Voguing Beginners - Intensive Week

Voguing Beginners – Intensive Workshops with House of Saint Laurent

The main focus of this summer intensive workshop week is to provide knowledge and understanding of the complex foundations of Ballroom culture and Voguing as well as to provide a safe space to have fun, using different ballroom tools to express yourself and feel empowered. Each day of the workshop week a different member of the House of Melody will be teaching  a workshop focusing on different Styles, Categories and Concepts.

Exploring elements such as Posing, Hands performance, Arm control, Duckwalks, Spins & Dips, Catwalks and Floor Performance using  basic technique drills, small choreographies and conceptual freestyle exercises.

Vogue Fem

New Way

Old Way

Runway

*Workshops are open for Beginners – no prior dance or voguing experience required

*Feel free to bring to bring your heels for runway or vogue fem

*it is possible to book individual workshops of your interest

WHAT IS BALLROOM?

Ballroom culture dates all the way back to the 1920s New York. It has its roots in the black and latinx drag and trans community. It was created as a safe space to empower these communities. Earlier balls were performances and  competitions where gender was impersonated. In the 70s and  80s supermodels and designers served as inspiration, thus leading to the creation of ‘Voguing’ and the establishment of the ‘Ballroom scene’.

Vogue and Ballroom serve as a survival mechanism and a place for self-empowerment. The trauma and discrimination that we face due to race, gender, sexual preference and sexual identity; renders Ballroom and Vogue an essential platform where self-expression, personal identity are encouraged, celebrated and protected.

The complex structures of Houses and Balls serve as a safe and open space for fluid, self-expression and self-discovery, whether it is through dance, fashion or just through the safety of the community.