WORLD PREMIERE

MARCHT 24TH ~ 8PM

CINEDANS FESTIVAL AT THE EYE FILM MUSEUM AMSTERDAM

TICKETS CINEDANS

Q5 won the Audience Award Best Documentary 2024 at Cinedans Festival!

Manifest Dance film festival

July 26th-28th 2024

Pondicherry India

Q5 Waacking weekend

November 2nd & 3rd 2024

Korzo Den Haag > more info coming soon!

Q5: THE QUINTESSENTIALS

Q5 is inspired by the energy, feeling and expressiveness of Waacking; also known as Whacking or Punking. A dance form that was created as an expression out of oppression in the multicultural underground gay clubs of Los Angeles in the seventies. Celebrating all!

Through the sounds & movement language of Waacking, the 5 performers dive into the 5th dimension. Traveling through and exploring different colors, portals, perspectives, and worlds within worlds. All in search of the essence of the essence: The Quintessentials!

From Dance Theater to Dance Film

The original live dance theater tour of 2021 was canceled due to covid and transformed into Q5 The Movie (Series). 5 Dance theater scenes with added content behind and beyond the whack, where you get to know the performers, their mission statements and the history of the dance culture and community.

Q5 is an unique experience capturing culture, dance, music and personal stories taking you on a multidimensional colorful journey, Celebrating ALL!

Q5 won the Audience Award Best Documentary 2024 at Cinedans Festival!

Illustration: jawgem / animation: Lucas flaton