Battling Gender Disparity Through Popping Dance, ‘What’s Poppin’ Ladiez?!’
Seattle, WA – “You know what people are the most afraid of? A pack of womxn,” said Angel Alviar-Langley. Angel, a.k.a. Moonyeka, is the founder and organizer of What’s Poppin Ladiez?!, an annual femme dance convention that has evolved into a movement in Seattle. After too many experiences with the symptoms of patriarchy in the street dancing community, Moonyeka decided to bridge the academic and creative by pursuing an ethnographic research project and creating for herself an