we built the haus we needed

Haus of Moulin Noir is a Black queer cultural institution rooted in Ballroom, built through art, education, community, and collective care.

We exist to create places where people can learn, create, perform, belong, preserve culture, and build futures together.

BALLROOM IS OUR FOUNDATION.
ART IS OUR LANGUAGE.
LIBERATION IS OUR PRACTICE.

A HAUS BECAME SOMETHING MORE.

Why we exist

Moulin Noir began with Ballroom—but what we were building was always bigger than the floor.

We saw artists who needed places to practice. Young people who needed mentorship. Creatives who needed opportunities. Community members who needed somewhere to belong. Cultural knowledge that needed to be preserved. And extraordinary Black and Brown queer talent that deserved investment.

So we began building an ecosystem around the people already creating the culture.

Today, Haus of Moulin Noir brings together Ballroom, art, education, cultural preservation, artist development, community, and creative opportunity under one Haus.

We are not building programming around community.
We are building infrastructure with community.

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WE COME FROM BALLROOM.

Ballroom is more than performance. Born from Black and Brown queer and trans communities, Ballroom created its own systems of family, mentorship, competition, artistry, language, fashion, recognition, and belonging. That lineage shapes how Moulin Noir understands the world. The Haus is where we practice. Where generations teach one another. Where artists develop. Where chosen family becomes responsibility. Where culture is carried forward. We don't simply present Ballroom. We live in relationship with it.

CULTURE SHOULD CREATE OPPORTUNITY.

Black queer culture has shaped fashion, music, dance, language, nightlife, art, and popular culture far beyond the communities that created it.

Moulin Noir believes cultural preservation must also include economic participation.

We are building pathways for artists and cultural workers to develop their craft, create original work, build professional experience, access paid opportunities, and participate in the economies their creativity helps generate.

CREATE CULTURE. DEVELOP TALENT. PAY ARTISTS. BUILD LEGACY.

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Meet the haus of moulin noir

  • moonlight

    Founder. Artist. Cultural organizer. Abolitionist. Institution builder. Overall Mother.

    Moonlight Moulin Noir brings more than two decades of community leadership together with art, Ballroom, organizing, cultural strategy, and creative liberation. Book Moon for keynotes, workshops, panels, facilitation, inclusive safety procedures, standard operating prconsulting, poetry, spoken word, cultural conversations, oocedures, rganizational framework development, facilitation, community accountability, mediation, policy education and revision, and custom learning experiences that move audiences beyond simply talking about change toward imagining and building what comes next.

  • Mel

    Overall Father

  • Korea

    Culinary Artist • Ballroom Leader • Commentator • Speaker • Community Leader • KC Chapter Mother

    Korea Moulin Noir brings food, Ballroom, trans leadership, and community together. As Kansas City Chapter Mother Korea is a multidisciplinary cultural leader. Korea can be booked for national event planning and production, culinary experiences and catering, cooking demonstrations, Ballroom commentary and hosting, trans-centered panels and conversations, conference speaking, drag and pageantry programming, cohort facilitation, community leadership discussions, and cultural programming.

  • Trixxie Couture

    Overall Grandmother

    BQUIP

  • Jojo

    KC Chapter Prince

    Performance

  • Rogue

    KC Chapter Princexx

    GNC Runway, Old Way, Photography, Art

  • Luna

    Chapter Admin

    BQUIP, Runway

  • Neji

    Marketing

    Drags Runway

  • Papi

    Photography, Videography

    Realness

  • AMMARAAh

    Bookkeeper

    Body

  • Disco

    DJ, New Way

  • Smiles

    DJ

  • Chippy

    Performance, BQUIP

  • Reign

    Vogue Femme Performance

  • KaLani

    Face, BQ Runway

  • Princess

    Runway, Body, Sex Siren

  • Queen

    Face, Runway

  • Oshun

    Face, Performance

  • Sade

    Runway, Sex Siren

  • Honey

    Body, Sex Siren

  • Lyriq

    Commentator, Body

  • Josie

    Hands Performance

  • Mystique

    Runway, Realness

  • Aphrodite

    Sex Siren

  • Anubis

    GNC Face, Best Dressed

  • Osiris

    Realness

  • Isis

    Face, Performance

  • Aura

    Face

  • Domo

  • Shabazz

    Realness, Runway

  • Shea

    Runway, Face

  • Aleis

    Burlesque

  • Onyx

    Bizarre

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