About

La WAW! (What a Whack!) is a joyful and flamboyant gathering where music and dance reign supreme. Like a disco ball, it spreads light and illuminates all identities present, allowing them to shine, to be revealed. La WAW! is a collective of DJs, MCs, and dancers, brought together around a vision of celebration rooted in Whacking culture—a dance created in the 1970s by racialized gay men in an underground club in Los Angeles as a way to emancipate themselves and break free from oppression. Club Corps — Dance, as a dialogue between musicians and dancers, expressed through movements, postures, and attitudes, will be at the heart of these evenings.
To launch, leap, spin, surrender to the club corps experience—giving in to the pure sensations that pass through us, feeling the immediate connection between music and body, and beginning again. La Cité Bouge! unfolds as a vibrant dance space, deeply rooted in its territory, inviting its audience to take part in new choreographic experiences. This experience brings together artists and spectators, offering a platform to observe, engage, and participate.