On the way to the ball: FREE Vogue Workshops!
In preparation for the Eternal Echoes II: The Kiki Ball, we are excited to announce a series of FREE workshops so that you can compete and get your 10s!!! These workshops are open to everyone, including those who do not plan on competing in the ball, and instead just want to learn more about Balls, Vogue, and Runway!
Each week focuses on one of three disciplines — Vogue Femme with Sir JoQ, Old Way Vogue with Birthday 007, and Runway: Walk, Strut & Pose with Averaii Chanel — with participants leaving the six-week series with a stronger understanding of Ballroom movement, confidence, performance, musicality, fashion, and the history/spirit behind the categories they may encounter at the Kiki Ball.
Presented by Sir JoQ and Dance Mission Theater’s Liberation Academy, workshops are Mondays Sept 14-Oct 19, 8-9:30pm at Dance Mission Theater.
Reserve your spot here.
Monday, Sept 14 – Vogue Femme with Sir JoQ
Monday, September 21 — Old Way Vogue with Birthday 007
Monday, September 28 — Runway – Walk, Strut, and Pose with Averaii Chanel
Monday, Oct 3 – Vogue Femme with Sir JoQ
Monday, October 12 — Old Way Vogue with Birthday 007
Monday, October 19 — Runway – Walk, Strut, and Pose with Averaii Chanel
Birthday 007 practices Old Way Vogue, a dance style pioneered by Black and brown LGBTQ+ communities. They are also deeply involved in community work, volunteering with QTViệtCafe, a cultural healing hub that connects Queer-Trans Việt people through ancestral foodways, arts, and intergenerational relationships. Additionally, they support VietUnity, an organization dedicated to preventing deportation of formerly incarcerated individuals.
Averaii Chanel is a prominent figure and vogue competitor within the ballroom community, representing the West Coast Bay Area Chapter of the House of Chanel The House of Chanel is a legendary, pioneering ballroom house originally founded in 1976. It has a deep cultural history of competing in categories like vogue performance, runway, and fashion, spanning multiple chapters across the globe.
Sir JoQ is a dancer, choreographer, and MC born and raised in San Francisco. He is the first Vogue dance class instructor of San Francisco and has been teaching his Vogue & Tone classes since 2010. He was voted “Best Dance Instructor” of 2014 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Vogue & Tone was also featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED Arts, & MTV’s hit show, The Real World. “
These workshops are made possible with support from HRC, SFAC, and ACTA.
