Queerchata Weekender
The Queerchata Seattle Weekender is a special gathering for our community—an intimate opportunity to deepen your connection with yourself, your dance, and your chosen family. We're taking the Queerchata magic you know and love and dedicating an entire weekend to purposeful learning and authentic connection.
This is a curated experience for dancers who seek a supportive space to grow, share, and express their true selves without judgment
Our Core Focus
- Intimate & Intentional: This weekend is designed for deep connection and growth. We prioritize a small gathering size to foster meaningful conversations, genuine relationships, and the opportunity to go deeper than a class or festival.
- Degendered & Inclusive: We embrace dancers of all skill levels. Challenge the status quo—explore, play, and freely choose to lead, follow, or switch roles without judgment or outdated gender stereotypes.
- Supportive Space: Every aspect is designed with respect and consent at its heart. We are here to support you in your journey, dancing or otherwise.
The Schedule
Get Your Pass!
(Early Birdy) The Weekender Pass - $150 | SAVE $50: Your early commitment makes intentional planning possible.
- Access to All Saturday & Sunday Workshops (Full Learning)
- Access to All Friday & Saturday Social Dances (Full Connection)
The Weekender Pass - $199 | Full Immersion. The most rewarding way to experience the intentionality and connection of the entire weekend.
- Access to All Saturday & Sunday Workshops (Full Learning)
- Access to All Friday & Saturday Social Dances (Full Connection)
The Social Butterfly Pass - $50
- Access to Friday & Saturday socials (performances and social dance class included)
- Does not include access to Saturday or Sunday Workshops.
Note: To maintain the intimate atmosphere and quality of learning, passes are limited. We encourage you to secure your spot now to be a part of this special gathering.
The Queerchata Seattle Weekender is a special gathering for our community—an intimate opportunity to deepen your connection with yourself, your dance, and your chosen family. We're taking the Queerchata magic you know and love and dedicating an entire weekend to purposeful learning and authentic connection.
This is a curated experience for dancers who seek a supportive space to grow, share, and express their true selves without judgment
Our Core Focus
- Intimate & Intentional: This weekend is designed for deep connection and growth. We prioritize a small gathering size to foster meaningful conversations, genuine relationships, and the opportunity to go deeper than a class or festival.
- Degendered & Inclusive: We embrace dancers of all skill levels. Challenge the status quo—explore, play, and freely choose to lead, follow, or switch roles without judgment or outdated gender stereotypes.
- Supportive Space: Every aspect is designed with respect and consent at its heart. We are here to support you in your journey, dancing or otherwise.
The Schedule
Get Your Pass!
(Early Birdy) The Weekender Pass - $150 | SAVE $50: Your early commitment makes intentional planning possible.
- Access to All Saturday & Sunday Workshops (Full Learning)
- Access to All Friday & Saturday Social Dances (Full Connection)
The Weekender Pass - $199 | Full Immersion. The most rewarding way to experience the intentionality and connection of the entire weekend.
- Access to All Saturday & Sunday Workshops (Full Learning)
- Access to All Friday & Saturday Social Dances (Full Connection)
The Social Butterfly Pass - $50
- Access to Friday & Saturday socials (performances and social dance class included)
- Does not include access to Saturday or Sunday Workshops.
Note: To maintain the intimate atmosphere and quality of learning, passes are limited. We encourage you to secure your spot now to be a part of this special gathering.
Plans
Community Sustainer
By choosing this tier, you're directly contributing to the sustainability of Queerchata. This rate helps cover the true operational costs of our ongoing classes, allowing us to maintain high-quality instruction and continue providing a safe, welcoming, and enriching space for everyone. You‘ll get access to both Salsa and Bachata classes each week (where available) at your current dance level.
Community Builder
Your generosity at this tier amplifies our impact and unlocks an even deeper connection to Queerchata! Not only does it fuel our scholarship program and support the ongoing vibrancy of all our classes, but it also includes:
- Access to both Salsa and Bachata classes each week (where available) at your current dance level.
- Flexible Access: Drop into a class in any of our Queerchata cities (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle) at your convenience.
- Social Access: Enjoy included entry to our monthly dance socials in Los Angeles, and quarterly socials in San Francisco and Seattle.
- This tier truly empowers us to create more opportunities for members of our LGBTQ+ community to experience the joy of dance, regardless of their financial circumstances.
Community Supported
Spots are limited. Please only choose this tier if you are experiencing significant financial barriers.
This tier is for folks who need a little extra support to step onto the dance floor, ensuring financial limitations don’t stand between you and the joy, freedom, and deep connection found in our Queerchata community. You‘ll get access to both Salsa and Bachata classes each week (where available) at your current dance level.
Meet your instructors
Our instructors are what sets Queerchata apart. All our instructors are great dancers, teachers, and just generally wholesome people dedicated to lifting up the queer community. Every instructor across every city has gone through training on how to teach the Queerchata way of dancing, and how to create a safe environment through respect, consent, and inclusivity. What’s more, they understand firsthand what it’s like to be a queer or trans dancer.
FAQs
Find answers to your questions about our dance classes and get started today!
Queerchata is a safe space for you to express yourself, learn new ways to move, and build an international community of fun, wholesome, and inspiring queer people.
The dance world is one of the most archaic in maintaining stereotypical gender roles. Queerchata allows you to explore dance outside the binary, celebrate community, and improve your dance skills.
At Queerchata, you can dance the way you are with people who support you and cheer you on. It’s the joy of dancing without the risk of being judged.
Queerchata is where queer people meet when they need a break from a chaotic world and need a space for self-care and community. Dance is a great tool for exploring gender, playing with different energies (masculine, feminine, flowy, sharp) , and building confidence.
Every class accommodates all levels of experience. We are not here to compete, we are here for ourselves and each other, no matter where you are in your journey, dancing or otherwise.
Our classes are designed with queer people, respect, consent, and inclusivity at the heart of everything we do.
If you are new to Queerchata you will be welcomed by our dance buddies who introduce you to our way of dancing and the community.
Bachata is an Afro-Latin music genre and dance created by self-taught Black musicians in the Dominican Republic. It’s a mix between Spanish music and African and Indigenous Taino musical elements.
The Bachata dance style is characterized by its unique rhythm, fast footwork, close partner connection, and hip movements, all following the beat of the distinctive and romantic music.
The Bachata music and dance originated in the countryside of the Dominican Republic in the 50’s and 60’s during the Trujillo dictatorship, and was for decades looked down on by the upper middle class. Today, Bachata is one of the most popular styles of Latin music.
We are now bringing this fun and playful dance to the queer community; unhindered by outdated gender roles and expectations of who should lead and who should follow.
Salsa is one of the most popular Latin dances in the world and has strong Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Afro-Carribean roots. The dance is heavily influenced by Cuban music, the latin dances Mambo, Son, and Rumba.
It’s a lead and follow dance style with quick footwork, spins, and playful partner interactions, moving to Salsa music.
In the US, the development of salsa consists of the New York Style and is known for its strong accents on 2 and 6, using the foundational instruments of the conga and clave; and the Los Angeles Style is known for its strong use of melody and core beats on 1 and 5, using instruments including the cowbell and piano montunos.
At Queerchata, we have adapted Salsa to fit the queer community and our way of dancing, so everyone can enjoy and appreciate this playful and fun Latin dance.
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Queerchata Weekender
An intentional weekend of purposeful learning and authentic connection.
FAQs
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