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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy Pride, nerds! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Bellydancing Wookiee, from our last show: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving, Raks Geeks!

Bellydancing Wookiee looking longingly at a turkey.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"If you need to stop an asteroid, you call Superman. If you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But if you need to end a war, you call Wonder Woman." - @gailsimone.bsky.social @michitrota.bsky.social as Wonder Woman. Photo by Genito Photography.

Filipina in Wonder Woman cosplay performing with LED fans.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Chicago: Join us next Friday, July 11 for a stunning, intimate show with burlesque, bellydance, and more! @raksinferno.bsky.social Cirque Burlesque Joy is rebellion. RaksInferno.com/shows

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear." - Nemik's manifesto, Andor Raks Geek founder/director @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social as The Bellydancing Wookiee.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Experience queer joy. Celebrate Pride with a burlesque circus speakeasy featuring multiple Burlesque Hall of Fame winners and LGBTQIA performers who have headlined international festivals. Joy: This is how we win. 🌈 Get 10% off tickets. Join us - Pride sells out every year! raksinferno.com/shows

Raks Inferno: Pride Cirque Burlesque show poster with a burlesque contortionist covered in a Pride flag. Friday, June 13 at 7pm. Newport Theater, Chicago.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride, all! Our rights and our joy matter. 🌈

Asian American in Storm drag/cosplay, flying in front of a Pride flag.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

He was also invited to teach and perform at the 7th International Oriental Festival in Spain. He has also toured with Bellydance Evolution in Morocco, Germany, and the Czech Republic as a teacher & performer and was nominated by the Chicago Reader as "Best Choreographer" in 2019.

Hmong male fusion bellydancer with a wood parasol and Asian fusion costuming.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with main company member Lee Na-Moo! Internationally known, Lee Na-Moo (he/him) combines bellydance with contemporary dance, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and several Asian styles. He won the Chicago Oriental Dance Competition, which brought him to audiences in Argentina.

Hmong male fusion bellydancer in the middle of spinning onstage

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Ranked internationally in the top 50 "Most Influential Burlesque Artists of 2018 & 2019," Gaea has performed, taught, and headlined all over the world, notably at the Burlesque Hall of Fame 2016 where she won "Best Debut" and "Most Classic," and headlined across Italy.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We're so excited that Gaea will be back in town for Pride! Gaea Lady is an enchantress by nature, a force that will make you feel the earth move. She fuels her passion for life into performance art, mentorship, silk veils, fire dancing, hoops, bellydance, and burlesque.

Raks Inferno show poster featuring burlesque performer. Friday, June 13 at 7pm. Newport Theater, Chicago.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Raks Geek! (Featuring Raks Geek founder/director @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social as the Wookiee.)

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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

Raks Inferno: A Holiday Circus Cabaret. Friday, Dec. 13 at 7pm. Newport Theater, Chicago, IL.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Defiant Silk Festival (we're part of producing this!): - Best Performing Arts Festival Huge thanks to everyone that nominated us!! Take a few minutes and toss a vote to your witcher? (You don't have to live in Chicago to participate.) Chicagoreader.com/best

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

@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

Dawn Xiana Moon onstage with palm torches

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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

Camille Leon onstage glowing in black lights

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We got a write-up in WBEZ (Chicago NPR)! Celebrate the holidays with us! raksinferno.com/shows

Screenshot from WBEZ Chicago:

Raks Inferno: A Holiday Circus Cabaret
Where: The Newport Theater

When: Dec. 13

This show has a little bit of everything you need for a grown-up night at a holiday show, including circus performers and belly dancers. In a cabaret billed as the place where “dangerous meets sexy,” with specialty themed cocktails on hand, this performance aims to tantalize the audience and includes a meet-and-greet with performers after the show.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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. 👊

Cast photo onstage with acrobats, circus hooper, bellydancers, and stage crew.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

"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

Trans masc bellydancer in sparkly Smaug cosplay

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Chicago: Join Karma and the rest of our badass, mostly LGBTQIA crew for Raks Inferno: A Holiday Circus Cabaret on Friday, Dec. 13! Joy is resistance. ❤️ Get your tickets - we often sell out! raksinferno.com/shows

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Karma has performed coast to coast, and was recently awarded Best Stage Presence at the Land of the Sky Burlesque Festival 2024. Whether femme, masc, or something else entirely, they’re sure to leave you breathless.

Gender-fluid acro performer with a gorgeous robe

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Raks Geek founder/director @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social as the TARDIS. Photos by Peter Serocki. 🔥 Chicago: Join us for Raks Inferno: A Holiday Circus Cabaret on Dec. 13, with a primarily LGBTQIA + Asian American cast! Joy is resistance. ❤️ raksinferno.com/shows

Asian American fusion bellydancer in TARDIS cosplay, onstage

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

"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

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Reminded of this scene today.

Screenshot:

Loki: In the end, you will always kneel.

Old man (who probably survived the Holocaust): Not to men like you.

Loki: There are no men like me.

Old man: There are always men like you.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

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.

Bellydancing Wookiee holding a "VOTE!" sign

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

She's headlined all over Italy & co-leads Ignite Fire Keeper Retreats all over the world. Gaea also geeks out about food, Star Wars, Octavia Butler, sci-fi, fantasy, and mythology. 🔥 Chicago: Get spooky with us! Raks Geek: Halloween Edition is Friday, Oct. 11. Don't miss out! RaksGeek.com/#shows

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

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.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

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

Show poster for Raks Geek: Halloween Edition featuring a performer in a basilisk costume. Friday, Oct. 11 in Chicago.

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Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Hello Bluesky! We thought it was time to join you all over here. If you ever wanted cosplay combined with firespinning, fusion bellydance, and circus, this is where you'd look! (Find us on IG + FB as @RaksGeek too.) * The bellydancing Wookiee is our founder/director @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social.

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