Waacking Workshop with Cypher Culture

Waacking Workshop with Cypher Culture

Waacking/Whacking is a dance style that originated in the 1970s in LA underground disco clubs amongst the Hispanic & African-American queer communities. It is a dance style that is heavily influenced by the characters from Hollywood movies, cartoons and black-and-white films. Being a performative dance style, it highlights musicality, particularly in disco music, where the dancers use their arms and bodies to create movements to ‘show’ you the layers in the music. In 50+ years, the dance style has transformed and evolved into how it is today and the various possibilities of what it can be in the future.

This workshop is open to dancers of all levels! Come join the cool club by registering for this workshop. 

When:

Tuesday 15th April 4:30pm - 6:00pm 

Where:

Rehearsal Room, Level 3 Arts and Cultural Building (Bldg 159) Parkville, Australia

Meet your teacher: Caro 

Caro is a Naarm-based dance artist, producer, teacher, and choreographer of Chinese-Malaysian heritage. With over a decade of classical dance training, she now specialises in Waacking and is a proud member of Burn City Waack – Australia’s largest Waacking community. Her practice is deeply influenced by her lifelong connection to street dance, which began during her time as a university student and leader of a dance society. During this time, Caro has explored other street dance genres such as House, Krump, Hip-hop, and most recently - Vogue Femme & Popping. Caro’s work spans producing events, teaching, choreographing, and leading in various capacities. Over the years, she has immersed herself in diverse street dance cultures and forms, engaging with a wide range of communities. Since 2021, Caro has been the Community Producer at Dancehouse.

Recent achievements include

Winner of Ocean2Sky Choreography Competition, 2024 Runner Up for Popping Nation VIC Round 1, 2023

Judge for RMIT Funkadelics ‘The First Cycle, 2024

Greenroom nominated choreography for ‘Guys & Dolls’, 2023

Winner of Blue Flame Kiki Night ‘Virgin Performance’, 2024

Runner-up of Waacking Inferno 2v2, 2024