Ballroom 101 - Panel, Workshops, Vogue-Night

Name: Ballroom 101 - Panel, Workshops, Vogue-Night
Start: 2025-09-20T14:00:00+02:00
Location: Bonn - Bundeskunsthalle

Schedule

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bonn - Bundeskunsthalle | Bonn, NW

BALLROOM 101
21 + 22 September @ Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (NRW) - Germany
To mark the end of the Susan Sontag exhibition, the House of St. Laurent, in cooperation with Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and local and international figures from the ballroom scene, is hosting a multifaceted weekend dedicated to ballroom culture.
The aim is to strengthen the ballroom communities in North Rhine-Westphalia and at the same time to provide the city of Bonn with a sound introduction to and a first point of contact with ballroom culture.
A particular concern is to increase the visibility of ballroom culture, create low-threshold entry points and celebrate the diversity of queer forms of expression. This weekend programme also serves as a platform for exchange between the local and international ballroom scenes.
Line Up includes:
Legendary Zoe ( Düsseldorf)
Amin St. Laurent (Belgien)
Seven Garcon (Holland)
Purple Sugar ( Mannheim)
Essi Revlon (Cologne)
Zanubia (Cologne)
Black Pearl (Berlin)
All activities are free of charge, but require prior registration at [email protected]
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th
Ballroom 101 Panel Talk: Building Community - 2 to 4 pm
Introduction to the emergence and establishment of local ballroom communities. Followed by a discussion on the similarities, differences, successes and challenges of the scenes. The invited panellists are leading figures in their respective local communities.
Host: Legendary Zoe
Guests: Amin St. Laurent (Belgium), Seven Garcon (Holland), Purple Sugar ( Mannheim), Essi Revlon (Cologne), Zanubia (Cologne)
Vogue Night + after Party - 6 to 11 pm
Vogue Night – a celebration of ballroom culture and its forms of expression with an international jury. Participants from the local ballroom community compete against each other in six different categories for the Grand Prize. Afterwards, the event transitions into a clubbing atmosphere with DJ Seven Garcon from the Netherlands – for an atmospheric end to the night.
Registration for vogue night here: https://forms.gle/cqiZx1wFhbBNuGt77

Categories 50€ cash price each
Runway OTA
Classic Performance (Old Way/New Way)
Vogue Fem OTA
Everyday Realness (FQ/TM)
Beginners' Performance OTA
Beginners Runway OTA
Face OTA

Judges:
Legendary Zoe
Amin St. Laurent
Essi Revoln
DJ : Seven Garcon
MC: Auncle Bolingo
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Workshops from 11 am to 5 pm
Ballroom 101 - Beginner Workshops
These workshops are suitable for non-dancers and beginners. The workshops begin with a brief introduction to the respective category and its basic elements. These elements are then explored through technical exercises and drills, as well as conceptual freestyle exercises.
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Runway - Legendary Mother Leo St. Laurent
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Posing / New Way Elements - Litchi St. Laurent
The following Workshops are open to anyone with prior knowledge

1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Vogue Fem with Black Pearl
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Performance & Musicality - Seven Garcon
This workshop is open for all Performance categories ( Vogue Fem / Old Way / New Way) and will focus on the history and roots of performance as a category and musicality.