Vogue: a highly stylized form of modern dance, characterized by photo model-like poses from Vogue magazine, integrated with angular, linear and rigid arm, leg and body movements.
It is said that voguing was born in the 1930s, at the Harlem ballroom scene. Back then, it was called "performance": dancers started recreating poses from models and movie stars and translated it into dance. The movements were a combination of lines, symmetry, precision, grace and fluidity. Modern Dance meeting Fashion and Cinema.
This dance movement evolved along the century, in the gay club/ballroom scene. It became part of gay subculture, keeping its boundaries underground.
It would stay this way until 1989, the year when Malcolm McLaren released "Waltz Darling", a funk / disco / voguing inspired album. The video for the 3rd single, "Deep In Vogue", finally brought voguing to the surface.
Later that year, another artist would be inspired by it. Voguing would soon become a worldwide phenomenon.
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