Siân runs the fusion scene in Bristol, UK, throwing everything from one-night parties to 12-day dance marathons. She’s been on her soapbox about the depth of skill in brilliant following, follow voice, and how much more she wants to see the skill of following spotlighted since she first started to switch, so The Response is pretty much her dream event.

As a dancer, Siân is all about blending deep connection with attitude. Find her in a dance trance in the micro room at 2am, giddy on tiny, crunchy isolations. Find her taking up space on the main floor with big, sweeping leg movements. Or maybe soloing in the middle of it all, experimenting with a million ways to move her hips.

Siân’s approach to teaching (and life) is “less talking, more dancing”. Expect simple concepts, and space to play, experiment and break things to see how they fit together.

She was born to connect through dance and spent many years learning, exploring, choreographing, performing and teaching Partner & Solo dance. It showed her that choreographies were a useful tool to become a technical dancer, but improvisation and connection in social dance were and still are the tools to become herself. For Moe, intuitive and mindful dancing is the most powerful way of feeling, healing, expressing and connecting. It’s what makes her feel alive, authentic and calm. Where there is music, there is Moe, dancing. Using every cell of her body.

Moe’s vision for social dance and why she loves being part of The Response:

It is time for the world to learn and accept, that following and leading in dance are skills for life, regardless of gender and intention. And social dance is a great space to practice (basic) human interaction: to feel, to listen and to respond to each other in a mindful and caring way, being and making aware our own needs, wishes and boundaries.

That is the reason Moe founded Tanzheit, the queer-feminist dance space in Bern and that’s why she’ll be there sharing her experience.