Mission
Here at ACTin' Up's Performance Academy (AUPA), we help you Build, Create and Perform.
Our classes will help you Build foundational skills as well as combine your current talents to help you create a truly unique and personalized style. Additionally we help you connect your emotions to movements & artforms to enhance performance quality.
Vision
Our vision is to provide a global space that builds performance progression for our community, with a focus on marginalized groups such as, BIPOC, Queer, & People with disabilities.
We are proud to help our leaners connect their emotions with movement to enhance performance abilities. We provide this by educating students through kinesthetic response, rasa boxes and foundational theatre and dance concepts.
How it began...
About Our founder
Hello, IM ACTin' UP
Founder of ACTin' Up's Performance Academy
My name is Azana or ACTin' UP my pronouns are She/They. I am a creative, Burlesquer, activist & most importantly the founder of AUPA. I am based in Seattle. Along side my passion for the performing arts I also have a passion for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion access.