Voguing in China

Vogue! Ballroom culture has hit mainland China and Ba Zi is a member of a group celebrating dance and gender non-conformity.

Transcript

00:00What do you think is the most beautiful part of Logan?

00:06I think Logan's whole culture is the most beautiful culture created by the LGBT community.

00:15The culture teaches you that no matter what you are, you are beautiful.

00:21No matter if you are fat, thin, tall, short, or what you look like, you have a beautiful part that you can show off.

00:30Very cool, very self-confident, very beautiful.

00:43The word Vogue means fashion.

00:45And this is called performance.

00:47There is no fixed name.

00:48Later, after the 80s and 90s, it began to be called Vogue because of fashion.

00:52There are a lot of moves that imitate the poses of Vogue magazines and fashion magazines models.

01:01What do you think is the most beautiful part of Logan?

01:12In Vogue, there are a lot of gender identities.

01:19For example, there is a man who has no gender identity.

01:24This is called the Butch Queen.

01:26There is a man who has no gender identity.

01:29This is called the Van Queen.

01:33There is a woman performance.

01:37There is a drag queen.

01:41Some of these moves actually have a story.

01:44For example, there is a move like this.

01:47It's the Van Queen of the future.

01:51It's like showing off their smooth, not red-shouldered red pants.

01:55This move is actually showing off the side of your face.

02:15What do you think is the most important thing in Vogue?

02:21Everyone lives together and works hard for this family.

02:25Everyone is like a relationship that supports each other.

02:28What do you think is the most important thing in Vogue?

02:36What do you think is the most important thing in Vogue?

02:51What do you think is the most important thing in Vogue?

02:57I can actually divide into two sides.

03:00One is that everyone can accept it.

03:04The other is that I hope to be seen in a non-traditional gender framework.

03:10I have to reconcile with myself.

03:14The artistic aspect of dancing and singing may be a little bit out of the equation.

03:19But I can't face myself well in most ways.

03:23直到我遇到我的house,我的family的隊友們,然後遇到了文化,遇到了全世界,開始直面自己,然後有了更多的自信,更多的力量,真的是覺得活在世上是值得的,自己是這樣的,這個樣子是非常好,非常漂亮的。