Josh Ongcol

I am a Dubai born, Queer, Filipinx artist that is currently a settler on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples.  As a multidisciplinary artist, I trained in streetdance culture including Krump, Locking, Popping House, Hip hop, Vogue, Whacking from Jerry Chien, Koffi Noumedor, Ralph Escamillan, Mike Brown, Natasha Gorie, Rina Palerina, Anna Martynova, and Kim Sato, and Contemporary dance from Tiffany Tegarthen, David Raymond, 605 collective, Sufeh lee, Kevin Fraser, Peter Bingham, Justine Chambers, Delia Brett and Deanna Peters.  I am interested in the ways tenderness manifests in my body, and its receptivity to deep wisdom and power. With this, I hope to unravel the narrative of being a part of the Filipnx diaspora; specifically of intergenerational resilience, queerness and spirituality.

Photo by Athelo Uy