Princess Lockerooo is a whirling force with a singular focus: spreading the gospel of waacking. For more than a decade, the 34-year-old devotee of the retro club dance has performed in competitions ...

A definition from Wikipedia: Waack/Punk is a form of dance created in the LGBT clubs of Los Angeles during the 1970s disco era. This dance style was named punking because "punk" was a derogatory term ...

If by any chance you’re unfamiliar with “waacking,” there is no need to worry. You’ll have a pretty good idea of what it looks like once you’ve watched some of the clips on this article! Simply put, ...

When Vince Nguyen, MPH ’23, walks into the dance studio, he is no longer just a third-year Ph.D. student at Emory University working on his epidemiology dissertation. Instead, he becomes Vince “Venus” ...

Tyrone Proctor grew up in Philadelphia dancing with cousins in his aunt’s basement. “He had no rhythm, he tried to keep up,” said his sister, Debra Burnett. But after some tips from family and regular ...

"Waacking is a way of creating a character, telling stories, and reinventing yourself. When you're dancing, you're a princess." And so it was that dancer and choreographer Josépha Madoki crowned ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A few dedicated New Yorkers are masters of the 1970s club dance, which has become a social media sensation. By Ted Alcorn and Video by Mohamed Sadek ...