Current Collaborators
Trixi Anne Agyao
Artist
Trixi Anne Agyao’s first experience dancing was with traditional Igorot dance she learned from the Northern California chapter of BIBAK. Her first ties to dance were about heritage, community and joy. Trixi is a socially conscious performer, choreographer and filmmaker using the digital guise of The Thoughtful Beast. she creates work centered on fighting the stigma against mental illness. Utilizing her visual storytelling experience, she sets out to make work that kinesthetically connects with her audience. Trixi is currently a company dancer for Mounarath Powell Dance.
Trixi is also an active volunteer. She is a lead volunteer for the San Diego, Filipino Cinema, United AAPI Artists and Mental Wellness for Artistists. Agiao co-founded The Filam Film Collective which focuses on Filipino American representation in the media. TFFC also provides affinity spaces for the AAPI community.
Website thethoughtfulbeast.com
Instagram @thethoughtfulbeast
Forest Lee
Artist
Forest Lee (they/them) is a queer dance artist and political organizer, residing on Kumeyaay land. They began their dance education at the age of 3, and danced competitively up to the age of 18, when they signed with Bloc LA Talent Agency. Forest has been fortunate enough to work with music artists such as Olivia Rodrigo and Doechii. Alongside their commercial dance career, Forest strives to use movement art and dance as tools for collective healing, liberation, and investigation of topics such as identity, connection, and the human experience as a whole. They are deeply informed by their work as an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and are dedicated to fighting for a world in which all people have the right to live dignified, happy, and healthy lives. Forest views art, especially dance, as an integral component for achieving the world we all deserve.
PC: LIndsey Rose Photography
Instagram @_forestlee
Lauren Lee
Artist
Born and raised in Singapore, Lauren Lee (李爱玲) is a movement artist and dance maker currently based in San Diego. She recently graduated from UC San Diego, where she was a recipient of the Theatre & Dance Department’s Colleen Kendall Scholarship Endowment. Lauren’s work is largely informed by somatic movement and improvisational practices. Drawing from her background in public health, she is interested in using movement as a mode of healing, and a tool for exploring human resilience and relationships. Lauren has been fortunate to work with the San Diego Opera, San Diego Dance Theater, Malashock Dance, LITVAKdance, and as a visiting artist-in-residence for the 2025 Keshet Makers Space Experience in Albuquerque. She is currently an intern with DISCO RIOT’s (R)Evolution Artist Program. Lauren is passionate about using movement as a form of advocacy and community building; she strives to create and engage with work that explores authentic narratives and celebrates our common humanity.
PC: Doug McMinimy
Instagram @laurenn.lee
Nicole Oga
Artist
Nicole Oga (she/her) is a radical thinking dance artist, educator, and pedagogue who approaches her work through an intersectional lens that is influenced by abolition, collective liberation, anti-racist, black feminist praxis. In June 2024 she graduated from the University of the Arts Helsinki with a Master’s in Dance Pedagogy. Nicole works and resides on unceded Kumeyaay land, where she currently does dance education and outreach work with DISCO RIOT and teaches at Grossmont College. In her work she regularly questions and evaluates her practices and methodologies to ensure she is inclusive and in true solidarity with her community – listening to, collaborating with, and following the lead of those who are most impacted. She cultivates genuine empathy, compassion, and kindness, which she knows will transform the world into an equitable society where all are truly free.
PC: Antti Rintala
Instagram @dancingoga
Micah Parra
Artist
Micah is a multi-facted dance and movement artist and current company member of Malashock Dance. She was born and raised in Vancouver, WA where she danced with Virtuosity Performing Arts and Groove Nation. She has since continued her training in intensive programs with NW Dance Project, The TL Collective, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Micah was the recipient of Disco Riot’s 2022 Space Residency Program. She has performed works created by Alysia Johnson, Adam McGaw, James Gregg, Kameron Saunders and Ashley Green. Micah’s other passions include but are not limited to aerial pole, duo trapeze and visual/tactile arts.
Instagram @micahparra
Jade Prime
Artist/Teacher
Combining partner acrobatics with movement research, Jade centers safety and celebrates creativity. Passionate about deconstructing the dance binary, Jade uses movement exploration to build confidence and encourage curiosity in movers of all ages and backgrounds. She has toured internationally with MOMIX, performed as guest artist with Pilobolus, and guided hundreds of students through their shared love of dance. New to San Diego, Jade is thrilled to join such a thriving dance ecosystem and is honored to be here.
Instagram @jadeprime
Past Collaborators & Teachers
Mariia Sotnikova
Gino Alexander Kibby Thomas
Gino Alexander Kibby Thomas
Founding Member / Artist
Gino Alexander Kibby Thomas
Gino Alexander Kibby Thomas
Gino Alexander Kibby Thomas
Founding Member / Artist
Geraldine Wong
Geraldine Wong
Geraldine Wong
Artist