emily sandbeck

CEO + CO-OWNER

I started as a dancer in this community, and am so proud to now lead it alongside my soul sister, Vanessa. I’ve always been an advocate for unabashed sexual expression, diverse media representation, and the belief that anyone can be a dancer. I studied Communications, Media, Gender, and Sexuality because I’m passionate about how sex, the stage, and society intersect. My career started in non-profit arts before catapulting into the hyper-capitalist male-dominated tech industry. I’ve since swung the pendulum back by “Robin Hooding” (repurposing) Fortune 500 formulas designed to make the rich richer, to instead build local, heart-centred, decolonized communities. Luminesque once showed me that I deserved to be seen and celebrated when I needed it most, and so now I’ve made it my job to use my privilege, resources, and experience to carve out spaces for underrepresented humans to witness themselves and be witnessed through the universal art of dance/sex/movement. I couldn’t do any of this without my brilliant team and supportive family, so thank you for standing by Vanessa and I while we slowly change the world one stiletto’d step at a time.