Lecture and workshop organized by Mariana Jurado Rico and Eloy Cruz del Prado with the support of Student Council.
House of Tupamaras is an interdisciplinary collective dedicated to the practice, circulation, and management of ballroom culture in Colombia. They create safe spaces to gather in order to develop the freedoom of the body and gender. Taking elements from dance, performance and the visual arts, they develop scenic pieces that question the differences or similarities between contemporary art and the show, we travel through conventional settings and not usual spaces in the circulation of the living arts.
At House of Tupamaras they explore what is generally cataloged as “Mariconeo and Pluma”, gestures and movements stigmatized and excluded in public places, that is why they are interested in nightlife and partying as a place for building knowledge and meeting between different groups. They generate nightly meetings between the LGBTIQ community and the local context. They build safe and inclusive dance floors based on mutual respect.
They offer professional training spaces and practices open to all audiences, based on technical elements offered by Voguing, and histrionic elements of merengue (popular dances in the 80s and 90s in different contexts).
Typhoon Angels (Prodigy) is one of the most renowned ballroom figures in Europe and (Partly) Russia. Typhoon is the founding member of the International Kiki House of Angels (2015), Typhoon has been making an impact in the international ballroom scene since his debut in 2014, teaching workshops, lectures, participating, judging, hosting and organizing events across Europe.
In 2017 Typhoon founded his company Typhoon Angels and made it his profession. Typhoon Angels has been instrumental in the advancement of opportunities for the local LGBTQ+ community, through Ballroom related projects, entertainment, charity initiatives etc. Typhoon Angels is head-character in the documentary Father Figure.