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.
The new docuseries about New York City’s voguing ballroom scene is a celebration of black and Latino LGBTQ culture.
In LGBTQ+ communities in cities like Amsterdam and Berlin, the Queer Black Diaspora thrives in an underground scene. A, perhaps, counter-intuitive idea for those familiar with the Netherlands’ history with LGBTQ+ rights, as it was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and thrive economically from nightlife, bathhouses, hotels, and other queer tourism attractions. Named […]
Finding love, confidence, and resilience in a youth-led community
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.
Photo by Chantal Regnault from VOGUING: Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92.
On Sunday night, the artist Rashaad Newsome transformed Live Stream Public, a performance warehouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn, into his own extravaganza, as he hosted his third annual King of Arms Art Ball sponsored by Absolut Art Bar series, meshing together his love of two worlds: art and ballroom voguing.
Leikeli47 and Cakes da Killa headline an extravagant vogue ball in Atlanta — where one of the last great American subcultures has been quietly thriving for decades.
The powerhouse voguing fixture and photographer is transforming the scene.
A beautiful and insightful new book from photographer Chantal Regnault, Voguing And The House Ballroom Scene Of New York City 1989-92 reveals New York’s ballroom and vogue scene of the late 80s and early 90s in all its fabulous glory. While both Madonna’s ‘Vogue’ and Jenny Livingstone’s more discerning film Paris Is Burning shone a […]
Ballroom es un espacio para lxs comunidades trans, no binarixs, drag, seropositivxs, negrxs y latinxs. Conoce algunas de las casas en México.
The new docuseries about New York City’s voguing ballroom scene is a celebration of black and Latino LGBTQ culture.
Recommendations for large-scale, picture-heavy, conversation-starting mega-books that are worth their price tags.
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.
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.
A short list of movies and books to help you learn more about the ballroom scene.
Emmy award-winning costume designer Lou Eyrich has designed costumes for precocious, extroverted high schoolers on Glee, a two-headed Sarah Paulson on American Horror Story: Freak Show and fashion royalty on the most recent season of American Crime…
The Netherlands is a very paradoxical country. It was the first place to legalise same-sex marriage, with Amsterdam being named one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities of the world. However, the Netherlands also has a complicated relationship with race. People of colour are poorly represented in the media, in politics, and in the arts. Black... Read more »
Ballroom and voguing were created as a source of entertainment, but also as a means of envisioning freedom while in a state of bondage
Ryan Murphy's *Pose* revives the ballroom scene of 1987, but Anja Matthes' photos show us how kiki ballroom culture lives now.
The Netherlands is a very paradoxical country. It was the first place to legalise same-sex marriage, with Amsterdam being named one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities of the world. However, the Netherlands also has a complicated relationship with race. People of colour are poorly represented in the media, in politics, and in the arts. Black... Read more »
Voguing is a form of dance that was created on the streets and drag balls of Harlem by a subculture of young mostly poor, gay, trans, black and/or Latino’s…
In his ongoing series, photographer Dustin Thierry charts the ‘emancipatory possibilities of expression’ in Ballroom culture across Europe
For a city with famously queer roots, the community is a space for young Italians to unite and express their individuality.
Ryan Murphy's *Pose* revives the ballroom scene of 1987, but Anja Matthes' photos show us how kiki ballroom culture lives now.
El IntransmisiBall fue el evento de clausura del Inspira Fest; a través de una competencia de casas locales el vogue y el baile se celebró...
If you binge-watch YouTube or spend hours scrolling through social media, pretty soon you’re going to stumble across something queer — like maybe the famous drag queen Jasmine Masters’s viral “And I Oop…” video. YouTubers and Tik Tok-ers are obsessed with queer slang – that’s the tea, sis! – and in turn, so are their...
In LGBTQ+ communities in cities like Amsterdam and Berlin, the Queer Black Diaspora thrives in an underground scene. A, perhaps, counter-intuitive idea for those familiar with the Netherlands’ history with LGBTQ+ rights, as it was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and thrive economically from nightlife, bathhouses, hotels, and other queer tourism attractions. Named […]
Finding love, confidence, and resilience in a youth-led community
Andy Thomas takes a look at the latest excellent coffee table book produced by Soul Jazz, this time on the House Ballroom scene of New York as documented by Chantal Regnault
FX's hit drama, Pose, gives fans an inside look at what living in and around New York City's 1980s and 90s ballroom scene was really like.
Unmissable viewing for June and beyond
Entretien avec la photographe Chantal Regnault.
