Shanghai’s ‘voguing’ dancers step lightly to avoid official gaze – in pictures

House of Kawakubo members Sui Kawakubo, 25, Tinora Kawakubo, 27, and VJ Kawakubo, 30, (L-R) rehearse for an upcoming voguing ‘ball’ in Shanghai. VJ was one of the city’s earliest adopters of voguing, drawn to a dance class seven years ago. Although the performance aspect is important, he said, voguing’s ability to bring people together gave the scene deeper meaning. ‘If you are just dancing by yourself, there is no meaning in that,’ said VJ ‘The most important thing for me is that it’s a comfortable environment.’