Vogue dance is a very stylized type of dance. It came out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. Later, in 1990, Madonna featured vogue dance in her music video, “Vogue.” Another inspiration for vogue dance is Vogue magazine. When they came up with so many abstract ways and angles of taking pictures, it appealed to their audience, which was mainly women and gay men.
The characterization of voguing is model-like poses with different leg, arm and body movements. These movements were usually angular, linear and rigid movements, which made them stand out more.
The name of vogue dance started as “production” then moved on to “performance” before settling on “vogue.” It grew from the ballrooms in Harlem by African-American and Latino-American dancers. Today, voguing is mainly practiced in larger cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Miami, Detroit, and Chicago.
Many inspirations for the “old” way of voguing (before 1990) came from Egyptian heiroglyphics. This gave voguing a more linear feel because it was mostly the formation of precise lines and symmetry.
After 1990, vogue changed into more rigid movements incorporated with the lines. New style vogue included “clicks” of the arms and legs, which gave voguing a new kind of dynamic.