Archie Burnett: Vogue – The Oldway

In this dance workshop, the fundamentals of the old way, which is the foundation for everything that comes after, shall be explored, reviewed and have context. The goal in this workshop is to give clarity while enhancing your uniqueness.

Archie Burnett, first founding father of the New York City based House of Ninja, has been a well-respected force in the underground dance world for over 40 years. As a master of Whacking, Voguing, Hustle and many other styles, he is the catalyst for the European Vogue scene that exists today. Burnett moves with profound clarity and striking geometric body-lines. 

Burnett is an avid weightlifter and graphic artist and splits his time between work, family, clubs and teaching House dance at NYCs Peridance. He also teaches worldwide in countries including Germany, Austria, Poland, Belgium, France, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Brazil and a host of other countries. Burnett has given lectures/demonstrations and been on scholarly panels at Yale University, Duke University, Harvard University, New York University and Florida State University. 

Burnett’s bodies of work range from music videos to features in magazines like Dance Ink and the former Village Voice dance section to performance coaching for up-and-coming recording artists. He is featured in the documentary Check Your Body at the Door, which chronicles the lives and lifestyles of six remarkable underground House dancers in New York City during the golden decade of the 1990s. Burnett also performs for concert-dance choreographers Doug Elkins, David Neumann and Cori Olinghouse and he has shown his own work at Dance Theatre Workshop, PS122, Dancespace, Dixon Place, 92nd Street Y, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Theatre Surenes Jean Vilar in Paris.