Honey Balenciaga
American dancer
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Honey Balenciaga (also known as Honey Valentine Gonzales)[1][2] is an American dancer.[3][4] She was part of Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour and Cowboy Carter Tour.[5][6] She also competed on Legendary and appeared in the music video to Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" (2025).[7]
August 15, 2001
Honey Balenciaga | |
|---|---|
| Born | Honey Valentine Gonzales August 15, 2001 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Dancer, model, actress |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Known for | Renaissance World Tour, Cowboy Carter Tour, Legendary |
| Career | |
| Current group | House of Balenciaga |
| Former groups | House of LaBeija House of Juicy Couture |
| Dances | Vogue (Vogue Fem) jazz Contemporary tap ballet |
Early life
Career
Dance
Gonzales started dancing as a child, learning jazz, contemporary, tap, and ballet. She was later introduced to voguing. She was given the name 'Honey' by her trans-mother, who called her voguing "sweet like honey". She joined the House of LaBeija in 2017, then the Houses of Juicy Couture and Balenciaga.[8]
In 2020 and 2021, Gonzales appeared on the voguing competition TV show Legendary.[8]
In 2023, she was part of Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour, where she was a background dancer as well as representing the Vogue fem category on the ballroom battle segment of the show.[8]
In 2025, she joined Beyoncé again during her Cowboy Carter Tour as a background dancer, and she had a solo dance section during the Ballroom Dance Battle.[6] She appeared in Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" music video.[7] She also performed as a background dancer for Sabrina Carpenter at the VMAs.[9]
Modeling
She appeared in Coach and Nike ad campaigns.[10]
In 2024, She was part of Louboutin's 'Storytelling' campaign.[2]
In 2025, she modeled for Windowsen's collaboration with Nike in Shanghai.[11]
Acting
Gonzales guest starred on season 2 of the Netflix show Survival of the thickest.[12]