'[I'm] passing on whatever tools I know to other girls of color, other queer people of color.' Amid the male-dominated battle scene, movement artist Moonyeka finds community with other like-minded women and LGBTQ+ people in Seattle through dance. KQED
"I don't see enough spaces that are intergenerational," she says."[I'm] passing on whatever tools I know to other girls of color, other queer people of color."
Moonyeka, who reps South King County, first fell in love with dance at her Filipinx family’s parties, where people of all ages got together to move, eat and sing karaoke. Later she gravitated towards street dance, and eventually found a home in popping—whose organic, expressive feel stood out from the eurocentric styles she studied as a dance major at the University of Washington.
Amid the male-dominated battle scene, Moonyeka found community with other like-minded women and LGBTQ+ people. Creating spaces for them to express themselves has become a core part of her practice. In addition to Lil Brown Girls Club, she organizes theSponsored For Moonyeka, dance is a form of community-building and healing. “It's about finding your own power, and reflecting with each other, and holding each other, and knowing how to witness each other and how to stand in your own power alone or together,” she says.Watch Moonyeka and other Seattle dancers pop, strut and waack at the Seattle Center, across the Jose Rizal Bridge and in the alleyways of the International district.
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