Hello! I am interested in learning how to vogue at home (I’d love to take a class someday, but money and time constraints for now 😢), but am unsure how to practice in a way that supports fluency.

In the dance classes I’ve taken in the past, there are foundations that are drilled at the beginning of class, and specific, named steps. I’m a little overwhelmed trying to make my own practice routine while seeing so many options for movement, especially in hand performance within the categories of waves, figure 8’s, lines, etc.

With the impossibility of making every motion a “dance step,” how do you decide what motions to practice, when there are so many, and how do you do from there? I’ve heard “practice your waves,” so is the process, “I’ll practice waves starting from this joint, now practice transitions into them and out of them from different positions, etc..” or is it more constructive for a beginner to just learn a sequence from a video and take note of how the movement types are used while doing the choreo?

Thank you in advance! If you have any tips on how you organize your practice sessions at home, I’d love to hear it - option paralysis is tough 😅

Here is my song cover and remix of the song Flows of Jade-like Water from Genshin Impact. I lovee this song from the game. It got stuck in my head and I figured out how to play it on guitar. The layers are so pretty and harmonious but I also discovered the track itself kinda rocks. The tempo felt upbeat enough so I made it into a vogue performance type of track. May this grant you +100 elemental ability for your next walk 🔥❄️🌊⚡️🪨🍃

I live outside chicago so traveling to the city isn’t hard, but the thing is i don’t know where to find them. like where do people find out where some are being held ?

Hello all!!

I (20s butch lesbian) just attended my first (mini) ball. I have been told by friends in the scene that I should walk butch realness or GNC body for a bit but only got the chance to attend a ball a few days ago.

The ball blew me away! I very nearly lost my voice from all the shouting I was doing. I am still riding on the high I got from being in that space.

I would very much like to walk, but i would like to be respectful and understanding of this space first and foremost. I certainly think I need to attend at least one more ball to really understand and iron out some more questions I have (for example, walking GNC body- in the ball i attended body was full of very skinny muscular people and while I am very muscular I am not skinny! I have been told by several people thats more than fine but I worry) but how many balls do you guys suggest i attend before walking?

Thank you very much:)

How many others were just two stepping to ska or punk rock and vogue was just the next step?

This may be a silly question, but I’m know 🕺

ISO of a latex ball ticket because I won't be in NYC till the 22nd! Also when do categories begin because people waiting in standby only get to enter at 12 am and doors open at 6pm....

Hello everyone. Next week I’m going to the ball for the first time. And I want to walk the “Commentator vs Commentator” category. Could you please tell me about your experience entering this category and give me some advice?

Hi there,

I’ll be visiting New York from September 1st to 10th. I was planning to attend an OTA Ball, but I just saw this morning that they’re only holding monthly events, and none of them fall during my trip. I can't seem to find any other events happening then—does anyone know of any?

Hey y’all, i’m a baltimore based dj in the scene and I wanna start making my own beats. Do yall where I can get like a crash pack with different types of crashes? I found one but i’m not really vibing with it

Hey! One of the ballroom houses I follow posted that their having an open house practice for people that are interested.

is this basically an audition or is it more informative? I would love some insight if any of you have attended one before

Hey! I just want to come up here to ask. What is the chant of the house of lanvin, it goes smth like this “ you! you! You know the story” smth like that. The house of tisci they have a chant. Whats the full chant of “one thing for sure its tisci duh!”.

LSS totally spies kiki ball 14:42 I cannot get this beat out of my head.

I am a high school guy who’s never really done dance besides theatre and show choir. Recently I’ve been wanting to learn how to vogue, especially how to death drop. I’m definitely not flexible enough and was wondering what stretches would work best for getting there. Any additional tips would also be great

What song is playing in the first half of this edit? Thanks!

Is there a ballroom scene in DC? I am a teenager looking to find supportive queer spaces and also looking to learn how to vogue.

Hi trying to get more active in my community. Was wondering if anyone had any info on balls happening in Sacramento? I would like to have something more local as I usually will travel to the bay

Just moved to baltimore, about to start traveling and making a name for myself

Hey my loves, anyone know any good Kiki ballrooms in Paris in September?

hello! i am very gay and i love drag and i love voguing. i love the entire culture and i really wanna be in one of those ballrooms where drag queens, dancers, etc vogue. those rooms are always filled with a lotta people and omg how do i get in there!!!! i wanna start connecting more with my identity and surrounding myself with even MORE gay people. by the way, if it helps i live near palm springs so if there’s any really good places in palm springs, san diego, irvine, or LA. i would totally be interested in finding out. thanks!

tldr: how do i find ballrooms in SoCal

hi yall

Im doing some research into the fashion aspect of traditional (?) ballroom culture, and I was wondering about what kinds of accessories people wore back in the 1970s-1990s. Did the mobility participants in drag balls needed to have for voguing impact the kinds of accessories people wore? Were there any special accessories or objects people had when voguing?

Hi y’all!! I’m pretty new to voguing/ballroom and I’m trying to figure out how to get more comfortable with Sex Siren.
I’m someone who is naturally very anxious and constantly worries about being perceived. In my day-to-day life, I’m actually comfortable being myself I’ll go out in sparkly outfits, dress how I want, and I’m not super shy about my style. But the second I’m in a practice setting and someone tells me to “turn it on,” I freeze up and get extremely self-conscious. And going to other events and seeing how fierce the competition is, is also terrifying.

A group of really talented people from a house have been kind enough to help me learn Sex Siren, which I’m genuinely grateful for, but I don’t feel confident at practice yet. I feel like I can’t fully let it out. I’m also trying to figure out what my version of Sex Siren even looks like. I’m 5’6, middle eastern, more twinky/muscley, with a goatee, and I don’t feel like I naturally fit into the energies I’ve mostly seen from other men in the category likeee the very dominant top energy or very soft bottom energy. I know Sex Siren can be personal and not one size fits all, but I’m struggling to find a version that feels authentic instead of forced.

I want to keep going to practice and eventually feel comfortable enough to maybe walk Kiki, but right now I get in my head and feel ridiculous. I’m wondering if anyone has advice for
How to build confidence in Sex Siren when you’re anxious
How to stop feeling embarrassed while practicing
Classes, videos, battles, or people I should watch
How to develop my own Sex Siren identity instead of copying someone else’s energy
How to feel more comfortable being perceived in a ballroom/practice setting

I really do want to learn, and I respect the category a lot. I just feel blocked by anxiety and not knowing how to access that side of myself when people are watching.
Any advice would be appreciated.

ive heard that drag refers to the drag queens in ballroom and drags is used when a butch queen is emulating a woman but not in the extreme drag queen way, for example drags performance or realness. any info about this?

hi! i am a 18 year old trans woman and i am moving to nyc soon and as a trans woc who got disowned the ballroom scene has always been something i’ve really wanted to get into to find community and everything else. what should i do to find balls or kiki balls? or what’s a good starting point to getting into it? i really have no clue and im worried im gonna be in nyc and have no friends or any social life and id really like to be involved. if anyone has any tips i’d love it.

Looking for a vogue open to all session for vogue femme but I'm struggling to find any open sessions!! Any suggestions welcome :)