Ghe20 G0th1k
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Ghe20 G0th1k is a social experiment in NYC turning into booty brawl. Voguing is a respected art here, and it’s not exclusive to the gays. While scene queens and party divas strut about, everyone is welcome to share the dark dance floor. Don’t expect to be coddled though: The patrons of this mostly queer party have absolutely no qualms about testing your abilities. Here, you earn your way to the middle of the dance floor through friendly dance-offs that prove you too can keep up with the fast-paced drums that provide the foundation for the club-meets-goth fete. When we walked in around 12:30 a.m., resident DJ Venus X was on the decks, dancing along to a quickly mixed set of Baltimore Club, R-Kelly (what? yes!), Bollywood remixes, and sissy bounce, akin to what Girl Talk would do if he had a taste for bass. “It’s a democratic approach to music that’s inherently queer,” Venus explains later. “It was initially dark wave and juke, and started to expand from there. We try to stay away from obvious American music and instead do a lot of black house, Middle Eastern music, stuff like that.” —> An extract of Puja Patel’s review on blogs.villagevoice.com
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