The mission of In Lak’ech Dance Academy is to co-create a community of queer, trans, and allied dancers in order to celebrate our resilience, nurture our collective strength, and heal from oppression. Through our visibility and artistic expression we are redefining the Latin dance community as a safer and affirming space for all gender identities and sexualities.

In Lak’ech Dance Academy has become a safer space, community, and home for queer and trans people, where they feel free to be their true selves; to claim their identity with pride and honor while reaching personal goals through dance. In Lak’ech Dance Academy strongly believes that “leading” and “following” has nothing to do with gender. We increase queer and trans visibility in a hetero-normative environment. We do this by training strong queer and trans performers, as we believe that visibility increases awareness & open mindedness, which has a positive impact on LGBTQ+ communities and our larger society.