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Queer Belly Dance Queer Belly Dance is an online belly dance studio platform owned, operated by, and designed for queer belly dancers! 🏳️‍🌈

Lots of new class sessions starting this week!!⭐️Beginner Fusion Dance 101⭐️: Mondays @ 6p CT with Kamrah🏋Cardio Belly D...
09/21/2026

Lots of new class sessions starting this week!!

⭐️Beginner Fusion Dance 101⭐️: Mondays @ 6p CT with Kamrah

🏋Cardio Belly Dance🏋️‍♀️: Tuesdays and Saturdays @ 12p CT with Kamrah

⭐️Fusion Belly Dance Technique⭐️: Thursdays @ 6p CT with Kamrah

⭐️KILLER ZILLER Drills⭐️: Thursdays @ 6:30p CT with Drake

🦇Dark Fusion Belly Dance Choreography🖤: Saturdays @ 1:15p CT with Kamrah

For registration, 🔗 in ➡️ , or visit www.Q***rBellyDance.com

It's your LAST CHANCE to attend the workshops live on Zoom! Any registrations taken after 12p CT will be provided worksh...
09/21/2026

It's your LAST CHANCE to attend the workshops live on Zoom! Any registrations taken after 12p CT will be provided workshop recordings.

There are multiple ways you can support our event—register for workshops, and ordering merch!

James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa are leading the Texas Democratic ticket this November. Talarico is running for Senate, and Hinojosa is running for Governor. They are committed to cracking down on the only minority ruining Texas—💰billionaires💰.

Let’s fight fascism with belly dance!! ⚔️🦅

Sunday Sept 20, 12p – 3:30p CT via Zoom, with recordings

🙉L0ud $h1T👂🏻: Finger Cymbal Combos with Drake
Sunday Sept 20, 12p – 1:30p CT
Exactly what you’d expect—let’s get LOUD with some cute, multitonal finger cymbal combos! Combos will be scaled for multiple levels of comfort with finger cymbals.

‼️H4rD $h1T‼️: Advanced Drills with Kamrah
Sunday Sept 20, 2p – 3:30p CT
You know how to layer, but are you ready for an advanced workshop that will challenge everything you know about how bodies are supposed to work, get you out of your belly dance rut, and possibly keep you up at night? Learn complicated polyrhythmic layers, flutters, and other things bodies aren’t supposed to be able to do, all presented in Kamrah’s humorous, compassionate, approachable teaching style, without being utterly demoralized.

And yes, there will be recordings available for those of you who need to tune in later!

For registration and merch orders, 🔗 in ➡️ , or visit www.Q***rBellyDance.com

09/18/2026

Trying some bait and switch content for fun.

Born and raised in Texas, and I’ve never felt so hopeful that things could change for the better than I do right now. Kamrah ✨ Transgender Dancer and Q***r Belly Dance and I are hosting a virtual workshop day to raise money for two democratic candidates: James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa—Talarico for Senate, and Hinojosa for Governor. James Talarico
Team Gina for Texas! .

Texas is the second largest state, and a democratic swing like this would be a huge positive omen for the rest of the country, especially in regard to things like AI data centers (our current governor, Greg “hot wheels” Abbott, is an AI data center fetishist) and transgender rights. We deserve politicians who want to make things better for ALL Texans and not just fight endless, manufactured culture wars while pocketing millions of dollars in corrupt, under the table quid pro quo agreements.

Let’s fight fascism with belly dance and kick GREG ABBOTT and KEN PAXTON to the fu***ng curb!! ⚔️🦅

Sunday Sept 20, 12p – 3:30p CT via Zoom, with recordings

🙉L0ud $h1T👂🏻: Finger Cymbal Combos with Drake
Sunday Sept 20, 12p – 1:30p CT
Exactly what you’d expect—let’s get LOUD with some cute, multitonal finger cymbal combos! Combos will be scaled for multiple levels of comfort with finger cymbals.

‼️H4rD $h1T‼️: Advanced Drills with Kamrah
Sunday Sept 20, 2p – 3:30p CT
You know how to layer, but are you ready for an advanced workshop that will challenge everything you know about how bodies are supposed to work, get you out of your belly dance rut, and possibly keep you up at night? Learn complicated polyrhythmic layers, flutters, and other things bodies aren’t supposed to be able to do, all presented in Kamrah’s humorous, compassionate, approachable teaching style, without being utterly demoralized.

And yes, there will be recordings available for those of you who need to tune in later!

For registration, 🔗 in ➡️ , or visit www.Q***rBellyDance.com

This week is full of classes and workshops! Kamrah is back from Europe, and Kamrah and Drake's quarterly event is THIS S...
09/14/2026

This week is full of classes and workshops! Kamrah is back from Europe, and Kamrah and Drake's quarterly event is THIS SUNDAY, "Shimmy for Democracy: Fight Fascism with Belly Dance"!

🏋Cardio Belly Dance🏋️‍♀️: Tuesdays and Saturdays @ 12p CT
🌈 Tuesdays: Got 30 minutes to sweat? This lunchtime cardio belly dance class will get your heart rate up, give you a full body workout, and leave you feeling amazing. Continue on with your day afterwards! We build a cute belly dance combo interspersed with quick HIIT-like exercises for the most fun workout ever.

🌈 Saturdays: Let's DANCE! This is a cardio-focused class, meaning it's fast paced, and you will get sweaty. We start slow with a good warm up and then ramp up to heart-pumping, fun, raqs sharqi ("belly dance")-based movements in a short, easy-to-remember combo. No think, just dance. Some experience in dance is recommended, as most movements are not broken down.

⭐️Fusion Belly Dance Combos⭐️: Saturdays @ 1:15p CT
Killer isolations, liquid arms, interesting flows...are all part of Kamrah's signature fusion style. Learn challenging combos every week in this drop-in friendly online class. Class begins with a movement warm up, technique breakdowns, and then the combo for the week.

🙉L0ud $h1T👂🏻: Finger Cymbal Combos with Drake
Sunday Sept 20, 12p – 1:30p CT
Exactly what you’d expect—let’s get LOUD with some cute, multitonal finger cymbal combos! Combos will be scaled for multiple levels of comfort with finger cymbals.

‼️H4rD $h1T‼️: Advanced Drills with Kamrah
Sunday Sept 20, 2p – 3:30p CT
You know how to layer, but are you ready for an advanced workshop that will challenge everything you know about how bodies are supposed to work, get you out of your belly dance rut, and possibly keep you up at night? Learn complicated polyrhythmic layers, flutters, and other things bodies aren’t supposed to be able to do, all presented in Kamrah’s humorous, compassionate, approachable teaching style, without being utterly demoralized.

For registration, 🔗 in ➡️ , or visit www.Q***rBellyDance.com

⭐️KILLER ZILLER Drills⭐️: Thursdays @ 6:30p CTJoin me for my online 45-minute finger cymbal drill class! No recordings, ...
09/10/2026

⭐️KILLER ZILLER Drills⭐️: Thursdays @ 6:30p CT
Join me for my online 45-minute finger cymbal drill class! No recordings, no choreography, just drills!!! THURSDAYS 6:30p – 7:15p CT.

When it comes to personal practice, I know it can be daunting to decide WHAT to drill, HOW to drill, how LONG to drill... and I also know that performing your practice can be a powerful motivator. This class in a non-serial drop-in style drill class designed to allow you to shut off your brain and just grind out your 10,000 hours on your cymbals. What's more is that I know that times are tough, and that's why I'm offering it at a sliding-scale from $10 to $20/class!

There will be NO RECORDINGS offered for these drill classes. This class is just 45 minutes, designed with the expectation that students will come warmed up and ready to dance as soon as class starts. This class is ideal for intermediate and advanced students who don't require extensive technical breakdown of basic belly dance technique.

For registration, 🔗 in ➡️ , or visit www.Q***rBellyDance.com .vontrapp

Classes happening this week! Kamrah is still out of the country, so only Killer Ziller with Drake this week. Join me for...
09/07/2026

Classes happening this week! Kamrah is still out of the country, so only Killer Ziller with Drake this week.

Join me for my online 45-minute finger cymbal drill class! No recordings, no choreography, just drills!!! THURSDAYS 6:30p – 7:15p CT.

There will be NO RECORDINGS offered for these drill classes. This class is just 45 minutes, designed with the expectation that students will come warmed up and ready to dance as soon as class starts. This class is ideal for intermediate and advanced students who don't require extensive technical breakdown of basic belly dance technique.

For registration, 🔗 in ➡️ , or visit www.Q***rBellyDance.com

We've rebranded! Arcanum is now ***rbellydance Q***r Belly Dance !!Kamrah and I initially opened Arcanum as a brick-and...
08/18/2026

We've rebranded! Arcanum is now ***rbellydance Q***r Belly Dance !!

Kamrah and I initially opened Arcanum as a brick-and-mortar studio in Chicago, intended to serve North Chicago dancers who may feel unwelcome or unaccommodated in a normative dance studio environment—q***r dancers, neurodivergent dancers, fat dancers, disabled dancers, etc. And then I got into a PhD program in Texas, and we had to convert to an online studio.

Over the years we've continued refining our values as teachers, facilitators, mentors, and what the two of us represent. "Arcanum" was chosen to evoke an abstract sense of dark, witchy, gothic vibes to appeal to others who, like us, embody these things every day. But what we have come to understand is our significance lies not in our aesthetic, but in the intersections of identity that we represent—notably, q***rness.

We have bonded over the vulnerable interactions we've had with students throughout our careers who tell us what it means to them to see visibly q***r dancers excelling in this industry. And as we are getting older, and our lives are unfolding in surprising, spectacular, and sometimes terrifying ways, our long-term values have shifted, and we both feel called to signal to other q***r dancers like us.

If this resonates with you at all, we invite you to follow our studio accounts, and visit us at www.Q***rBellyDance.com ! (and if anyone can make a more attractive logo than the one I slapped together in Canva, please send them my way!)

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I'm back from Europe, and I have lots of classes happening this summer before I run off to Austin to start my PhD! And t...
08/14/2026

I'm back from Europe, and I have lots of classes happening this summer before I run off to Austin to start my PhD! And the best part is these are all hybrid, so if you are a busy bee or a remote student, you can still learn on your own schedule with class recordings.

Here are the class series I have coming up:

🌟SUMMER SAGAT SERIES🌟: I am teaching TWO multi-tonal finger cymbal class series, the "Essentials kit" and "Drake's favorites." If you've been digging the finger cymbal orchestration I've been using in my recent performances, these classes will orient you to multi-tonal method and how it combines with dance. Each series contains 4 classes.
💰$80 USD for one, or $120 for both. $25 to drop in.

🌟HAHBI'RU-INSPIRED CHOREOGRAPHY SERIES🌟: This class series will teach you a Hahbi'Ru-inspired choreography, curated by me. If you love vintage West Coast fusion aesthetic combined with clever group dynamics, personality, and a strong folkloric influence, you will love this class. This series contains 5 classes.
💰$100 USD

🌟FUSION TRANSITION SERIES🌟: Have you drooled over videos of Zoe Jakes, Rachel Brice, Pixie Fordtears, and Sara Lyn, but didn't know where to start? The "Fusion Transition Series" is perfect for advanced beginners and intermediate students who want to learn how to adapt their movement stylization to reflect a "core fusion" aesthetic. This series contains 6 classes.
💰$120 USD, or $25 to drop in

🔗 in ➡️, or visit www.arcanumdance.com to register.

There's still time to jump in on our Summer 1 series of multi-tonal finger cymbals and Hahbi'Ru choreography!🌟SUMMER OF ...
08/14/2026

There's still time to jump in on our Summer 1 series of multi-tonal finger cymbals and Hahbi'Ru choreography!

🌟SUMMER OF SAGAT🌟
Single classes for $80 or 2 payments of $40
Both series for $120 or 2 payments of $60 or 3 payments of $40
Drop in for $25

🌟HAHBI'RU🌟
Full series for $100 or 2 payments of $50

🔗 in ➡️, or visit www.arcanumdance.com to register.
Payment plan: https://www.arcanumworlddance.com/summer-class-series

Kamrah has in person and online classes ready to go for next year!Get in while you can - limited space, limited time! ...
12/19/2024

Kamrah has in person and online classes ready to go for next year!

Get in while you can - limited space, limited time!

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