Connek Workshops
Connek workshops are a series of free skill sharing classes to harness education/ skill sharing for queer folk in Jamaican, NYC and worldwide.
For our 3rd workshop we worked in collaboration with Bodyhack and Black Trans Travel Fund to host a vogue class in NYC at Nowadays!
A Vogue Class facilitated by @inti.laprince open to all trans BIPOC TO THE FRONT the class was bilingual (english/spanish).
Alas Migrantes is a project by @inti.laprince holding space for immigrant communities in Ballroom alongside @hausofluar
This class is hosted by @hausofluar and facilitated with assistance from @mermiedbuons and @felixisting
We were honored to work with Canadian Mother Supreme Von Dutch for our 2nd workshop to be hosted online in preparation for our Doll Ball 4! The workshop was open to the public!
Canadian Mother Von Dutch taught the key elements that define, but also elevate a walkers performance in the category of “face” in ballroom. She explained the importance of creating a moment for your audience to indulge in alongside you as a walker.
Thank you Mother Supreme Von Dutch for believing in the growing #jamaicanballroomscene and building this connection with us.
For our last workshop we hosted legends from the NYC ballroom scene, Iman Hill and Fatoumata brought down by Black Trans Travel Fund to stand in for Leggoh Johvera. The dolls were flown down to Kingston to teach queer Jamaicans what they know about ballroom culture in our “Ballroom 101” class and got the attendees ready to compete the next day for Doll Ball 3!
Interested in helping this program grow? Contact us at Info@connekja.com and stay tuned for more workshops soon!