The floor is yours! On 23 December 2026, House of Vineyard and House of Confetti bring the very first ballroom function in Limburg. Leading up to it: five workshop evenings to dive into the practice of ballroom, sharpen your tools in performance and taking up space. Ready? Step onto the floor and join us at the SHOWDOWN. Get your tickets via the 'order' button on this page. History of ballroom “Ballroom is a place where fashion, performance and activism meet. It is a form of protest and resistance, and a radical celebration of our existence and our right to claim occupy space.” Ballroom was created for and by Black and Latinx trans women and queer people in the 1960s in Harlem, New York City. They opposed the established, often racist pageants by holding balls for, with, and by LGBTQIA+ people of color. During a ball, participants compete in various categories, including runway, realness, and performance. The categories are codes: realness is about surviving the code of power, runway is about claiming space. Many people active in the ballroom scene are members of a ‘house’. Houses represent a group of people who have chosen each other as ‘family’, providing a safe home where there is space for every individual. The Dutch Ballroom Scene The culture traveled and reached the Netherlands, where the Dutch Ballroom Scene (DBS) began in 2013, when Amber organised the first ball in Rotterdam and founded The Living Room a year later.
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The Living Room Workshops, By House of Vineyard + House of Confetti vindt plaats op dinsdag 22 december 2026 om 19:00.
The Living Room Workshops, By House of Vineyard + House of Confetti vindt plaats bij Maaspoort, Oude Markt 30, Venlo.
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