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 artist that lights up and inspires spaces through her art. 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. 

She was born and raised on Duwamish Land/ Seattle, WA with deep roots in the Southend, Beacon Hill, Central District, and Chinatown-International District neighborhoods. Tracey is the daughter of loving parents who were refugees from Vietnam that taught her the values of honesty and loving wholeheartedly. Tracey takes pride in representing her birthplace and continues to create spaces that empower many, especially for queer people, women, and communities of color. 

Tracey currently teaches Waacking/Whacking and Honey n Sensualitea at The Beacon: Massive Monkees Studio, a place she considers her home. She is also an Artist Mentor and Communications Manager at Totem Star, a community-based organization that centers and empowers youth voice through accessible music mentorship & programming. This past year, Tracey also joined the faculty team at the University of Washington as a lecturer, helping to develop the street and club-styles curriculum. As a multi-faceted artist, she will be debuting a burlesque performance at What the Funk - a POC burlesque festival that pays tribute to the Black American music genre of funk this year. 

She has had the privilege to travel and continues to showcase, teach, judge, host, and compete all around the world. She has won titles in Waacking at prestigious events such as Ladies of Hip Hop LA (2019), Waack, Crackle Lock (2019), and Vancouver Street Dance Festival (2018), in freestyle battles such as Vancity Get Lite 2v2 (2023), 4theluvofit (2022), and more. 

Tracey is the co-director and co-founder of Malicious Vixens, a dance crew and sisterhood of Asian American women that perform globally. Together, they work to create art that honors their ancestors and histories, but also honors the African diaspora and cultures that they are guests of. 

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). 

In 2022, Tracey was deemed a legend in the PNW kiki ballroom scene to honor her years of achievements of winning trophies and creating memorable moments in the ballroom scene. In 2017, Tracey was honored at Seattle House Dance Project in recognition for her community work and in 2020 as a Seattle Dance Crush. 

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

Some notable accomplishments from her competitions include:

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

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

Waack, Crackle, Lock (2019 - 1st place): Bay Area, CA

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

Vancouver Street Dance Festival in Waacking (2018 - 1st Place): Vancouver, BC

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

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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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