September Bellydance and Music Showcase

Name: September Bellydance and Music Showcase
Start: 2025-09-13T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 6970 N. Sheridan Rd Ste D, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60626

Schedule

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

6970 N. Sheridan Rd Ste D, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60626 | Evanston, IL

Join us at the Ritual Rhythms Creative Studio for an amazing night of bellydance, music, and more at our September Showcase on Saturday, September 13th. Featuring pieces from Indica Moon, Becca Rose, The Queer Heretic, Devika Dhir, Danielle, and some special musical guests!
Seating is limited, so reserve your spot now! Doors open at 7:30pm. Show at 8pm.

PERFORMERS

**INDICA MOON**
By day, she’s a mental health clinician and community social service provider. By night, she’s a tree-worshipping muse and conduit of creativity. Since her debut in 2024, she has gained notoriety for her graceful Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, powerful fusion belly dance, and seductive static pole dance techniques. Indica Moon is her name, but she is simply a vessel of divine and sensual feminine energy.
https://www.instagram.com/indica8moon/

**BECCA ROSE**
Becca Rose has been studying belly dance since 2017 with Phaedra Darwish. She was drawn to different forms of dance from a young age, and has done jazz, modern, swing, salsa, Irish, and Balkan folk dance. Becca Rose a member of Beast Women, Chicago's premier all female performance revue, and can be seen performing throughout the Chicagoland area as well as the Midwest as a soloist and as a part of Phaedra Darwish's troupe, Il Worood Il Beledi. Becca Rose is excited to share the joy bellydancing brings her with the world.
https://www.instagram.com/kissmyaspell/

**THE QUEER HERETIC**
Since 2017 Kevin has danced under the name The Queer Heretic. Kevin dances and teaches under this name as a reminder to himself and others that our flesh is a vehicle for our spirit, and to dance is to move the ceaseless rhythm of life. He currently teaches and performs throughout Chicago and most recently he has co-produced a relief hafla with Phaedra Darwish for Lebanon and Gaza which brought together over 40 performers to a show that raised over $5000 for the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.
https://www.instagram.com/queerheretic/

**DEVIKA DHIR**
Devika Dhir trains in the patiala gharana of kathak, as a disciple of Ustad Dilshad Khan since 2015. She has also trained in bharatanatyam, completing her arangetram in 2017 under her guru, Priya Narayan. Devika has studied and performed several South Asian folk-dance styles, from Malaysia, Tamilnadu, and Kerala. Today, she also studies raqs sharqi, with Phaedra Darwish. Devika looks to dance as the most gratifying way to connect to her culture. Devika finds dance a powerful medium for expression and connection. For her, dance is a mirror for life, a joyful manifestation of humanity, and a perfect combination of uninhibited creativity and disciplined adherence to tradition.
https://www.instagram.com/houseofballoons

**DANIELLE**
Danielle is the founder of Crafted Movement, LLC, an organization devoted to empowering women through dance and flow. Drawing from her background in belly dance, yoga, and salsa, she weaves diverse movement traditions into her practice. Her artistry is rooted in storytelling and celebrates cultural connection through the universal language of dance.
https://www.daniellelechols.com/

**FRANCESCA GIANNIS**
Francesca Giannis is a native of Chicago, and she has been singing her whole life. Currently she is completing her highly anticipated original music and continues to perform all styles of popular music. Her joy is when people come together, to listen, to find harmony, to sing and dance, and remember the Creator.

https://francescagiannis.bandcamp.com/