Tit Bit Ball VIII

Tit Bit Ball Vol. VIII - Südblock's very own TIT BIT BALL is back on 29th April 2016!!! RHYTHM NATION "With music by our side to break the color lines. Let's werrrk together!" Tit Bit Ball Workshops with Mounia Mizrahi (Paris), Vinii Revlon (Paris), Leo Melody (Berlin) 29th & 30th April! Südblock's very own TIT BIT BALL presented by BerlinVoguingOut takes you on a musical journey through more than 45 years. Music was our first love and the dance floor is our home - let's celebrate our growing community, let's embrace our diversity and become a unified Rhythm Nation! HOST/COMMENTATOR Mother Leo Melody Varinia Akua - aka Keys Melody DJ Lucy Liu Ninja (Berlin) & Kasey Riot (London) JUDGES Mounia Mizrahi (PARIS) Vinii Revlon ( PARIS) ORDER: 10 PM registration participants 11 PM doors open for all 11:30 PM Tit Bit Ball Opening Showcase House of Laconya LSS / Roll Call European Runway BQ / BQUID Waacking Toddler Old Way Toddler New Way Toddler Fem Best Dressed BREAK European Runway Women All American Runway Vogue to everything Vogue Fem FF / BQ � THEMES : SCHOOL BOY REALNESS - GOSSIP FOLKS At this badass school there are only two rules - 1. No talking smack about Missy Elliott and 2. Everybody dance now. Serve us the school boy realness in your High School uniform with a tracksuits twist like in Missy Elliott´s video Gossip Folks - represent your team and get real ! https://youtu.be/kYKI8tAELXY WAACKING - OTA DO IT LIKE SOUL TRAIN! Waacking became widely known through our favorite TV Show Soul Train. Tyrone The Bone Proctor, Jody Watley and many other soul train dancers have inspired generations of Waackers. Serve it like a Soul Train dancer from the 70ies, just don't trip over your flares! ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qf1MKUcvk0 1 Grand Prize TODDLER VOGUE - OTA The Toddler category is for vogue beginners who want to test the battle ground and either never walked a ball before or have walked a ball before but not won the toddler category yet. *TODDLER OLD WAY SERVE IT LIKE INDIA! Masters At Work have changed ballroom forever with The Ha (Dance). Their track "I can't get no sleep" from 1993 features the stunning India. Serve it like India in "I can get no sleep" - dapper, elegant and androgynous in a suit with suspenders and your fiercest tie. Cigars are not mandatory. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_RtlkLgMYo 1 Grand Prize *TODDLER NEW WAY DIN DAA DAA DOE DOE DOE BAH! When George Kranz released his drum solo hit "Trommeltanz" in 1983 he had no idea that Din Daa Daa will become one of the most sampled beats in ballroom. Last year at the BVO festival he finally got to see Voguers performing to his creation and it was great to witness how music inspires the performance and the other way around. Let's honor this very special Berliner and serve it inspired by one of his iconic looks from his video. Make sure to bring it 80ies style! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C_l450H5pQ 1 Grand Prize *TODDLER FEM LET A BITCH KNOW! Kiddy Smile aka Keehdi Mizrahi released this powerful song last summer and it is already an anthem on dance floors around the world. Serve it like Kiddy and the dancers in the gym, sporty and yet cunty in pink and black. Over-knees/heels are not mandatory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBfrSf2z6JI 1 Grand Prize EUROPEAN RUNWAY - WOMEN WORK IT LIKE RIHANNA! Whether you like Bad Girl Riri or nah - her lewks are stunning and no one can resist her mumbled anthem “Work”. Can you slay like a bad girl without twerking? Choose an iconic Rihanna look - whether from one of her videos or red carpet - and serve it unapologetic. Bring a photo (print-out or on your phone) from the original Riri look for the judges to get your 10s! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL1UzIK-flA 1 Grand Prize EUROPEAN RUNWAY - BQ and BQUID (Butch Queen Up In Drag) SPICE UP THE RUNWAY! Something that started as a well-planned marketing coup turned out to inspire and empower girls and gurls all over the world: the Spice Girls haven't only been a major seller, they also became a symbol for girl power and modern feminism. Choose your favorite spice girl and serve it like Scary, Baby, Sporty, Ginger or Posh Spice in their breakthrough hit video “Wannabe”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ *BQ: serve us cunty Butch Queen Spice in a look inspired by your favorite spice girl. For this category we ask you to serve it in flat shoes and without wigs or fake boobs! 1 Grand Prize *BQUID: Drag up your life and serve it like your favorite spice girl. For this category we ask you to serve it in make up and heels and spice it up with padding, boobs & wig. 1 Grand Prize ALL AMERICAN RUNWAY - MF (Male Figure) - BQ, BUTCHES, TRANS*MEN ARE YOU READY FOR THE RHYTHM NATION?! Janet Jackson's song and video from 1989 has won several awards and almost 30 years later the message seems to be more relevant than ever: "Things are getting worse, we have to make them better. It's time to give a damn, let's work together!" Serve it like Janet's dancers in their unisex military attire. Make sure to impress the judges with your version of a Rhythm Nation uniform with gloves, caps, loads of medals and a ready-to-fight-against-injustice-attitude! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAwaNWGLM0c 1 Grand Prize BEST DRESSED SPECTATOR - SPECTATORS ONLY IF YOU DON'T LOOK GOOD, WE DON'T LOOK GOOD! The Disco era had a major influence on dance music, club culture and fashion. Emerged in the early 70ies as an underground movement - once more born out of New York's African American & Latinx gay community - it was the forerunner for house music. Beside the public attention famous Disco performers like Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester, Donna Summer, the BEE GEES, The Best of Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. etc. garnered, DJ innovators and producers have played an important role in evolving Disco into House Music, forever shaping our today's club scene. Dress up for a glamorous night at Studio 54 full of escapism and promiscuity. Whether allover in sequins or half-naked - impress the Judges with your glamorous look and hedonistic attitude. Just leave the coke out! ;) 2 Grand Prizes VOGUE TO EVERYTHING - OTA This category is about voguing to different styles of music with a focus on adapting to the music but still showing a clear Vogue performance technique. Remember Vjuan Allure's words: "IT’S NEVER THE BEATZ… IT’S YOU!!" ;) LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER! First Choice was an African American girl group that served soulful feminine Afro power. The trio was also influential to early House music since their songs have been sampled by many singers, DJs and producers. Their song "Let No Man Put Us Under" is a statement of pure empowerment and and the song became a club anthem for dancers, especially versions from Frankie Knuckles or the Ron Hardy Dub. Serve it inspired by their "Delusion" album cover in an all-white look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOGFSOqLycY 1 Grand Prize VOGUE FEM - BQ & FF (Female Figure) IMA READ THAT BITCH, IMA SCHOOL THAT BITCH, I'MMA TAKE THAT BITCH TO COLLEGE, I'MMA GIVE THAT BITCH SOME KNOWLEDGE! This time you don't have to write a dissertation to excuse your shit like ZEBRA KATZ and Njena Reddd Foxxx in their 2012 hit "Ima read". For both categories serve it in a school uniform as a school girl or school boy, like the masked girls in the video. For your 10´s don't forget to mask/cover your face properly so the judges won't recognize you and can only judge you by your cunty performance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo4Sqt2Bmag 2 Grand Prizes