Dawn Xiana Moon

Dawn Xiana Moon (born August 27, 1983, Singapore) is a Chinese American singer-songwriter and bellydancer based in Chicago, Illinois. She is the first musician to blend traditional Chinese music with Americana, pop, and jazz. Moon is also the founder and producer/director of Raks Geek, the first bellydance and fire company of its kind.

She appeared on Season 14 of Britain's Got Talent.

She is listed as a musician in the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife

Early life Born in Singapore, Moon began studying classical piano at the age 5, the same year her family moved to the United States. Though she was born in Asia, English is her first language. She grew up in Michigan, just outside of Detroit. Throughout high school, she earned recognition at regional competitions for piano, flute and voice. But it wasn't until her first year at the University of Michigan that she left classical music and started playing the guitar. Two months later, she began writing songs.

Music Moon's musical style draws influences ranging from traditional Chinese music to modern American folk, from jazz to pop, from minimalism to Americana; she strives to bridge the musical traditions of the East and West. which sees the music as bringing cultural traditions into the future.

She sang the National Anthem for the Chicago Bulls in February 2022.

Dance Moon's early dance training came from lindy hop and blues; she fell into tribal fusion bellydance almost by accident. Moon formed the Raks Geek dance company after a late-night internet search for "geek bellydance"; she was disappointed by the artistic and technical proficiency of examples she found. As she was already a professional dancer, she decided to do the topic justice by creating a show by geeks, for geeks (Moon has given talks at C2E2, the University of Chicago, and Chicago Comic Con on issues surrounding women in geek culture, and other members of the group are scientists and organize Chicago geek community gatherings).

She appeared on Season 14 of Britain's Got Talent as a bellydancing Chewbacca.

Although Moon was born in Singapore, she is a naturalized US citizen. The Learned Fangirl, and more. One of her essays appears in Invisible 3, an anthology about representation in science fiction and fantasy.