La Negra (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
La Negra is a suspension artist from Buenos Aires. Her emotional and captivating performances will leave you breathless.
Anna and the Annadroids
Anna and The Annadroids create cutting edge multi-media dance productions supported by surreal video projections and original music. These quirky, robotic, doll-like characters dig up mankind’s deepest fears, desires, and unanswered questions and, like a funhouse mirror, present them to audiences to create a portal in which they can look “in.” Anna and The Annadroids are on a mission provoke independent thought and inspire positive change on a greater scale through dance and other multi-media outlets.
Check out their performance at TRAUMA 2017 here!
Javier Fingazz (Santiago, Chile)
Cervena Fox (London, United Kingdom)
PipeDream Fantasy Dolls (Chatsworth, California)
PipeDream is the #1 selling sex toy brand in the world and they’re coming to TRAUMA! Join the immersive experience with their realistic sex dolls and video booth.
iHung
ihung works hard to bring safe and clean suspensions and rituals to the world. We’ve been actively involved in the suspension community since July 2001 and really became heavily involved in 2002. Our members are continually learning about the technical and personal sides of suspensions/ritualism, and pride ourselves on being the very best we can. We’ve traveled North America to work with many different suspension groups in order to push our knowledge and further the sense of community.
Fantastical Body Art with Bondage Nexus and iHung
Kelly is a self-taught, special effects makeup artist and body painter. She started her makeup journey in 2000 doing theatrically based special effects makeup with the Legion of Terror at Bloodview Haunted House in Cleveland Ohio. Kelly has used her talents as a SPFX makeup artist at various other Haunted Houses over the past 20 years. Kelly has now expanded her work to encompass other forms of body art such as flesh hook suspension and rope suspension. Her goal is to create art that makes you explore all sides of yourself. The Light, the Dark, the Sane and the corners of your mind that you don’t dare explore. This year, we present to you Ascension, the sequel to last year’s show Blood Kiss.
DJPUSH
Ghost Gardens
Revelry
Ginsu Von Mixwell
Complicity
Aaron Austen B2B Johnny Mack
KEVYKEV
Born the bastard child of an after-bar, post-UDF bender from a bag of CheeseCorn and a Bagel with Cream Cheese, KevyKev burst onto the alt-dancefloor dj grid at the legendary Mean Mr Mustards on Ohio State campus in the mid-80s.
Toadnuggz
Each year the Guilty Pleasures Stage Show performs hundreds of audience-participation driven scenes for the attendees of TRAUMA. Those who volunteer to be consenting and active participants in sadomasochistic activities, as a part of the performance experience, have an opportunity to learn about various kinky forms of play.
The stage show started out as a live and interactive BDSM performance at a Goth industrial night club located in Columbus, Ohio known as Outland, and is purely volunteer driven. To fulfill the show’s core value that “an educated community is a safer community,” the volunteers serve as resources and mentors to promote active-consent based communication and opportunities to share knowledge with other explores of kink activities.
Bondage by Kevin
Rope carefully wrapped around your wrists and chest. The warm hold of the ropes allowing you to defy gravity. The sensual lick of flame across your back. Or maybe the catharsis of fire cupping. Sound interesting? Maybe even a little … enticing? Come find Bondage by Kevin (BBK) and take a taste of something you didn’t even know you were looking for. BBK is celebrating it’s fifteenth year at TRAUMA; a group of rope bondage and fire enthusiasts, we have been practicing our craft for years, and are ready to give you a dose of our community. Come walk on the wild side!
TEEN FICTION
BobbyD and friends present an original Trauma crafted chaotic dance riot musical performance.
Zoo Trippin’
5 piece blues-rock/funk-hop party band, formed in 2015, from Columbus Ohio. Unmatched live energy and enthusiasm.
LethalFX
LethalFX is a professional human beatboxer, looper, and producer, known mostly for his intense stage performance and involvement with the American beatbox community. The 32 year old artist, born Ludovic G. Nicolaidis, has been beatboxing for over 15 years and actively performing since 2009. In January of 2017, LethalFX took first place in the 4th Ohio Beatbox Battle, earning the title “Ohio Beatbox Champion”.
BortmasPhoto
I am out of my mind. Somehow I’ve managed to find myself bound to sticks and surrounded by fire… how did this happen? In 2005 I found myself possessed by the darkroom. I shot miles of film before pushing into digital… and I broke my first three point and shoots within 5 months. I started photographing nature in Columbus’ Metro Parks. I got down low, and walked where I wasn’t supposed to. I saw some beautiful things, and I saw tragic messes. Culture was creeping into my landscapes.
ElectroCult Circus Mystery Box
Electro Cult Circus is an offbeat favorite at regional festivals. An ECC show is a total experience; burlesque, comedy, belly dance, soaring instrumentals and a wall of harmonies.
Troupe Roja (Dayton, Ohio)
Troupe Roja will be performing with ElectroCult Circus. Come join the fun!
Mythic Moves
Mythic Moves is a Columbus, OH based theatrical dance troupe with roots in belly dance.
David Yarosz
David is a Columbus-based but internationally trained trapeze instructor and performer who specializes in single-point/dance trapeze. As part of his ongoing training, he has worked to build relationships with aerialists from throughout the country to bring new expertise and provocative entertainment to Columbus. After making his TRAUMA debut in 2018 as part of a trio piece with Button le Bouton and Sera Csirányi, this year David will be showcasing an original solo performance. You can find David teaching and training at Movement Activities, in the 400 W Rich complex in Franklinton.
Building Blocks: School for Kinksexuals (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Steven / Carnal_Knowledge runs Building Blocks. Building Blocks is the BDSM education program in Las Vegas. We offer folks a safe place to learn and play. Check us out if you want to explore kinks, fetishes, or alternative lifestyles.
Big River (Paonia, Colorado)
Big River is an International Tantra Teacher and Medicine Man.
Dakini Rae
Dakini Rae practices as a Reiki Master Teacher, Tantra Counselor, Red Tent Priestess, and Wortcunner. She rejoices in educating her community in ways to live in harmony with themselves, with others, and with the Earth. She has completed training and initiation in Taoist Supreme Inner Alchemy, Kashmiri Shaivist Tantra, non-violent communication, consent education, Mahamudra Tantra, Usui Reiki, Spanish linguistics, agriculture, chemistry, and Wise Woman Ways. Her passions include sacred sexuality, shamanism, biodynamic farming, and conservation of native medicinal plants & their pollinators.
Kobi (London, England)
Hi, Im Kobi.
Im delighted to be bringing more of this work into the world. I have been transfixed and sucked into the water world of Watsu, HealingDance and Waterdance since I first came across it in 2001.
After studying land based massage techniques for a few years I became much more excited by the profound possibilities that warm water provides… and been exploring the wonders of it all ever since.
For me it perfectly combines my natural affinity with water, continual exploration in the value of trust (in our relating and in all of life generally) and my curiosity for listening to and remembering the wisdom of the body.
Gorm (Stockholm, Sweden)
Sosa (Mérida, Venezuela)
Sosa is from Merida, Venezuela where he started his career in 2001. While in Venezuela, he became a founding member of the first piercing studio in Merida from 2001-2007.
In 2007, Sosa decided to open his own studio. He called it “Siddhartha Tattoo and Body Piercing”. By 2009, due to popular demand, he had doubled the size of his business where he worked happily until he sold his business in order to travel to Mexico.
While in Mexico, Sosa worked two of the top piercing studios in Mexico City – “Estudio 184” and “Tercer Ojo Crew”.
He is proud to say that he is the first Venezuelan member to ever join the Latinoamerica Body Piercers (LBP) and the Association of Professional Piercers (APP). He is currently the social media manager for the LBP.
Sosa regularly travels to attend piercing seminars and conferences.
He enjoys designing one-of-a-kind 14k and 18k gold custom body jewelry, particularly from reclaimed and vintage traditional jewelry. You can find pictures and videos of these in the “Jewelry” section of the Evolved website!
When he isn’t piercing, he likes to ride his bike and travel.
Lash & Boy Wonder (Denver, Colorado)
Denver Colorado based Lash & Boy Wonder have been in the scene since 2010. Lash’s passions of teaching and hardcore BDSM came together in 2016 when he started holding kinky workshops & performances (ranging from BDSM Safety to Rough Body Play and Interrogation scenes). Together, the Master & slave pair travel the U.S. promoting healthy consensual BDSM lifestyles.
Wallabe
The Hardest working independent artist with a global appeal, Wallabe “The Reallest” born Walter Brewer, is a Columbus, Ohio native who uses street savvy and self-empowering lyrics to inspire, invoke and motivate his audience. Dominating the underground circuit, Wallabe has sold over 175,000 units from the trunk of his car. Independently he has over 17,000 listens and over 25,000 downloads in thirty days; currently 60,000 downloads quickly surpassing some of the industry’s top selling recording artist, and earning a “Bronze” status on the popular mixtape website www.datpiff.com.
The art of Mikolaj Wlodarczyk (Poznan, Poland)
It is a style without style.
Every material is useful, every technique is good until it leads to the goal.
In the end only the process is important.
The Ooh-La-Las Burlesque
Our troupe has been putting the “Oh!” in Ohio since 2004, and proudly performing at TRAUMA since 2012! The Ooh-La-Las specialize in high caliber stage shows, burlesque dance education, and performance with a purpose. The capital city’s original flirts!
LINWORTH
Linworth fell into the world of rope bondage somewhere around the autumn of 2011. Maniacally hooked, just one year later she threw herself into the deep end by driving to Toronto for a weekend of meeting and performing with strangers in a performance art exhibition, Morpheous Bondage Extravaganza. Since then she has gone on stage in that venue as well as others around the States and Jamaica, and is based here in Columbus as an international rope organizer, presenter, and performer.
Tantalizing Tigers
The Tantalizing Tigers is a group of female performing artists who strive for professionalism. Who strive to inspire lovers of art, to bring wonderment and awe to those who seek it and to strengthen the places we love with beauty, thrills and a sense of transcending to new heights.
Our mission is to strengthen the performing arts scene and to make a difference. We strive to be a beacon of strength and confidence and to inspire all women to be themselves and to be comfortable in their own skin.
Columbus Velvet Hearts! Burlesque troupe
The Velvet Hearts! are one of the premier, long-standing burlesque variety troupes in the “Rust Belt” of the Northeast U.S. Founded in 2008 by Viva Valezz!, her Velvet Hearts! are an impressive group of queer burlesque, drag, and sideshow performers from both Columbus, OH, Pittsburgh, PA and now Cleveland, OH.
Love Lounge with Igor Earthchild (Tallinn, Estonia)
I’ve been on tantra path since 2011. I make movies about tantra, teach on festivals and workshops. I do bodywork. I’m organising tantra festival High on Life in Estonia.
Dr. Bumpy and Nurse Laura (Cleveland, Ohio)
For over ten years, Dr. Bumpy and his Sybian have been well-traveled, pleasing the ladies at numerous swing and BDSM events. Dr. Bumpy is always a gentleman and makes riders feel comfortable. Laura is a sex educator and pleasure coach. A student of Betty Dodson and a Bodysex facilitator, Laura specializes in self-love and sexual pleasure. Websites: https://drbumpy.com/ and http://joyfullyorgasmic.com/
CHVRCH OF TRAVMA
Repent all ye unfaithful! Come to the CHVRCH OF TRAVMA to confess your sins and atone for your transgressions. We offer spiritual guidance, sacred rituals, punishment for evildoers, and forgiveness and absolution for those who earn it. Curry favor with the gods this Hallowe’en at CHVRCH OF TRAVMA.
Underland
High on Sugar
Win your Golden Tickets when you:
Persephone Fey
Through my work I try to explore the relationship between the emerging relationship of burlesque and modern dance. The result of this is my own style which has been thought of as “modburlesque”.
Lately, I have begun a personal journey of discovering different areas of dance, and it has translated into images of classic burlesque that resonates with the whimsical essence that defines the sensuality nature of dance.
My mixed burlesque style presently embodies an idiosyncratic view of the familiar imagery which allows for a connection between nature and the goddess within.
Chocolate Rabbit (Tallinn, Estonia)
Intuitive Tantra
The Mighty Troubadours
The Mighty Troubadours is a collaboration of local performers Chris Swanson, Joey Gardina, Aaron Snyder, Kevin Hagans, and Glenn Rinehart. With a combination of original music and covers, they play a few different styles of bluegrass music. This eclectic mix of styles is unified by the common threads of acoustic settings on mandolin, banjo, guitar, and bass. Their soulful harmonies and “grassy” instrumentation encompass a true Americana style. Subbing in for the Trauma performance is our guest bass player Steven Fox. Fox is an iconic musician leading band like The Spikedrivers, Fox and Hounds and Whisky Sneaks. Steve brings his own style to any musical project with his earth shattering low end.
The Deeptones
The Deeptones are an 11-piece heavy funk and deep soul ensemble, comprised of veteran Columbus musicians, active in multiple groups in town. They specialize in original, danceable, groovin’ funk, sometimes soulful, sometimes rockin’, sometimes bluesy, but always funky. They dedicate a portion of their proceeds to charitable causes, and are committed to consistently moving the community and themselves forward at every turn. You can check them out at www.thedeeptones.com and they hope to bring you the most moving musical vibes possible!
Day of the Dead Community Event (Mexico-Columbus)
The Hip Art Collective Manifesto
We are discovering the art, craft and cultures of bellydance
by learning, performing and teaching together.
Through our experiences we have come to value:
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION over a single aesthetic
VALUING ALL BODIES over one-size-fits-all
LEARNING CRAFT FROM EACH OTHER over staying in our own lanes
WORKING TOGETHER over competition
That is, while there is value in the items on
the right, we value the items on the left more.
BLVK SWVN
This punk rock band from Columbus will make you question your existence…
Trojan Whores (Charleston, West Virginia)
This West Virginia-based falsetto grunge group will have you humming their grooves/melodies/lyrics long after you wake the next morning, smelling of cigars and Crown Royal, barely able to remember the final shakes of the previous evening.
The Trojan Whores are for those unafraid of death, those completely irreverent in the face of adulthood, and those who experiment with their lives for no particular reason beyond existential boredom.
C 10
C 10 is a Columbus native hip hop artist and music producer.
Tingari
Tingari electronic music invites you to get out of your head to dance, dream, and be inspired! Infusing traditions of ancient world music with a modern electronic spark, Tingari creates a bridge where old and new dance together. The primal hum of the didgeridoo along with emotive vocals and flute combines with warm bass grooves and danceable beats, weaving a colorful tapestry that takes on a life of its own.
Open Lifestyle Community of Columbus (OLCC)
Master M & slavepanda
Master M is a trained Master/Dom in the BDSM art of layered pain. With his many tools and floggers, his technique entices the body and mind to release the natural endorphins so that his slave or subs, can achieve a natural high, known as sub-space.
slavepanda has been in Master M’s service for many years. She is a learned masochist slave always ready and eager to serve her Master.
Together they teach and instruct the community in safe BDSM technics for well over 10 years.
The Secret Order of the Sacred Sluts
T-Adams
p!nk heArtbrake
Ethan Harsh
BK
Lord Jay B
Midwest-native Lord JayB is known as a proper orchestrator of the dance floor with his bass-focused House, Tech House and Techno sound. Keeping the dancefloor fueled throughout the night is JayB’s prime
objective with a strong focus on the tension and release of his listener’s ear. His roots growing up in Ohio, Detroit and Chicago provide the backdrop for a musical experience that could only be described as infinite grandeur.
ATOMC
ATOMC was born and raised in Ohio but his music tastes are rooted in European house and techno. Drawn to the groove and energy of proper house music, he first started DJing in 2013 and has been playing at clubs and parties around Columbus for the past 3 years. ATOMC is well known in the Columbus underground seen, playing at clubs and venues including Dahlia, The Bluestone, Cantina and Granero and events like Breakaway and Haunted Fest and opening for huge names such as Chris Lake, Nora En Pure, Justin Martin, Chus & Ceballos, Burno Furlan and more. He prides himself on expertly building the energy level on the dance floor and maintaining it throughout his sets. Crowds are always left dancing and never left disappointed.
Jeff White
Beat Poet (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Lady Bandit (Dayton, Ohio)
derelict spacecraft
THE BAT (Long Beach, California)
The Fallen
The Witching Hour
Red Tent Revival
Sex Kitten Purrlesque
Crew Duff
Dove Massage Studio
Hi.
I’m Heidi.
My practice, Dove Massage Studio, centers around trauma informed care.
I’ve spent years learning to live peaceably in my own body whilst battling my own hyperactive nervous system.
It’s become my mission to help others on their journey to living as comfortably as they can in their bodies.
I’m honored to be on hand during set up and rehearsal to provide massage therapy and massage cupping to all the the talented folx who make Trauma happen.
Cody the Clown
Phoenixx Enterprises
