RALPH ESCAMILLAN
Ralph Escamillan is a queer, Canadian-Filipinx performance artist/choreographer/teacher and community leader based in Vancouver, BC. Starting at age 14, Ralph trained first in Breakdancing then explored a multitude of other street dance styles such as Popping, House, Waacking and Locking. His passion for dance expanded to include training in Ballet, Modern, Jazz and was a graduate of Contemporary Training Program Modus Operandi in 2015. Ralph has worked/toured with Vancouver companies: Company 605, Co. Erasga Dance, Kinesis Dance Somatheatro, Out Innerspace Theatre, Ballet BC, and apprenticed with Kidd Pivot in 2014. He is currently on contract with Wen Wei Dance, Mascall Dance. With his company FAKEKNOT he creates work that strives to understand the complexities of identity using sound, costume, technology and the body. The founder of non-profit VanVogueJam, he shares his passion for Vogue/Ballroom culture at his weekly by-donation class and vogue balls in Vancouver, BC.
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