Vogue-Chi
Vogue-Chi is a dynamic, self-affirming, meditative movement practice incorporating principles of both Tai-Chi and Vogue/Ballroom – a spectrum of dance styles and theatrical formats inspired by fashion, consolidated during the 80's in New York by Black and Latinx LGBT people –. Vogue-Chi uses cat walking, voguing vocabulary, learning how to use energy via word reclamation, bending of social performativities, among other tools historically developed by queer people to engage positively in life and overcome institutionalized oppression, invisibilization and abuse. Vogue-Chi was initially developed with/for people 50+ y/o, but rapidly became OPEN FOR ALL. Vogue-Chi is a multigenerational queer and allies safe space for self-expression and coming together. No previous experience is required.
Saturday
17:00-19:00
Carlos Maria
Carlos Maria Romero a.k.a. Atabey is a multidisciplinary artist and performer with a background in dance and live art working in the fields of performing and visual arts, heritage and architectural activism, pedagogy and curating. Maria Romero is the third member of SPIT! (Sodomites, Inverts, Perverts Together!) with whom they wrote in 2017 a series of queer manifestos responding to contemporary pressing issues of sexual and gender oppression (We The Enemy… , The Anti-Assimilation Manifesto, Faggot Manifesto, PrEP Manifesto and The Separatist Manifesto), and since then they have been presented and disseminated in Europe and the Americas. In 2016 Atabey created Vogue-Chi with artist/dancer Ted Roger, and nowadays provided it through Micro Rainbow International to LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees in London.
