New Jersey Performing Arts Center presents the 4th Annual Legacy Ball during Newark Pride Week. The pride event is free to the public and kicks off July 11, at 8 pm at Prudential Hall Lobby in the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.
Organizers stress that attendees are encourages to go all out and be who they are at this one-of-a-kind event.
The event celebrates the creativity, resilience, and self-love which surrounds ballroom culture. The show will showcases how ballroom culture is an art yet activist movement simultaneously. The organizers said that Prudential Hall will be decked out in an elegant, intimate, style to honor the rich lineage of Latino and African-American queer culture which has and continues to shape the ballroom scene on a global scale.
The Legacy Ball is the highlight and climax of Newark Pride Week. You may bring friends, dress up, and cheer on your favorite house as members slay the custom-built runway.
The Ballroom scene or culture is a Latino or African-American underground LGBTQ subculture where most participants belong to groups known as “houses” where friends, or rather chosen families, form relationships and communities separate from their families of origin of which they may be estranged. The influence of ballroom culture can be seen heavily in pop culture today and was a strong influence in Beyoncé’s Renaissance era and world tour.
This is a free event but you must RSVP here. Find out more about Newark Pride week of events here.
