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Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. [1] It is inspired by the poses of models in fashion magazines .
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This type of dance was combined with pantomime and modeling poses by the flamboyant dances of Las Vegas showgirls. [5] [6] Inspired by the dance, she decided to call the song "Vogue", which surprised Pettibone, as the dance was already "semi-passé" at that point in the underground scene. [3]
Leiomy Maldonado (born April 28, 1987 [1]), known as the "Wonder Woman of Vogue", is a transgender Puerto Rican [2] dancer, instructor, model, [3] activist, [4] and ballroom dancer. [5] She is the founder of the House of Amazon [ 6 ] and best known for her voguing .
Madonna's 1990 hit single "Vogue" was based on the dance style developed in the ball scene. For the video [7] [8] and subsequent Blond Ambition world tour, Madonna worked with Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza and Luis Camacho Xtravaganza. Madonna's "Vogue" would go to #1 in thirty countries and was the best selling single of 1990.
Madonna's 1990 hit single "Vogue" was based on the dance style developed in the ball scene. For the video and subsequent Blonde Ambition world tour, Madonna recruited two voguers from the House of Xtravaganza; Jose Gutierez and Luis Camacho. Madonna's "Vogue" went to #1 in 30 countries and was the best-selling single of 1990.
Vogue" closes out the album and is musically different from the rest of the tracks. It is a dance number consisting of a "throbbing beat" and lyrically has a theme of escapism. [25] The song talks about Vogueing, a dance form which reproduced poses from high-fashion modelling.
The terms "punk", "pose", and "whack" became their way of loosely explaining the dance to outsiders who were interested in the dance they were developing. Throughout the early development of the style, it is suspected to originate from posing, which was simply freezing in a pose to the music from the early 1970s. [2]