Tracey wong

meet tracey wong

Co-Director & Co-Founder of Malicious Vixens

@mactrayy

Tracey Wong 黃麗塋 (she/her) is a queer Teochew-American interdisciplinary dance artist that lights up and inspires spaces through her art. She was born and raised in Seattle, WA in the Beacon Hill neighborhood, raised by her loving parents who were refugees from Vietnam. One of her purposes is to help us remember to play, connect with our intuition, and for our bodies to genuinely express to heal and to connect to our humanity. 

Tracey’s global presence in the dance world is marked by her multiple hats as a competitor, judge, teacher, and performer. This past year, she won the title of Ladies of Hip Hop 20th Anniversary - Waacking Champion and Rhythm Warehouse - Freestyle Champion in New York City. In the same year, she became the Vancouver Street Dance Festival - Wh/aacking Champion for her second time in Vancouver, BC.

In 2022, Tracey was honored as a Legend in the Pacific Northwest Kiki Ballroom scene, recognizing her contributions to Ballroom over the years. Her dedication was also celebrated by the Seattle House Dance Project in 2017 and Seattle Dance Crush in 2021, highlighting her impact on the Waacking community and the broader Seattle dance scene. Most recently, in 2024, she was celebrated at Full Circle, a movement showcase at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, for her positive impact on the community.

Throughout her past decade, Tracey has held spaces for and with community for the purpose of letting the people shine in their truth – from showcases, jams/ dance battles, dance parties, sessions, and workshops highlighting local, national and international dancers. Some events include Queen of the Hill (2015-2018), an all-ladies dance event series and Punk N Funk (2017-2019), Seattle's largest Waacking/ Whacking battle, and House that Disco (2022).

She would not be here today without the support of her loved ones and elders that have paved the way. 

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Some notable accomplishments from her competitions include:

Vancouver Street Dance Festival in Wh/aacking (2024 & 2018 - 1st Place): Vancouver, BC

Ladies of Hip Hop in Waacking (2024 - 1st place): New York, NY

Rhythm Warehouse (2024 - Freestyle Winner): New York, NY

Vancity Get Lite (2023 - 2v2 Openstyles Winner): Vancouver, CA

4theluvofit (2022 - Openstyles Winner): Seattle, WA

Red Bull Dance Your Style Regionals (2021 - Finalist): Atlanta, Georgia

Red Bull Dance Your Style Nationals (2021 - Top 8) - Washington, DC

Waack, Crackle, Lock (2019 - Waacking + Locking 2v2 Winners): Bay Area, CA

Ladies of Hip Hop in Waacking (2019 - 1st place): Los Angelos, CA

Crystallized (2019 - W*acking Battle Guest): Toronto, ON

Ladies of Hip Hop in Waacking (2018 - Semi-Finalist): New York, NY

Nostalgia Waacking Battle (2016 - 1st Place): Portland, OR

zahra masaoka

zahra masaoka

@zmasaoka

Zahra Masaoka (she/her) is a 4th generation Japanese-American/Nikkeijin (日系人) born and raised on Duwamish Land/Seattle. She has been dancing for over 10 years and has trained in various dance forms such as Locking, Hip Hop, Waacking, Voguing and more. Along with being a co-director of Malicious Vixens, Zahra is a teacher at Westlake Dance Center and has been heavily involved in the Seattle dance community in a variety of ways. In reflection of her own journey with dance and navigating studio environments, she is continually working on unlearning harmful messaging around gender, body image, ‘grind culture’, perfectionism and more. 

Zahra graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. She works at a recovery center that treats folks struggling with eating disorders where she facilitates group therapy and provides meal support using a HAES and non-diet approach.

Zahra is passionate about social justice, helping folks heal their relationship with food and body and reconnecting with her heritage. She cares deeply for family and for fostering meaningful connections with the people and communities in her life. Zahra hopes to continue stepping into her power, taking up space and showing up as her whole self so that she can live a full, rich life and give back to those around her. 

grace masaoka

about grace

@guresu_

Grace Masaoka (She/Her) is a 4th generation Japanese-American/Nikkeijin (日系人) born and raised on Duwamish Land/Seattle, and has been dancing for over 10 years. She has trained in several dance forms, including Hip Hop, Locking, Waacking, and Voguing. In addition to being a co-director of Malicious Vixens, she teaches choreography at Westlake Dance Center, is a member of Rhythmetic Progressions; a group focused on training/education in street styles, and is an active participant in the greater Seattle dance community. She is passionate about social justice, community care, and reclaiming her culture/heritage, and strives to incorporate these into all areas of her life. Outside of dance, she works full-time for UW Medicine, and is also working towards getting her Master’s degree in Biology at Miami University in hopes of getting more involved in environmentalism and conservation work in the future.

Alyssa oyadomari

ABOUT alyssa oyadomari

@alyssacyre

Alyssa-Cyre Oyadomari (she/her), a.k.a ahh-lee-SOUL, is a diverse performer, dancer and instructor in Seattle, Washington.  Alyssa was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii where she started her dance journey. She currently performs as a member of the collective, Malicious Allure with 3 of her sisters who continually inspire and support her.  Alyssa is an instructor at Pole Fitness Seattle in Sodo, Washington where she teaches a variety of beginner and intermediate pole choreography, exotic chair and pole flow classes. Alyssa's current passion in dance is exploring her femininity, sensuality, creativity, meditation and healing through freestyle movement, flow artistry and performance art.

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