Day 3 of a Three-day Gathering at The Place, London - Featuring Puma Camillê

Step into the shimmer and shade of the world of Ballroom culture: Embodied Queer Liminality, a celebration of radical presence and performative resistance. This event brings together an iconic panel of judges — Legendary Juju Telfar, Legendary Sattva 007, and Legendary Diva 007 — to honour and critique performances that push the boundaries of gender, grace, and glamour.

Our MC for the day is the inimitable Tsunami 'E-Cup Barbie' Unbothered Cartier, a force within London’s drag and ballroom scene. Known for her commanding presence and razor-sharp commentary, Tsunami embodies the electric pulse of contemporary Ballroom — a space of both protest and celebration.

Expect a fusion of performance, politics, and play, where every strut tells a story and every category is a ritual of becoming.

CATEGORIES:

OTA Realness (1GP)
•⁠  ⁠IT’S A PROTEST
Come in a look that screams your kind of protest.
Your topic of choice is free to choose, for example: Trans Rights, Institutional Racism, Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo etc.

OTA Runway (1GP)
•⁠  ⁠SHINE IN TRADITION
Walk the runway in a tradition of your choice, for example: Traditional Fashion from your culture, Your Religious Traditions, Holiday Traditions, Cultural & Community Traditions etc.
Have a reference of the tradition ready with you in case the judges ask.

OTA Performance (1GP)
•⁠  ⁠BRAZILIAN DANCES
Come in white and get your tens by mixing some movements from Brazilian Dances into your performance, for example: Capoeira, Samba, Frevo, Bassinho etc.
Have a reference of the dance ready with you in case the judges ask.

Commentator
•⁠  ⁠IN PAJUBA or PORTUGUESE
Get your tens by adding some Pajuba or Portuguese words into the mix.

Pajubá is a slang used by Afro-Brazilian trans women, travestis, and queer communities, blending Portuguese with African languages like Yoruba and Kimbundu. It originated in Afro-religious spaces and became a tool of survival, identity, and resistance in hostile environments. Like Ballroom culture in the U.S., Pajubá uses language and performance to build community and affirm marginalized identities. Today, it is a vibrant part of Brazil’s queer and Ballroom scenes, mixing Black, trans, and queer expressions with spiritual and cultural roots.

Take-away Benefits:

Liberation, Inclusion, Celebration

Languages: English and Portuguese

Age: Over 18's ONLY

Facilitator Image: @sattva.unltd
Event Image Credits: @w3b_st4r, @eujujuliete, tsu9ami, @divameeeooowww, @sattva.unltd
Video : featuring Tsunami

Rhythms of Resistance: Embodiment and Liberation is co-produced by Dr Andrea Maciel, Dr Alex Boyd, Puma Camillê, mulika Ojikutu-Harnett and various UK and Brazil artists.

Intercultural Roots and Puma Camillê Producoes (Brazil) are delighted to have received £75,000 funding from the International Collaboration Grants, run by the British Council to support the creation of new cultural collaborations between UK artists, arts professionals and organisations and their peers around the world.

#InternationalCollaborationGrants @BritishArts

Please note: By booking and attending this event you are acknowledging that this event will be photographed and filmed and you are providing your explicit permission in regard to your image, voice and actions to be including in resultant images and edited materials.