This is Ballroom

The performance art of Ballroom and the art of shade are alive and kicking in this sonically sensational and visually stunning treat from queer Brazilian filmmaker duo Juru and Vitã. This is an insiders’ gaze into unique blends of voguing culture, from Batekoo Dance and Favela Funk Ball styles, integrating indigenous styles of dance into the local Ballroom spaces to give it a trans-American flavour. Identity is everything in this intimate and glorious record of the diverse bodies of the Houses of Alafia, Bushidö, Blyndex and more. It’s an immersive vision of the Kiki houses of Rio de Janeiro, as members challenge each other on the floor in dance, beauty and performance categories, blended with discussions on race and gender in a celebration of Black and Brown queer community. Rio is definitely on fire here, pulsating with the portraits of the lives of queer Brazil.