Remai Modern is proud to participate in a community programming initiative celebrating Queer expressive forms — bringing together communities in the spirit of collaboration and creative exchange.

Join us for an evening of two back-to-back workshops exploring the techniques and categories of Ballroom culture. No dance background or past experience required.

Saskatoon — Tuesday, March 17 Remai Modern — Riverview Room

Regina — Wednesday, March 18 University of Regina, Education Building 2nd Floor, Room 222.1 3919 University Drive South, Regina, SK S4S 0A2

Workshops run at the same times on both days.

Registration fee: $5 per class Financial barriers to participation can be accommodated — please reach out to info@remaimodern.org if you need assistance.

Workshop #1 — "European Runway" with Ralph Escamillan

6:00 – 7:30 PM (90 minutes)

Come learn Posh's European Runway — influenced by Karlie Kloss, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, and Linda Evangelista. Learn how to strut, turn, and own the floor.

Focus: Runway Battling basics — blocking, shade, and mocking.

30-minute break

Workshop #2 — "Vogue Femme" with Ralph Escamillan

8:00 – 9:30 PM (90 minutes)

An introduction to the absolute basics of Vogue Femme, designed for first-time voguing participants. No dance background required — this class is for those who are brand new to Vogue.

Focus: Spins and Dips.

General Information

• Capacity: 50 participants per workshop (first-come, first-served)
• Registration fee: $5 per class
• Experience required: None — all are welcome!
• Financial barriers: Accommodations available — contact us before registering

About the Instructor

Ralph Escamillan is an award-winning queer, Canadian-Filipinx performance artist, teacher, and community leader based in Vancouver, BC.

Escamillan trained first in break dancing before exploring hip hop, house, and waacking, and later expanded into vogue, ballroom, ballet, modern, and jazz. He is a 2015 graduate of the contemporary dance program Modus Operandi.

Active in the ballroom scene since 2014, he performs under the alias "Posh Gvasalia Basquiat", founded his own Kiki House of Gvasalia in Vancouver, and has served as Canadian Mother of the Mainstream House of Basquiat since 2024.

As founder and Artistic/Executive Director of the non-profit VanVogueJam, Ralph runs weekly pay-what-you-can vogue classes and balls — acting as a vital beacon for queer dance and culture in Western Canada.

Cultural Acknowledgement & Safe Space

"We acknowledge the Black, Latinx, Trans and Queer folks who have founded Ballroom Culture, which we have the privilege of being guests to today. We acknowledge our ongoing need to question and reflect on how we navigate practicing Ballroom Culture locally and continue our need to learn from the greater Ballroom community at large.

Creative safe space has always been at the heart of ballroom culture, and we hope that this event can be a safe space for everyone to enjoy.

Oppressive attitudes and behaviours — including but not limited to racism, transphobia, misogyny, fatphobia, ableism, and general bigotry — are not welcome here. Consent is mandatory."