Development
The ballroom scene has evolved into a national underground dancesport with major balls being held in different regions. The major vogue city in the country has been and continues to be New York, but regional voguing "capitals" exist—Chicago and Detroit for the Midwest, Atlanta and Charlotte for the South, and Los Angeles for the West.
London has seen a dramatic rise in ballroom balls starting in the late 1990s. Initially the main aspect of the ballroom scene was not voguing but the runway categories dealing with fashion and design, and ballroom participants in London tend to be older members of the LGBT community, usually over the age of thirty. In the last ten years, there has been more awareness of voguing within the younger gay scene in London.
In 2006 the first Swedish dance company focusing on waacking and voguing was founded - P*fect. In 2010 P*fect became part of the house of Ninja today led by Benny Ninja. The same year P*fect danced and choreographed for Swedish artist Hanna Lindblad.
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