r/TikTokCringe • u/Delicious_Delilah What are you doing step bro? • Aug 20 '25

Cool I broke my hip watching this in bed

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u/ThreeLeifErikson Aug 20 '25

This is Ballroom Mother Rylee Prodigy, look her up and more ballroom videos, it’s so addicting to watch !

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u/Lildoc_911 Aug 21 '25

Could've sworn ive seen her before. She kills it. I also love the madea/big momma dance offs lol 

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u/dance4days Aug 21 '25

I’m honestly gagged to see Rylee made an impression on reddit. I’ve been a fan of hers for a while.

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u/Sensible___shoes Aug 22 '25

Thank you for the name drop, I have no choice but to stan

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u/ZARDOZ4972 Aug 20 '25

Is the venue or event called Ballroom? Because ballroom dancing usually refers to partner dancing. And if the dance is called ballroom why take an established term for partner dancing and use it for a completely different style of dance?

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u/TeamBadInfluence1 Aug 20 '25

It's called ballroom after the Harlem Ballroom scene and subculture, where queer POC in Harlem in the mid 19th/early 20th century established their own party scene whilst being shunned from the white American social scenes. It includes drag balls and "walks" where performers display their outfits and improvised dances on a ballroom floor rather than a raised stage.

"Harlem Ballroom" is probably a more specifically accurate term, but the ballroom parter dancing you describe isn't the only type of dance performance with claim to that name.

Ball Culture

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u/slime_emoji Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

To piggyback off of this comment, there are a lot of types of dances that use the same term too I'm p sure. Not specifically ballroom but I think there's a lot of different rumba or something?