Saturday november 18th 2023
– Kulturværftet, Helsingør
Saturday november 18th 2023
Kulturværftet, Helsingør
Black Ether, Click, and Maji Miyake-Mugler cordially invite you to a night of multi-dimensional exploration into the worlds of technology, afro-futurism, and sci-fi at The Black Ether Ball, followed by an afterparty featuring the legendary House of Kenzo and djs Lucid Moonlight and Skyshaker.
Tickets for the event includes transportation from Copenhagen to Helsingør and back. Buses will run from a central spot in Copenhagen to The Culture Yard and return to the same destination. Transportation runs in collaboration with Solibus.
Saturday november 18th 2023
The Ball will run from 16:00 – 24:00
The Afterparty / Rave from 24:00 – 04:00
What is ballroom
The underground ballroom scene has it roots as far back as to the 1980 in Harlem, New York, and was created by the Black and Latin Trans women and Drags, as a new safe space due to the racism they faced within the white pageant scene. It evolved into many new categories and became not only a space for trans women of colour to enjoy the safeties of community but of all queer people of colour to create and express what was not allowed at the time in the public.
How does ballroom work
Ballroom culture, the house-ballroom community, and similar terms describe an underground queer subculture in which people “walk” (i.e., compete), perform, dance, lip-sync, and model in different categories, which are designed to simultaneously epitomize and satirize gender constructs, occupations, and social classes, while also offering an escape from reality.
Category participants are required to “walk” one by one to receive full approval from all judges, known as ‘receiving your 10s’. Competitors are judged on their abilities, “effect” (costumes, appearance, theatrics, presentation), and perceived “realness” (embodied and/or visual believability, authenticity). Those who make their 10s battle one on one against each other for trophies, prizes, and glory.
Codes of conduct
While the community is not as segregated as it used to be, we remind you that the space was created and are ruled by people of colour, and we remind you that the underground ballroom scene will not accept any types of racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, body shaming or any types of discrimination.
Ballroom welcomes everyone and respects everyone, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, body, sex or status. Ballroom is a place of love, unity, creativity and mutual respect.
If you are not a person of colour and/or person of queer experience, we would like to reinstate that you are a guest within the ballroom community and should follow rules as everyone else. Please be mindful of the space you take as a guest, and you will be welcomed with open arms.
FROM COPENHAGEN TO HELSINGØR
(departs at 16:30, 17:00, 18:30)
Please take 2 minuttes to read through the following information
Transportation from Copenhagen to THE BLACK ETHER BALL in Helsingør is included in your ticket. The transportation is by bus, and buses will depart from Korsgadehallen Nørrebro and return to Forum by the Metro.
In order for this to be possible, buses will commute back and forth to pick up guest ticket holders.
Once you have bought a guest ticket for the ball, you can withdraw one bus ticket. Use the same email to withdraw your bus ticket as the email you have used to buy your guest ticket:
Each bus holds 59 guests. In regards to departure time, it’s first come, first served.
Buses leave from Copenhagen to Helsingør as described below. If for some reason you miss the bus, you can still catch trains ( www.dsb.dk ), which run every 20 minutes from Østerport, Nørreport, and Hovedbanegården.
Departure times from Copenhagen:
Korsgade Hallen Nørrebro
(See map)
Korsgade 29
2200 København
Departs at 16:30, 17:00, 18:30
PLEASE ONLY WITHDRAW YOUR NEEDED TICKET, THIS SYSTEM RELIES ON TRUST AND DOES NOT WORK IF ITS MISUSED.
Departure times from Helsingør (02:30 – 04:00):
Buses return to Copenhagen at 02:30 and 04:00; this will be first come, first served. For this part of the trip, it is not possible to withdraw a ticket, so there is a chance that you will have to wait for the last departure, but we assure you that you will get back to Copenhagen.
If you are not able to stay for the afterparty, there are trains ( www.dsb.dk ) running from Helsingør to Copenhagen every 20 minutes until midnight, and after midnight, there are trains leaving once an hour. The Train station is located near the venue, with just a 7-minute walk.
Note:
Please note that we have done our best to make the trip from and back to Copenhagen as easy as possible without creating a situation where the ticket price goes crazy, so we ask you to be mindful and patient with delays if any.
TBA …
