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🎬✨ We’re honored to welcome Sarah Taborga (she/they) to QALDF 2026 — a queer Bolivian-American filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work continues to create visibility, belonging, and powerful conversations within the dance community ❤️‍🔥🌈

📌 Sarah’s work explores identity, embodiment, cultural memory, and collective liberation through film. Their documentary Dear Queer Dancer aired on PBS and helped shine a light on queer and trans dancers while challenging traditional gender roles in Afro-Latin dance.

🎥 Beyond filmmaking, Sarah also founded the Queer Dance Film Festival in Oakland, creating a platform for LGBTQ+ dancers and dance filmmakers from around the world to share their stories on screen 💜

🦄 This year, Sarah will be joining us during our competition weekend to introduce their film and share a few words with our community 🙌

📍 At QALDF, we believe dance is for everybody. Every story matters. Every body matters. Every identity deserves space to be seen, celebrated, and uplifted ❤️

🙏 We hope this inspires more dancers to take a chance on themselves, step into the spotlight, and tell their stories through movement.

🎟️ QALDF 2026
📍 DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose
🗓️ June 5–8, 2026
🌐 QUEERAFROLATINDANCEFESTIVAL.COM

🎬✨ We’re honored to welcome Sarah Taborga (she/they) to QALDF 2026 — a queer Bolivian-American filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work continues to create visibility, belonging, and powerful conversations within the dance community ❤️‍🔥🌈

📌 Sarah’s work explores identity, embodiment, cultural memory, and collective liberation through film. Their documentary Dear Queer Dancer aired on PBS and helped shine a light on queer and trans dancers while challenging traditional gender roles in Afro-Latin dance.

🎥 Beyond filmmaking, Sarah also founded the Queer Dance Film Festival in Oakland, creating a platform for LGBTQ+ dancers and dance filmmakers from around the world to share their stories on screen 💜

🦄 This year, Sarah will be joining us during our competition weekend to introduce their film and share a few words with our community 🙌

📍 At QALDF, we believe dance is for everybody. Every story matters. Every body matters. Every identity deserves space to be seen, celebrated, and uplifted ❤️

🙏 We hope this inspires more dancers to take a chance on themselves, step into the spotlight, and tell their stories through movement.

🎟️ QALDF 2026
📍 DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose
🗓️ June 5–8, 2026
🌐 QUEERAFROLATINDANCEFESTIVAL.COM

🎬✨ We’re honored to welcome Sarah Taborga (she/they) to QALDF 2026 — a queer Bolivian-American filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work continues to create visibility, belonging, and powerful conversations within the dance community ❤️‍🔥🌈

📌 Sarah’s work explores identity, embodiment, cultural memory, and collective liberation through film. Their documentary Dear Queer Dancer aired on PBS and helped shine a light on queer and trans dancers while challenging traditional gender roles in Afro-Latin dance.

🎥 Beyond filmmaking, Sarah also founded the Queer Dance Film Festival in Oakland, creating a platform for LGBTQ+ dancers and dance filmmakers from around the world to share their stories on screen 💜

🦄 This year, Sarah will be joining us during our competition weekend to introduce their film and share a few words with our community 🙌

📍 At QALDF, we believe dance is for everybody. Every story matters. Every body matters. Every identity deserves space to be seen, celebrated, and uplifted ❤️

🙏 We hope this inspires more dancers to take a chance on themselves, step into the spotlight, and tell their stories through movement.

🎟️ QALDF 2026
📍 DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose
🗓️ June 5–8, 2026
🌐 QUEERAFROLATINDANCEFESTIVAL.COM

🎬✨ We’re honored to welcome Sarah Taborga (she/they) to QALDF 2026 — a queer Bolivian-American filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work continues to create visibility, belonging, and powerful conversations within the dance community ❤️‍🔥🌈

📌 Sarah’s work explores identity, embodiment, cultural memory, and collective liberation through film. Their documentary Dear Queer Dancer aired on PBS and helped shine a light on queer and trans dancers while challenging traditional gender roles in Afro-Latin dance.

🎥 Beyond filmmaking, Sarah also founded the Queer Dance Film Festival in Oakland, creating a platform for LGBTQ+ dancers and dance filmmakers from around the world to share their stories on screen 💜

🦄 This year, Sarah will be joining us during our competition weekend to introduce their film and share a few words with our community 🙌

📍 At QALDF, we believe dance is for everybody. Every story matters. Every body matters. Every identity deserves space to be seen, celebrated, and uplifted ❤️

🙏 We hope this inspires more dancers to take a chance on themselves, step into the spotlight, and tell their stories through movement.

🎟️ QALDF 2026
📍 DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose
🗓️ June 5–8, 2026
🌐 QUEERAFROLATINDANCEFESTIVAL.COM

🐞We get to define ourselves for ourselves🐞 we didn’t find a definition that came close to our experience, so we wrote our own! But not just for us, for all our femmes who grow us, inspire us, and love us♥️

🔗Hit the link in bio to wear this protective amulet, Femme Muscle Tee🌹

✨Shipping and Pickup in Oakland Available
✨Sizes S-2XL
✨$30
✨First available pickup location is this Sunday 4/12 at Soulovely

Yall ever been to a Rage Party?🔥

Our axing lane names were:
1. FVCK
2. FVCK IT
3. FVCK IT UP
4. FVCK NO and
5. STFU, disrespectfully 🪓🪓🪓

The most phenomenal of Friday nights was had! Thank you to every baddie and daddy who joined us for such a special night!

We’re still flying high and ready for the next Rage event!!
Comment below what kind of rage activities you would be into📝You Rage Doulas oblige 🌹🌹 XOXO

🌹Roses are red
Violets are blue
The Empire’s dead
We’re axing it through🌹

Join Femme Rage for a night of neon, intentional destruction, and collective release~where rage is honored and what no longer serves gets axed!

🪓 Two curated sessions
Session One: 7:15–8:30 pm
Session Two: 9:00–10:15 pm

🎟️ Your ticket includes
🪓 Guided axe throwing
🪓 Custom targets to AXE what’s done
🪓 Neon rage paint
🪓 Grounding decompression + integration space

🎟️ Tickets + details:
link in bio or https://tinyurl.com/axetheempire

Fiercely curated by Aïma Paule + Sarah Taborga

#axetheempire #femmerage #axethrowing #yourrageissacred

🦀Two Softshell Crabs x New Orleans 🎷 @brownboimarsmelo until our next one 😘

For three years, @sarahtaborga has been providing recaps for our events, and we are beyond blessed to have this visionary of light.

𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓.

👏🏾 Thank you again to all of the hands that made 2025 possible. 👏🏾

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫:
@veravision_

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧:
@samantha_marcella_

𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:
@fearaoh_ctintb

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿:
@takeover.tokyo

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐉𝐬:
@dj_keezy
@djmansafmama
@djlexapeel
@lafemmepapi
@micahtronsf

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬:
@aimathedreamer
@stickypostit
@djlexapeel

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐃𝐉𝐬:
@djleydis
@thedjemancipation
@davidharness
@alginaligns
@bdukesthetruth
@chagga_star
@djignacia
@djsyrehn
@djladyryan

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀:
@skiptheneedle
@kimmortaltheartist
@nittyscottmc
@inlakechdance

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁 (members who supported more than 6 events this year). It is so beautiful to build a community grounded in trust, support, and reliability. Thank you for holding down the doors, putting out fires, supporting our talent, and running our merch.

@kikolilbaby
@altarofbeauty
@the.nigerian.nightmare
@mytwo8
@wickedweeknd
@loner_juice
@allison_sierra

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲—the visionary holders, curators, artistic directors, financial stewards, community anchors, and multi-talented artists:

@thedjemancipation
@djladyryan
@aimathedreamer

👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

Nothing quite sums up 2025 like a #Jet2Holiday ✈️💥 Shoutout to my MVP craft bae @babydaddybridget for crafting this cart and helping me execute this vision! Shoutout to @younggay_inthebigbay for creating this debut moment!✈️✨

It was ✨such✨ an honor to photograph the Healing to the People Summit with the incredible folks at Freedom Community Clinic @freedomcommunityclinic

Over the summit weekend, I witnessed BIPOC healers, artists, organizers, and community leaders come together in the shared vision of Whole-Person Healing ❤️‍🔥 Not in a bypass-y or performative way. But in the potent way when healing is centered in culture, ancestry, and grassroots organizing.

Deep gratitude to Freedom Community Clinic for leading with heart, vision, and radical care! yall have me for whatever’s next 🌱

⏳ 24 HOURS TILL TICKET DROP ⏳

✦ SOULOVELY SEASON CLOSER IS SUNDAY OCTOBER 26th ✦

Full lineup releases tomorrow.
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September Leather & Lace recap reel featuring
🔥🔥🔥
@nittyscottmc @aimathedreamer @djladyryan @lafemmepapi @djsyrehn

Video and edit by 🔥 @sarahtaborga
🎶 Song “La Diaspora” Nitty Scott

#wearesoulovely #soulovely

🇮🇹Italy is good for the heart, stomach, and spirit hhOKAAY! 🤌🏼 feeling so blessed to have met, seen, eaten, sipped, played, tried, risked, and I’m back home digesting this whole beautiful experience ✨ Now who wants to GTFOH again? 🤭✈️

ETHPAÑA highlights!🇪🇸 with my baes @es.lapotra @taylorbreeanne and “Don’t Tag Me, for Legal Purposes”🥳 VALE!

Ride with the mob✅ Alhamdulillah✅ We were Harami Mamis but did our best in 105• heat🔥 Morocco, its people, culture, food, landscapes, colors, smiles, smells….everything was so special and I already miss it💙 Until soon, inshallah

Gratitude to @sweetyazmine for watching over us 🫂

🌹 @babydaddybridget @largescallion