Lila Faria is a Seattle-based blues dance instructor.

Lila first encountered blues dancing in 2015, hidden in the back rooms of New York City bars. After eight years of training in synchronized skating and ice dancing (2004-2012), she fell in love with the partner dance, pursuing learning opportunities across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
In 2018, she settled down in Seattle, where she took a day job as a Montessori educator and spent her nights supporting the local blues dance scene. After the pandemic, she transitioned to remote work and launched Lila Faria Dance (along with her blues news resource, the “Seattle Blues Dance Collective”). Now, she spends her evenings promoting blues dancing in Seattle. She also travels the world in her free time, learning and teaching wherever she can

In addition to her movement background, Lila studied alternative education at NYU - a degree that she incorporates into her lessons today. If you look closely, you may find influences from Montessori education, non-violent communication, CMX community strategy, positive discipline and more. Through her pedagogy, she works to provide her students with informative dance history and increased body awareness. She hopes to create an environment where they feel safe, supported, and empowered to be their true, authentic selves.