Its trademark style of dance, “voguing,” was brought into the mainstream by Madonna. “When we realized the number of people who were in the street, the number of people who walked that ball and all that it meant to be there, to protest in this way, it was very symbolic.”īallroom, the underground LGBTQ subculture of dance and modeling competitions that reached its cultural peak in 1980s New York City, was made famous in the United States by the documentary Paris is Burningand more recently by television shows like Pose and Legendary. “It was a very beautiful moment,” Toledo said of the event. Theatron, which usually welcomes up to 7,000 people, is closed due to COVID-19, so the event was planned for El Muro, which is associated with the club. Instead, in collaboration with other houses, the community hosted an “Anti-Theatron Ball” on a street they blocked off outside El Muro restaurant.
