Nyc ballroom scene

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fashion-and-film: Paris is Burning (1990)

Underground Ball Culture – Subcultures and Sociology

Voguing And The House Ballroom Scene Of New York City 1989-92 | The Quietus

MY HOUSE explores the eccentric, undeniably unique world of NYC voguers.

Ryan Murphy's *Pose* revives the ballroom scene of 1987, but Anja Matthes' photos show us how kiki ballroom culture lives now.

Voguing, a dance consisting of angular poses in time to music, was catapulted into the mainstream by Madonna in 1990. Photographer Chantal Regnault followed the predominantly African-American and Latin ballroom scene at its height, capturing the energy of balls where men competed against one another, and the 'houses' that took inspiration from fashion labels.

Just one way to celebrate the great work of the women behind the cameras.

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1988: Drag ball in Harlem, New York City in 1988.

Madonna, Tony Ward and Alek Keshishian at the Paris is Burning premiere in Los Angeles in 1991. Madonna with Willi Ninja.

As ballroom culture continues to garner mainstream visibility, we look at its rise in Latin America.

VOUGE

The quintessential documentary on the New York ballroom scene’s 1980s–1990s heyday transformed the culture, and its subjects. With a big screen re-release under way, director Jennie Livingston discusses its complicated legacy.

Vogue Ballroom ICON Miasha Forbes