Princess Lockerooo and the Fabulous Waack Dancers - Dance Battle at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center

Hunter – Presented by Catskill Mountain Foundation in partnership with  Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Princess Lockerooo and the Fabulous Waack Dancers battle it out at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville on Saturday, January 11,  2025 at 7:00 PM.  

Get moving in the New Year with Princess Lockerooo, hailed by The New York Times as the  “Queen of Waacking”. Direct from performing on Dancing With the Stars: Soul Train Night, and  following a sold out performance with Works & Process at Lincoln Center, Princess Lockerooo  will share the history of Waacking, teach a mini lesson, and her company The Fabulous Waack  Dancers will perform culminating in a dance battle, all before headlining the Guggenheim  Rotunda as part of the Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival. 

In the 1970s, a dance form called waacking was born in the Black gay underground clubs of Los  Angeles. Inspired by old Hollywood films and distinguishable by its rotational arm movements,  posing and emphasis on expressiveness, waacking entered the mainstream becoming a global  

dance phenomenon associated with Toni Basil, performed on “Soul Train” by dancer and  pioneer waacker Tyrone Proctor, Princess Lockerooo’s teacher. It eventually was picked up by  celebrities and even featured on tour with Diana Ross. 

Princess Lockerooo and the Fabulous Waack Dancers will surprise and entertain the audience  with dramatic larger-than-life dance moves. This competitive, artistic and creative performance is off-the-charts fun! Start the new year with Princess Lockerooo and the Fabulous Waack  Dancers performing at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center, 6050 Main Street, Tannersville,  NY on Saturday, January 11 at 7:00 PM. Get tickets at https://bit.ly/cmfPrincessLockerooo or  www.catskillmtn.org.  

About Catskill Mountain Foundation 

The Catskill Mountain Foundation’s (CMF) aim is to provide educational opportunities in the arts for youth  and lifelong learners, to bring the experience of the arts to the Catskill community, and to support artists  and art organizations in the development of their work through residencies. Since its founding in 1998,  CMF has presented hundreds of music, dance, and theater performances; screened over 1,000 films to  tens of thousands of audience members; provided studio arts classes to thousands of students of all  ages; and served thousands of art-loving patrons in the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gift Shop. The  Catskill Mountain Foundation operates the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, the Orpheum  Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, and the Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest, NY. 

Since 1998, CMF has raised, generated, and invested close to $16 million in facility development and an  excess of $42 million in programming operations, for a total investment in the Catskill community of over  $58 million. Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts, the  Greene County Cultural Fund administered by the Greene County Legislature, The Jarvis and Constance  

Doctorow Family Foundation, The Royce Family Foundation, The Samuel and Esther Doctorow Fund,  The Orville and Ethel Slutzky Family Foundation, Platte Clove Bruderhof Community, Bank of Greene  County Charitable Foundation, The Greene County Youth Bureau, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, All  Souls’ Church, Stewarts Shops, Windham Foundation, and by private donations. CMF believes that the  arts can transform the lives of those touched by it and can transform the community. Like us on  Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. 

About Works & Process 

Championing performing artists and their creative process for each step from studio to stage, Works &  Process features artists both those from the world’s largest organizations and emerging new talent.  Works & Process amplifies performing arts traditions that transcend the proscenium, and encourage  audiences to spectate, participate, and continue the conversation beyond the stage. Works & Process  programs blend artist discussion and performance highlights, with post-performance receptions at the  Guggenheim Museum and beyond. During the summer, Works & Process curates and presents free  outdoor dance programs with Manhattan West and City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage. 

Works & Process Artists-in-Residence are provided with commissions and made-to-measure LaunchPAD  creative residencies that are fully funded and sequenced, offering fees of $1,050 per artist/per week, 24/7  studio availability, on-site housing, health insurance enrollment access, and transportation to fifteen  residency partners across MA, NJ, NY, and VT. These residencies culminate in public events with local  communities. Culminating performances in New York City provide artists with fees of $400 per  performance. 

Princess Lockerooo and The Fabulous Waack Dancers at Works & Process’s Underground Uptown Dance Festival at  Lincoln Center on January 12, 2024. Photo: Lawrence Sumulong