drag shows
Glamorous impersonation acts
Drag shows are live performances featuring drag queens, drag kings, or other performers in elaborate costumes, makeup, and personas that play with gender presentation.
The entertainment typically includes lip-syncing, dancing, comedy, and audience interaction.
Drag shows range from cabaret-style acts in gay bars to polished theatrical productions: We caught a drag show after dinner.
The art form has roots in theatrical tradition but became central to LGBTQ culture in the 20th century.
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- camp aestheticsAppreciation of exaggerated artifice
- voguingStylized pose-based dancing
- death dropSudden backward floor drop
- live performanceUnrecorded staged entertainment
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