Sunny Haelstorm

they/them

Sunny Haelstorm is a performing & teaching artist, model, producer, emcee and energy healer born and based in Chicago. Decades of professional training and performance in classical dance, along with Sunny's prior experience dancing in gentleman's clubs, strongly shape their artistic voice to create interactive sensory experiences through burlesque, drag and silk dance performances. Sunny confidently commands the stage with an air of mischievous whimsy and an enchanting movement language that lures spectators into their magnetizing orbit.

Haelstorm has been featured in numerous notable productions throughout their performance career including: Jeezy's Juke Joint 2019, IABD International Festival of Black Dance 2019 (as Joel Hall Dancers company ensemble), Burlypicks IL Regionals 2020 ("Best Overall" and "Master of Bump N Grind") and Juneteenth Jumpoff 2025 along with live appearances on ABC 7, NBC and WGN news. Through their entertainment company, Glowlight Cabaret, Sunny strives to create opportunities for Black art to be celebrated and for queer artists of color to shine.