporary dance projects with David Brandstätter and Mary Carbonara, among other artists. She is grateful to Paige Starling Sorvillo for sharing her butoh practice and for the chance to linger in time with this tender and imaginative group.

Mark is a 1.5-generation Filipino American voiceover artist, programmer, and performer with recent forays in comedic improvisation and sketch comedy via the Second City Conservatory Program and Killing My Lobster. Childlike curiosity, a deeper connection to his body, and a livid desire to break past the bounds of Eurocentric being and beauty guide his movement practice. He’s immensely grateful for the opportunity Paige offers in deconstructing time via butoh.

Agnes Szelag is a Polish-American sound artist, designer and performer. Agnes works with sound, light/video, movement, and discarded objects and fabric. She produces experimental work that challenges our perception and senses. She is interested in the intersection of composition and improvisation, immersion and performance, and the material and immaterial. She has performed and toured nationally and internationally and has received support from the Fulbright Research Grant, the Black Rock Arts Foundation, and the Subito Composers Grant. Agnes earned her B.S. from Northwestern University in Radio/TV/Film and her M.F.A in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College. http://www.agnesszelag.com/

Amy has trained/performed in various forms of dance, theater, and improv for decades. She was a longtime student of the late, legendary Anna Halprin and co-founded Halprin’s performance lab. By day, Amy’s an editor at UC Berkeley, writing speeches for the chancellor and stories about students, faculty, and research.

Evolved out of an electronic toy maker and hip hop dancer, sprinkle in a few parts qigong, yoga and abolition. Permutations include interactive and multi-channel video installations. Identities include queer, mixed and disabled. They love to collaborate and create magical experiences and grow social safety. Moving through a decade of omnipresent pain and grief while holding space for joy and laughs, their focus has been on battling stigma and reducing health and healthcare disparities. Through Paige’s guidance, reemerging into the dance form / art form. @MigraineTalk

Chi Chi’s movement practice is guided by curiosity, play, a felt sense of freedom and belonging, and a desire to savor the richness, complexity, and deliciousness that movement offers. When not dancing, they like to further their improvisational practice in the kitchen, on the soccer pitch, and in the classroom teaching Spanish to middle and high schoolers.