Raks Inferno
@raksinferno.bsky.social
"Spectacular!" - WGN-TV.
World fusion dancers, firespinners, & circus artists who have performed from Germany to Morocco. A @raksgeek.bsky.social project.
Director: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social
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World fusion dancers, firespinners, & circus artists who have performed from Germany to Morocco. A @raksgeek.bsky.social project.
Director: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social
RaksInferno.com
RaksGeek.com
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Up all night working on a video projection that captures my complicated feelings about religion & uncomplicated feelings about Chicago's occupation by federal forces, the evils of the current admin, & the evangelical fervor that brought Trump into power.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Up all night working on a video projection that captures my complicated feelings about religion & uncomplicated feelings about Chicago's occupation by federal forces, the evils of the current admin, & the evangelical fervor that brought Trump into power.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
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Raksgiving is an annual tradition - I made a full Thanksgiving dinner for 15 @raksgeek.bsky.social cast & crew members (including a vegan & a friend with a garlic/onion allergy)!
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Raksgiving is an annual tradition - I made a full Thanksgiving dinner for 15 @raksgeek.bsky.social cast & crew members (including a vegan & a friend with a garlic/onion allergy)!
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
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Happy Thanksgiving, Raks Geeks!
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Raks Geeks!
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I'm grateful to have spaces to make art that's alternately silly, beautiful, sexy, and emotive. That's a special thing, and especially necessary right now.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm grateful to have spaces to make art that's alternately silly, beautiful, sexy, and emotive. That's a special thing, and especially necessary right now.
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And in the same show, I got to be my most sultry self - someone literally yelled, "You're so sexy!!" as I left the stage! 😂❤️
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
And in the same show, I got to be my most sultry self - someone literally yelled, "You're so sexy!!" as I left the stage! 😂❤️
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.
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Last night I closed the show with a piece that captured my feelings about this moment in Chicago & federal agents terrorizing us and then moved into fierceness, strength, & fight.
We gave our audience whistles as they left, 3D printed for us by @bibliogrrl.bsky.social.
We gave our audience whistles as they left, 3D printed for us by @bibliogrrl.bsky.social.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Last night I closed the show with a piece that captured my feelings about this moment in Chicago & federal agents terrorizing us and then moved into fierceness, strength, & fight.
We gave our audience whistles as they left, 3D printed for us by @bibliogrrl.bsky.social.
We gave our audience whistles as they left, 3D printed for us by @bibliogrrl.bsky.social.
Tonight!
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tonight!
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Chicago: Experience an intimate circus cabaret, produced by an immigrant, with an almost entirely BIPOC + LGBTQIA cast/crew that's performed all over the world.
Tonight: Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksinferno.com/shows
Tonight: Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksinferno.com/shows
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Chicago: Experience an intimate circus cabaret, produced by an immigrant, with an almost entirely BIPOC + LGBTQIA cast/crew that's performed all over the world.
Tonight: Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksinferno.com/shows
Tonight: Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksinferno.com/shows
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So last night I actually remembered to ask the client how he found us.
Him: ChatGPT.
Me, internally: 😯🤯
Apparently it suggested fire & then suggested us specifically.
I have feelings about ChatGPT but I think this still equals winning? 😂😅
Him: ChatGPT.
Me, internally: 😯🤯
Apparently it suggested fire & then suggested us specifically.
I have feelings about ChatGPT but I think this still equals winning? 😂😅
When Ammunition gives you that look. 🔥
Had a blast spinning fire for a party on the south side last night!
Had a blast spinning fire for a party on the south side last night!
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So last night I actually remembered to ask the client how he found us.
Him: ChatGPT.
Me, internally: 😯🤯
Apparently it suggested fire & then suggested us specifically.
I have feelings about ChatGPT but I think this still equals winning? 😂😅
Him: ChatGPT.
Me, internally: 😯🤯
Apparently it suggested fire & then suggested us specifically.
I have feelings about ChatGPT but I think this still equals winning? 😂😅
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We're recommended by the Chicago Reader!
Join us for joy, hope, and sexiness. 😉
Get your tickets! raksinferno.com/shows
@raksinferno.bsky.social
Join us for joy, hope, and sexiness. 😉
Get your tickets! raksinferno.com/shows
@raksinferno.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We're recommended by the Chicago Reader!
Join us for joy, hope, and sexiness. 😉
Get your tickets! raksinferno.com/shows
@raksinferno.bsky.social
Join us for joy, hope, and sexiness. 😉
Get your tickets! raksinferno.com/shows
@raksinferno.bsky.social
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It's been such a wild week that I never posted this backstage shot. Here you go!
Tonight's gig = fewer feathers but A LOT more fire. 😄🔥
Tonight's gig = fewer feathers but A LOT more fire. 😄🔥
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's been such a wild week that I never posted this backstage shot. Here you go!
Tonight's gig = fewer feathers but A LOT more fire. 😄🔥
Tonight's gig = fewer feathers but A LOT more fire. 😄🔥
When Ammunition gives you that look. 🔥
Had a blast spinning fire for a party on the south side last night!
Had a blast spinning fire for a party on the south side last night!
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When Ammunition gives you that look. 🔥
Had a blast spinning fire for a party on the south side last night!
Had a blast spinning fire for a party on the south side last night!
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I love my awesome friends! 🔥🔥🔥
Romeoville Halloween Fest! That was fun. 😄
Featuring: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social + @michitrota.bsky.social
Featuring: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social + @michitrota.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I love my awesome friends! 🔥🔥🔥
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(More fire. 😄)
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
(More fire. 😄)
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Thanks to everyone that joined us Saturday for @raksinferno.bsky.social's secret Halloween fire party! What a blast!
Also: WE RAISED $451 for @icirr.bsky.social!
They run the ICE rapid response network in Chicago & have been the key player in getting Know Your Rights info out to communities. 👊
Also: WE RAISED $451 for @icirr.bsky.social!
They run the ICE rapid response network in Chicago & have been the key player in getting Know Your Rights info out to communities. 👊
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Thanks to everyone that joined us Saturday for @raksinferno.bsky.social's secret Halloween fire party! What a blast!
Also: WE RAISED $451 for @icirr.bsky.social!
They run the ICE rapid response network in Chicago & have been the key player in getting Know Your Rights info out to communities. 👊
Also: WE RAISED $451 for @icirr.bsky.social!
They run the ICE rapid response network in Chicago & have been the key player in getting Know Your Rights info out to communities. 👊
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I AM MAD WITH POWER! 🤣🔥
When the folks at your fire gig ask if you want to play with their flamethrower after your performance, you say YES. 😂
(Show tonight with @raksinferno.bsky.social!)
When the folks at your fire gig ask if you want to play with their flamethrower after your performance, you say YES. 😂
(Show tonight with @raksinferno.bsky.social!)
September 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I AM MAD WITH POWER! 🤣🔥
When the folks at your fire gig ask if you want to play with their flamethrower after your performance, you say YES. 😂
(Show tonight with @raksinferno.bsky.social!)
When the folks at your fire gig ask if you want to play with their flamethrower after your performance, you say YES. 😂
(Show tonight with @raksinferno.bsky.social!)
Romeoville Halloween Fest! That was fun. 😄
Featuring: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social + @michitrota.bsky.social
Featuring: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social + @michitrota.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Romeoville Halloween Fest! That was fun. 😄
Featuring: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social + @michitrota.bsky.social
Featuring: @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social + @michitrota.bsky.social
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You haven't lived until you've seen the most badass, sparkly striptease followed by a yo-yo at a million miles an hour accurately flicking a POKER CHIP from behind a willing audience member's ear. 😂
Many thanks too to my incredible team both onstage and off. You all are the absolute best. ❤️
Many thanks too to my incredible team both onstage and off. You all are the absolute best. ❤️
September 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You haven't lived until you've seen the most badass, sparkly striptease followed by a yo-yo at a million miles an hour accurately flicking a POKER CHIP from behind a willing audience member's ear. 😂
Many thanks too to my incredible team both onstage and off. You all are the absolute best. ❤️
Many thanks too to my incredible team both onstage and off. You all are the absolute best. ❤️
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@raksinferno.bsky.social performed at the most epic fire gig last night - there was a 12 foot bonfire and I GOT TO SHOOT A FLAMETHROWER! *cackles* 🔥😂
August 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@raksinferno.bsky.social performed at the most epic fire gig last night - there was a 12 foot bonfire and I GOT TO SHOOT A FLAMETHROWER! *cackles* 🔥😂
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September 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I only go to weddings where they have lightsabers ready as prizes for winning vintage arcade tournaments. 😂
August 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I only go to weddings where they have lightsabers ready as prizes for winning vintage arcade tournaments. 😂
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Chicago: Join us for community, hope, and badassery from internationally-touring performers!
Friday, Sept. 12: @raksinferno.bsky.social Cirque Burlesque.
Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksgeek.com#shows
Friday, Sept. 12: @raksinferno.bsky.social Cirque Burlesque.
Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksgeek.com#shows
Raks Geek: Bellydance + Flow Arts + Fire
As featured on WGN-TV, The Daily Mail, Chicago Tribune, and UK Channel 4 TV. Chicago Reader's 'Best Dance Troupe' (Runner-Up). 'Never seen a sexy Wookiee bellydance? This can be remedied.' - MSN
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August 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Chicago: Join us for community, hope, and badassery from internationally-touring performers!
Friday, Sept. 12: @raksinferno.bsky.social Cirque Burlesque.
Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksgeek.com#shows
Friday, Sept. 12: @raksinferno.bsky.social Cirque Burlesque.
Joy is resistance. 🔥
raksgeek.com#shows
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"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.
@michitrota.bsky.social as Wonder Woman. Photo by Genito Photography.
August 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"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.
@michitrota.bsky.social as Wonder Woman. Photo by Genito Photography.
We got press!
I'm in the Chicago Reader today (and so is Raks Geek!) talking about cosplay performances!
August 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We got press!
It's the summer of libraries!
Fun @raksgeek.bsky.social gig this afternoon at Indian Trails Public Library!
We literally had audience members from ages ~5 to 90.
We literally had audience members from ages ~5 to 90.
July 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It's the summer of libraries!