Raks Geek
Geek+ Bellydance + Fire.
Featured on MSN, UK Channel 4 TV. Chicago Reader's "Best Dance Troupe" Runner-Up. Bellydancing Wookiee! Based in Chicago, but we travel. Founded by @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social.
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- Happy Star Wars Day! Who likes lightsabers + fire? We do. 😂 youtu.be/Mip3Fkpv9pE
- Reposted by Raks GeekAnd here's me as a bellydancing BB-8! It took such a long time to paint the umbrella & make the skirt I stopped counting after 8 hours. 😅
- Reposted by Raks GeekHere's me as a bellydancing Wookiee. May the 4th be with you!
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View full threadReposted by Raks GeekHere's me as a bellydancing Stormtrooper. By now you're probably seeing a theme, haha. All of these acts have been part of @raksgeek.bsky.social (bellydance, fire, circus + cosplay)!
- Reposted by Raks Geekcolonel mustang ain't special, i can make fire with my hands too
- Reposted by Raks GeekSometimes you need to inhabit a song that makes you feel strong. 💪 A little improv from tonight.
- Reposted by Raks GeekCelebrate AAPI Heritage Month, cirque-style!
- Oh. It occurs to me I'm producing a whole festival next month, which is kind of like a con! May 9-18 in Chicago. Less food, more b00bs. 😂 Lots of music + dance. And burlesque + pole + drag. 😄 DefiantSilk.com
- Reposted by Raks GeekI am exhausted and I hate that I can't fix all the things but sometimes I get to bellydance as BB-8 in theaters with people who GET IT and that's a life-giving thing.
- Reposted by Raks GeekIt's dark, folks. But remember to find joy where you can, because we can't fight if we lose hope. Morale is a real thing.
- Hey Chicago: Nerd out with us! We could all use a dose of fun and joy right now. ❤️
- In just one week! After a long day at C2E2, unwind with @raksgeek.bsky.social at the Newport Theater! Go to raksgeek.com/#shows for tickets. #RaksGeek
- Our founder dancing in Costa Rica!
- Chicago: Nerd out with a cosplay circus cabaret featuring artists who have performed around the world! C2E2 Afterparty: Friday, April 11 at the Newport Theater. "Sci-fi seduction." - The Daily Mail (UK) Nerd out with us! raksgeek.com/#shows
- Check out our students!
- We have fun backstage. 😂 Who's around for C2E2? We'll be hosting an afterparty (read: a badass cosplay show with bellydancing Wookiees+ pole dancing supervillains) at the Newport Theater on Friday, April 11!
- Chicago: Want to see a bellydancing Wookiee? Join us April 11 for Raks Geek: A Sci-Fi + Fantasy Speakeasy (C2E2 Afterparty)! Nerd out with us! raksgeek.com
- We were on WGN-TV yesterday!
- The Bellydancing Wookiee! I got to perform live (and for 2000 people) on WGN-TV yesterday to plug the next @raksgeek.bsky.social show (April 11 in Chicago)!
- Congratulations to our founder/director @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social !!
- A clip from one of our favorite choreographies!
- An immigrant, a child of refugees, and a trans man. @raksgeek.bsky.social raising money for Palestinian kids a few weeks ago. 🙌 Chicago: Catch us all together this Friday! Raks Inferno: A Valentine Speakeasy. Friday, Feb. 14. raksinferno.com/shows It'll be Kamrah's last show before they move!
- Reposted by Raks GeekChicago: If you want to celebrate Valentine's Day with a bunch of folks who get it, join us here. Experience an intimate circus cabaret with AAPI & LGBTQIA artists who have performed around the world. Joy is resistance. 👊 raksinferno.com/shows
- We get ridiculous sometimes. (OK, oftentimes. 😂)
- Reposted by Raks Geek@raksgeek.bsky.social backstage this afternoon at Navy Pier, raising $ for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund! Always good dancing with Lee & Kamrah - we only managed to get together for one group rehearsal after not touching this trio choreo for a year & a half, but it was still nicely in sync!
- Reposted by Raks GeekTOMORROW: Do good + experience an intimate circus cabaret, nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! Fight for trans folks + immigrant kids with circus artists, fusion bellydancers, pole dancers, and more who have performed around the world. Join us + rebel. raksinferno.com/shows
- Reposted by Raks GeekOldest selfie on my phone. 2012. I'd just gotten a Stormtrooper helmet for @raksgeek.bsky.social - probably for our second-ever show?
- Chicago: Protect trans rights + immigrant kids. Join us!
- Hey Chicago: I'm producing this show right before the inauguration. We're donating half of proceeds to the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights + Brave Space Alliance. Do good + experience an intimate circus cabaret, nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! raksinferno.com/shows
- Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Raks Geek! (Featuring Raks Geek founder/director @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social as the Wookiee.)
- Reposted by Raks GeekHIq qep - Holiday Edition! #StarTrek Online, Klingon Khristmas, & Mass Effect! QISmaS botIvjaj!! www.twitch.tv/klingonpopwa...
- Reposted by Raks Geek"Beautiful Flowers Under a Full Moon" - traditional Chinese song, arrangement by me. youtu.be/Y2uEFEzC_4M?... Featuring @raksgeek.bsky.social / @raksinferno.bsky.social
- We're in a museum exhibit!!
- Next month's show is right before the inauguration. Fight fascism with us. There will be sparkles. 😂
- Chicago: Next up - @raksinferno.bsky.social: A Rebellion Cabaret. Jan. 17. It's right before the inauguration. We'll raise money to protect immigrant kids. Because we have to keep fighting fascism. But damn if we're not going to have fun while doing it. 👊 Join us! raksinferno.com/shows
- Thanks for joining us last night! It was such a fun show!
- Reposted by Raks GeekSnowball at Untitled was such a blast last night! I threw so. many. snowballs. at audience members. * Snowballs were actually soft wool. Because indoors at a nice club. 😂 TONIGHT: Join us for an intimate, life-giving show rec'd by WBEZ! Raks Inferno: A Holiday Circus Cabaret hits the stage at 7pm!
- Friday: Fight back the darkness. Joy is resistance, you all. ❤️ Join us for a life-giving holiday show, recommended by WBEZ! It'll be a lovely, intimate night. Experience hope + joy: raksinferno.com/shows
- Reposted by Raks GeekI've been nominated for a slew of Best of Chicago awards! bestof.chicagoreader.com
- @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social (our founder/director): - Best Choreographer - Best Dancer - Best Singer-Songwriter - Best Pop Artist The Newport Theater (our home): - Best Dance Studio or Training Program - Best Theater Training Program - Best Venue for Dance - Best Venue for Theater
- Reposted by Raks GeekI'm the founder/producer of Raks Geek and Raks Inferno: bsky.app/profile/raks...
- Holy cow, we've been nominated for a SLEW of Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago Awards! Raks Geek: - Best Dance Troupe @raksinferno.bsky.social: - Best Dance Production - Best Theater Production
- Holy cow, we've been nominated for a SLEW of Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago Awards! Raks Geek: - Best Dance Troupe @raksinferno.bsky.social: - Best Dance Production - Best Theater Production
- Reposted by Raks GeekI'm producing and performing in this show - we got recommended by WBEZ!
- We got a write-up in WBEZ (Chicago NPR)! Celebrate the holidays with us! raksinferno.com/shows
- We got a write-up in WBEZ (Chicago NPR)! Celebrate the holidays with us! raksinferno.com/shows
- Thanks so much to everyone that's been a part of our shows, hired us to perform, or joined us in a theatre this year! We're so grateful for all of you. ❤️ And this is how we'll get through the coming years, you all. 👊
- It's true. 😂💜
- Some shows the entire @raksgeek.bsky.social stage crew has / started PhDs. 😂
- We got press!
- Raks Inferno: A Holiday Circus Cabaret (the show I produce + perform in) got a shout-out on WBEZ this morning!! Plus a little writeup! (Tickets start at $29 though - the listing isn't quite right.) Chicago folks: Check it out. :-) www.wbez.org/theater-stag...
- Reposted by Raks Geek"Another huge reason I love community is because it helps us build a consensus reality." "I am creating a version of reality that I want people to live inside for a while." Yes! This is a big piece of what I try to do with my art, and @raksgeek.bsky.social shows especially.
- "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - The Hobbit Drake von Trapp as Smaug. Photos by Genito Photo. 🔥 Chicago: Experience queer joy this season! Friday, Dec. 13: Raks Inferno: Holiday Edition. Get your tickets! raksholiday.eventbrite.com
- We're so excited for Karma Carnelian's Raks Inferno debut next month! Karma is a genderfluid burlesque performer & acrobat. With a background in high level gymnastics, circus arts and multidisciplinary dance, they’re known to play with gender expression & acrobatic movement in their performances.
- Reposted by Raks GeekFor real, tempted to do this to my kitchen sink. 😂
- Reposted by Raks GeekHere's me as the TARDIS. (I made the skirt too. 😄)
- "Let me tell you about scared." "Right now you could run faster and you could fight harder, you could jump higher than ever in your life. And you are so alert it’s like you can slow down time. What’s wrong with scared? Scared is a superpower. It’s your superpower." - The Doctor
- We eat well. 😄
- Seeing such a theme in the zeitgeist of how joy is absolutely necessary. And we are here for it.
- Reposted by Raks GeekJoy is resistance. Last week I gave an audience permission to grieve, and then permission to have fun. To find joy in a queer space & community & each other. It matters, all.
- "Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive."
- Reminded of this scene today.
- Reposted by Raks GeekI took my first bellydance class 15 years ago today! Art is my grief and my hope and my resistance. (Photo by Genito Photography from Friday's Raks Inferno show.)
- Last night's show was so needed. Thanks to everyone that joined us. ❤️
- Reposted by Raks GeekChicago: This week has been a year. If you want to be around people tonight, this will be a place to be. Most of us are BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA. A kind donor has paid for some tickets for anyone low on funds, & I'll cover any extra for folks who need it. We'll take walk-ins until we run out of room.
- Make like a Wookiee & VOTE. Because many of us are LGBTQIA. And immigrants. And have uteruses. And need healthcare. And aren't white. Vote like this is you. Or someone you love. Vote like you want to keep having elections. Vote like you want to be able to protest when you disagree with your gov.
- Reposted by Raks Geek@raksgeek.bsky.social at Google for Halloween. Request: Be creepy! Result: We legit scared some of the Googlers! 😂
- Reposted by Raks GeekFun @raksgeek.bsky.social gig at Google this afternoon. Happy Halloween!!
- Happy Halloween from all of us at Raks Geek! www.instagram.com/reel/DBznaR5...
- We've danced to this live. As a Klingon. 😄
- Post a banger that's not in English Everything by @klingonpop.bsky.social fits, but Love is a Battlefield is especially good in the original Klingon. klingonpopwarrior.bandcamp.com/track/cheron...
- Need more lightsabers in your life? www.instagram.com/reel/DBCaMD-...
- We're so glad that Gaea Lady will be back with us for Halloween! Gaea (she/her) is ranked internationally in the top 50 "Most Influential Burlesque Artists," Gaea has performed, taught, & headlined all over the world, notably at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, where she won Best Debut & Most Classic.
- Reposted by Raks GeekI'm producing & performing in this! It's going to be a blast.
- Geek out this spooky season with a cosplay circus cabaret. It's Chicago's nerdiest Halloween party! "Sci-fi seduction." - The Daily Mail 🔗 Nerds: Get your tickets! It's going to be a blast. raksgeek.com#shows
- Reposted by Raks GeekHello new followers! I'm not sure how you found me, but I'm glad you did! I'm Dawn - fusion bellydancer, firespinner, singer-songwriter by night, UX design manager by day. Founder/director of @RaksGeek. I sometimes publish personal essays & cultural commentary. Serious case of wanderlust. 🙂
- Geek out this spooky season with a cosplay circus cabaret. It's Chicago's nerdiest Halloween party! "Sci-fi seduction." - The Daily Mail 🔗 Nerds: Get your tickets! It's going to be a blast. raksgeek.com#shows
- Reposted by Raks GeekBringing this jacket to medieval France was seriously the best idea. 😂
- Reposted by Raks GeekI'll be heading back to Chicago just in time for spooky season celebrations! So here's me in Jessica Jones cosplay, telling you to get yourself to Raks Geek: Halloween Edition! 🔥 🔗 Nerds: Get your tickets for Chicago's geekiest Halloween party! Friday, Oct. 11. raksgeek.com#shows
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- Reposted by Raks GeekWhen you find yourself wearing Assassin's Creed street cosplay around 500-year-old buildings, you might as well do the thing. 😂 Colmar, France. Maison Pfister (behind me) was animated into Howl's Moving Castle - it looks exactly like the anime!
- Reposted by Raks GeekGeek out this spooky season with a cosplay circus cabaret! It's Chicago's nerdiest Halloween party, and I'm producing and performing. 😄 Get 15% off your tickets! (Ends Friday.) raksgeek.com#shows
- Reposted by Raks GeekIt's not every day you happen to be wearing Assassin's Creed street cosplay while wandering around medieval France. 😂 (Petit France, Strasbourg)
