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MANIFESTO
The House of Koizumi shares queer culture simply because it exists. Not as an option. Not in secret. Not in parentheses. It is here — dazzling, euphoric, wounded, shaped by struggle, movement, dance, outcry, and poetry. It is alive. And yet — it has so often been buried. LGBTQIA+ people rarely grow up in homes where they’re spoken about with love. Most of us learn shame before we learn history. Silence before speech. Family, political, or religious traditions — usually patriarchal — erase us.
The House of Koizumi is here to fix that glitch. To pass on what was severed. To reweave the threads. To circulate queer knowledge the way you pass a fan — fluid, intentional, graceful. And let’s be clear: The House isn’t here to pick a fight. Not here to provoke, not here to divide. It shares. It offers. It invites. With grace. With pride. With style. With power.
In Spain, everyone knows what flamenco is — even if they’ve never danced it. So why shouldn’t every queer person know their own culture? Their heroes, ancestors, dances, words, archives, icons, and fights? Why should we have to start over, generation after generation? The House of Koizumi says no to forgetting. Yes to transmission. It crafts memory tools, knowledge workshops, and stages for celebration — So that each person can finally say: I come from somewhere. I have a culture. I have a history. I have a stage.
EDUCATION
The House of Koizumi is stepping into the classroom. High schools, universities, training centers — we open the doors, we open the space. We’re not here to “teach a lesson.” We’re here to activate, to share, to bring queer cultures to life. Because queer art, memory, and identity belong in classrooms just as much as on stage.
Our mission:
To promote queer artistic creation in all its contemporary and experimental forms
To pass on queer cultures through dance, writing, voice, performance, storytelling, and ritual
To make marginalized identities visible and to fight against all forms of discrimination
To build inclusive, joyful, and caring communities
To celebrate queer memory and expression by creating bright, alternative spaces
What we offer:
Trainings & workshops — dance, body expression, music, performance, visual arts, free creative practices
Story-sharing & open mics — queer journeys, life stories, giving the mic to voices we rarely hear
Live talks & embodied lectures — another way to tell LGBTQIA+ history, with emotion and precision
VOGUE
Vogue heals. Vogue teaches. Vogue sets us free. The House of Koizumi is here to hand over the keys. Our workshops are inclusive spaces for cultural transmission and shared creation.
Because Vogue is a language born from forced silence — a stylized cry against erasure, a choreographic art form, and a bodily manifesto.
Rooted in the queer Afro-Latinx ballrooms of 1980s New York, voguing is now all at once:
a performative art form, a tool for identity empowerment, and a collective act of resistance.
The queer body has too often been silenced, shamed, or forced into roles.
To dance Vogue is to rewrite the story — to step into an artistic and political lineage, to play, to break free, to burn the rulebook.
What we explore in our workshops:
The five elements of Vogue Fem: Hands Performance, Catwalk, Duckwalk, Spins & Dips, Floor Performance
A step-by-step approach to movement, posture, and attitude
Ballroom history: trailblazing figures, codes, queer and racialized perspectives
Individual and collective expression: finding your flow, your stance, your message
Talk circles to connect movement with identity, lived experience, and self-construction
You’re not just learning to walk.
You’re learning why you walk, who you walk with, and in what world.
Our workshops can be hosted in:
Schools, universities, and learning institutions
Cultural, social, or community spaces
Queer, safe, festive, and alternative venues —
anywhere you feel the need to make space and take the stage.
TALKS
The House also offers accessible talks and lectures, led by artists, activists, researchers, and performers, on topics such as:
the history of LGBTQIA+ struggles through the lens of art
forgotten figures and queer archives
intersectionality and artistic creation
aesthetics and politics in queer cultures
the body as archive, as stage, as language
queer writing: poetry, autofiction, and performative texts
EVENTS
The House of Koizumi produces events all year round — workshops, performances, talks, exhibitions, balls, interventions, and moments of sharing to celebrate queer cultures in all their diversity.
You can find our real-time schedule on Instagram @houseofkoizumi
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