The Blue Era is Like A Phoenix
The Blue Era generation is educated in Ballroom by the pioneering legends and icons. HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence, and a new generation emerges from the devastation of the Black Era.
The Blue Era generation delivered Ballroom into the new millenium
Iconic Sisters Sinia & Ayana NYC Awards Ball (1999-02) by Gerard H. GaskinBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Iconic Sisters Sinia & Ayana NYC Awards Ball
Icon Sisters Sinia & Ayana NYC Awards Ball This night Sinia walked FQ Sex Siren in Pink . Ayana walked OTA Face for $1,000 in all black.
Haus of AlphaOmega "Anarchy" Ball (2023-03-11) by SidewalkkillaBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Technology and the Blue Era
The Internet begins to shape how Ballroom culture is expereinced.
Icon Meeka Prodigy AlphaOmega FQ Foot & Eyewear (2003-12) by Ballroom ThrowbacksBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Icon Queen Mother Meeka
The Malicious Meeka walking Foot & Eyewear
Yolanda Jourdan and Monica Karan Fem Queen Realness (1997/1998) by Luna Luis OrtizBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Icon Yolanda Jourdan and Icon Monica Ford
Yolanda the performance 90's IT girl. Monica the runway fashion diva. Both of these girls would often in their early years battle for their secondary category FQ Realness.
Janese Zion (2002) by Luna Luis OrtizBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Iconic Janese Zion
The Janet Jackson of FQ Performance. Janese was known for braiding together dance & choreography into her performance. She is known as one of the FQ dramatic performance femme fatales from the original clubhouse and beyond.
Iconic FQ Performance Daesja LaPerla Mizrahi Revlon Ball (2001-12) by Ballroom ThrowbacksBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Icon Daesja LaPerla Mizrahi
"Boogala Boogala" Daesja took performance to a whole new level going into the new millennium. The night she came off the balcony in red at the NYC Awards ball, she started a legacy that was unmatched. Daesja took soft and feminine to a new level with her stretch & imagination.
Pony Zion (2001) by Gerard H. GaskinBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Icon Pony Zion
Pony came into the scene and completely transformed it. Vogue & dance came like second nature to him. State to state, win after win, Pony earned his icon status. Off the runway he took Ballroom to a new level on America"s Next Best Dance Crew with "Vogue Evolution"
Icons Dashaun Evisu Lanvin Basquiat Awards Ball (2013-06) by Ballroom ThrowbacksBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Icon Dashaun Evisu Lanvin Basquiat
Dashaun in each of his houses propelled himself closer to his dreams and destiny. Dashaun now known as the "King of Vogue" has cemented himself as an icon in ballroom and mainstream.Dashaun was the Host and Legendary and is also the founder of the House of Basquiat.
MC Extraordinare & Luna
Eric Christian Bazaar wasn't just an MC, he was a revolutionary, an icon, a friend. He was a wordsmith that inspired all the mc's and commentators that came after him.
Sinia & Ashley
This picture was taken when their long rivalry was put to rest. These women battled and battled for years. However this night they came together to celebrate being house mothers.
Icon Octavia St. Laurent Face (2003) by Luna Luis OrtizBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Octavia St. Laurent
The Icon Octavia decided to grace the floor at the 2003 NYC Awards Ball. Despite being an icon from the Black Era, she proved that night how she could still compete, and own the competition. Octavia- in every era- was a true Ballroom legend and icon for FQ Face.
Blue Era, Icon King Mother Jacen Supreme Montcler
On the Blue Era's Significance
Jacen's Introduction to Ballroom
The Blue Era and Technology
