New York ballroom community
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The New York ballroom community is an underground LGBTQ+ subculture centered on competitive dance, fashion, and performance “balls” that has profoundly influenced queer culture, music, and style worldwide.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New York City ballroom culture | 1 |
| New York City ballroom scene | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBTQ+ subculture
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ballroom scene ⓘ underground culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
HIV/AIDS activism
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harm reduction initiatives ⓘ youth outreach programs ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Black and Latinx queer cultural heritage
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LGBTQ+ visibility ⓘ |
| emergedFrom |
Black LGBTQ+ communities
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Latinx LGBTQ+ communities ⓘ |
| emergedIn | late 20th century ⓘ |
| hasCulturalFocus |
competitive balls
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dance ⓘ fashion ⓘ performance ⓘ |
| hasDemographicCore |
Black queer people
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Latinx queer people ⓘ gender-nonconforming people of color ⓘ transgender women of color ⓘ |
| hasEventType |
category-based competitions
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nighttime balls ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
dance culture
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drag performance ⓘ fashion industry ⓘ global queer culture ⓘ mainstream LGBTQ+ aesthetics ⓘ pop music ⓘ |
| hasKeyElement |
ball competitions
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houses ⓘ runway categories ⓘ vogue dance ⓘ |
| hasMediaRepresentation |
TV series "Pose"
NERFINISHED
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documentary "Paris Is Burning" NERFINISHED ⓘ reality competition shows influenced by ballroom ⓘ |
| hasPerformanceStyle |
new way vogue
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old way vogue ⓘ vogue femme ⓘ |
| hasSocialFunction |
chosen family formation
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creative expression ⓘ mutual aid ⓘ safe space for LGBTQ+ youth ⓘ |
| hasStructure | houses led by house parents ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| usesTerminology |
iconic
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legendary ⓘ reading ⓘ realness ⓘ shade ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New York City ballroom scene
this entity surface form:
New York City ballroom culture