Arts

Western Canada’s first same-sex ballroom dancing competition

Event offers a comfortable enivronment for queer dancers to have fun

By Nathaniel Christopher • November 21, 2007 7:00 pm EDT

ON THE DANCEFLOOR: The Queer Dance Classic was organized by Not So Strictly Ballroom, a group that has been offering same-sex dance lessons since 1995. Credit: Nathaniel Christopher photo

Vancouver held its first same-sex ballroom dancing competition on Sat, Nov 17 — the Queer Dance Classic.

Check out last issue’s cover story: Waltzing to a different beat.

Xtra.ca videographer Nathaniel Christopher attended the Queer Dance Classic, check out the video below!

Read More About:
Culture, Arts, Vancouver

Keep Reading

Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Perez in Emilia Perez. Gascón wears black with colourful embroidery, has long hair, and a brown purse and delicate chain.
TV & Film

Trans cartel musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes maximalist aesthetic to the extreme

REVIEW: The film’s existence raises intriguing questions about appropriate subjects for the playful machinations of French auteurs
Dorothy Allison sits behind a microphone. She has long, light-coloured hair and wears glasses and a patterned button-up shirt.
Proud Lives

5 things to know about Dorothy Allison

The lesbian feminist writer passed on Nov. 6
Books

‘Solemates’ is a barefoot stroll through the history of our fetish for feet

Queer historian Adam Zmith’s newest book allows us to dip our toes into the past of a common, yet stigmatized, kink
Books

‘Masquerade’ offers a queer take on indulgence and ennui 

Mike Fu’s novel is a coming of age mystery set between New York and Shanghai