About this campaign
This project is the first ever full-length Waacking DanceTheater show in the Bay Area, presented as part of the Bridge Live Arts Community Engagement Residency. Waacking is a 1970s street dance style that was created by the queer community. Originally known as “punking,” a subversion of a derogatory term for gay men, this dance allowed queer folks to freely express themselves within the shelter of underground clubs at a time when it was not safe to do so in public. Characterized by rapid arm rolls, striking motions, and dramatic poses, the powerful and unrestrained aesthetic of waacking is directly linked to the liberatory origins of this dance.
Waacking Dance Theater is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts and Media (EIN: 94-3355076).