Juan Imperial

Juan Imperial (He/She/They) is an emerging Filipinx Queer, Non Binary Femme dance artist with roots in Vogue and Waacking. Juan has been spreading the joy of vogue to QTBIPOC for 6 years through Van Vogue Jam Arts Society, and has found deep spiritual liberation and communal purpose through these cultures. They see its powerful potential to be a vessel for liberation, protest, joy, and family and dedicates most of their energy to building up these communities. Juan has been competing, performing and teaching these art forms across the Pacific Northwest to spread its healing potential for the community. Currently, Juan is in the process of threading their ancestral and spiritual practices with dance and is discovering how these practices can help forge pathways to liberation in the body.. They are also currently working on their debut dance film, “The Meeting Place” premiering at FORM film festival in November 2022.

Photo: Alger Liang