Teachers
Jenny Macke - Open Floor Teacher
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Jenny Macke founded Presence Studio in 2008 as a home for conscious and embodied dance in Bellingham, WA. She is a certified Open Floor teacher and also serves on OF's Curriculum Circle.
Ruby Koa with Special Guests - Sound Baths
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I like it to provide sacred space for people to offer and participate in a variety of inspiring classes, workshops, and events that increase their wellbeing and encourage them along their paths. I strive to teach authentically from my heart and to make each class a holistic experience.
Robert Bates - Wild Goose Qigong
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Semilla Sanchez and Lisa Tenney
SPACE TENDERS
Presence Studio would not be what it is without Space Tenders. Lisa Tenney and Semilla Sanchez, ran the Presence Studio Collective for many years (2018-2022) donating 100% of their time. Their stewardship was a labor of love for the studio and community.” Especially during the pandemic when many other studios were closing.
Kelsey Maloney
Open Floor
Kelsey Maloney is a certified Open Floor International Movement Teacher. She teaches in a style of receptive response to what is emerging in the moment, inviting curiosity and embodied awareness.
Darrah Blanton
Children's Dance – Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Creative Movement
Darrah has taught children’s dance since 1999, offering ballet, tap, creative movement, parent–toddler, beginning jazz, and musical theater. Her classes incorporate the BrainDance and weekly creative concepts. A UW Dance graduate, she trained locally at The Dance Studio and the Morca Academy and has performed widely in the Seattle dance scene.
Matt Van Dyke - Wild Goose Qigong
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TENDERS
Kaleigh Jeffers
Irish Dance – Penk-O'Donnell School of Irish Dance
Kaleigh Jeffers is the only certified Irish dance teacher in Whatcom County, accredited by An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (The Irish Dancing Commission) in Ireland. She offers training in traditional Irish step dancing for youth and adults, combining strong technique with joy, discipline, and cultural connection.
Daelinar - Family Dance
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Daelinar teaches from a place of loving kindness that is deeply rooted in nature, fosters connections among humans & non-humans, and empowers children to walk in the world with confident creativity, endless curiosity, and without shame.
Adriane Rodrigues - Brazillion Beats
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Adriane believes that music and rhythm are key tools of every-day self-expression that inform how we walk, talk, and breathe. She likens dance as the best way to stay connected our roots, culture and way of life that keeps her in continuous communication with the world around her. “Dance fills my spirit and feeds my soul.”