Hi! I’m Whimsy.
I’m a performer and facilitator who has a passion for story telling and empowerment through creativity, sensuality, and self-expression.
You might also know me as Layla Jasper @_the.dancing.therapist _ a somatic therapist blending my love of movement and healing at many levels.
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My work spans burlesque, heels, twerk, belly dance, chair, roller skate performance, and theatrical storytelling—all informed by the rich history of dance as a tool of resistance, sensuality, and joy.
I am intuitive with my movements, often doing improv for the majority of my solo performances.
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I carry a layered story in my body—shaped by growing up queer, neurodivergent, and autistic in a rural Ke tucky town. I was raised evangelical Southern Baptist, who considers dancing a sin, but in a family who had our own DJ business. These contradictions shaped my desire to heal, move, and make space for others to reconnect with their bodies. To fight internalized messages and shame that don’t serve them and to let go if only for a minute.
I move as an act against Purity Culture and respectability politics. My work now exists at the intersection of creativity, liberation, and embodied care and community.
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As an instructor, I create spaces where people can explore their bodies without shame, tap into confidence, and move freely without the constraints of perfectionism or expectation. My classes and workshops blend technical skill with intuitive movement, drawing from my background in somatics, expressive arts, and mindfulness. Workshops are for all levels and abilities.
Whether you're here to learn a new style, find catharsis through movement, or simply take up space unapologetically—I welcome you.
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Nature plays an important role in feeling connected. You can often find me dancing outside to experience more expansiveness.
Dancing out in nature and with nature is an important reclamation of wildness in a capitalistic and white supremacist society.
I thrive in the space where movement meets storytelling, healing, and reclamation. My work fuses the senual, expressive, and rebellious with the playful, and deeply embodied. Through my performance and teaching, I hope to invite others into a space of self-expression, liberation, and connection.