Vogue Fem

Vogue Fem Ballroom Open Level Class

by Joshua Taliani x House of Alexander

Presented by Metro Arts

Dates

28 May 2024

Venue

The Studios

Duration

Approximately 60 minutes.

Tuesday 28 May 2024, 7:00pm

Age Suitability

Strictly ages 18+ only.

Warnings

Coarse Language, Please note, a strict lockout applies, latecomers cannot be accommodated.

Ticket Fees

Booking Fee of up to $3.90 per transaction applies.

About

Explore the world of Ballroom's most hyped category, Vogue Fem. Led by the trailblazing father of House of Alexander, Joshua Taliani, discover the elements of Vogue Fem while being guided towards revealing your authentic essence within a supportive and secure setting. Throughout the class, students learn to express their femininity and embrace what it means to feel pussy.

Presented as part of DANCE24, an experimental dance festival from 22 May - 1 June.

Want to make a night of it? Join us for another class beforehand, Dancehall with Nadiah Nfuzion from Rhythm and Roots Movement. Find out more and book your tickets here.

Accessibility Note

Please note, this will be a high energy dance class with approximately 70% physical movement. It is suitable for dancers at a beginner level but who have attended dance classes before. Contact us if you have any questions.

Metro Arts' Studios are wheelchair accessible. For tickets for patrons in a wheelchair, with accessibility needs and/or Companion Card holders, please call Metro Arts on 07 3002 7100 Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm to enquire or make your booking.

COVID-19 Precautions

We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts will continue to follow the latest Qld Government's COVID-19 advice and requirements to keep our patrons, staff and artists safe. Please review our Terms and Conditions, in addition to Ferve's Terms and Conditions prior to purchasing tickets.

While masks are currently not mandated, they are still encouraged where socially distancing is not possible. Complimentary face masks are available at the Box Office. Find out more. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts and contact us at your earliest convenience.

If you have any questions, please contact Metro Arts.

Joshua Taliani is a 28 year old Aboriginal/Italian man who hails the Bidjara and Kullali people of central west Queensland. As an established choreographer and dancer, he has trained under many different artists in multiple genres in performing arts, from classical to Street Dance. Joshua’s performance experience consists of representing Australia in the World Hip-Hop Championships multiple times as well as various other competitions in the US with dance company, Academy Of Brothers.

He has also appeared on Australia’s Got Talent with his dance crew which placed in the top three leading to big stage performance opportunities and music videos with well-known Australian artists. Joshua is now focusing on building upon the queer dance scene specifically within the queer POC in the wider Brisbane community being the Father of the leading Vogue house in Brisbane – ‘House of Alexander.

Through the art of the ballroom scene, vogueing and raising awareness of this platform for queer people of colour, Joshua sets to inspire and mentor people of his community to feel worthy in themselves as well as create spaces and art work as well as functions/events to merge a stronger growth within our queer POC community from first nations to all round.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Presented by Metro Arts as part of Dance24 Festival.

Dance24 is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Dance24 is presented in partnership with Ausdance QLD, BlakDance, Mad Dance House, Studio1 and West Village | Sekisui House.