Vancity Waacking

March 2020

Vancity Waacking was What Lab’s first “Community in Residence”, using the studio as a temporary home to further their collective practice. They used the space to create dance pieces to perform and film, host “mini” battles, teach progressives, and help the waacking dance style flourish in our city.

Vancity Waacking is a dance community/group in Vancouver that continues to teach, perform, battle, and bring together the community to help it thrive and inspire others. The dance style was created in the gay clubs during the disco era by expressing themselves in a freestyle way.