I live for these legends... they paved the way and opened doors for the next generations in the gay community but a lot of gays don't have any respect for the old school and how it originally started. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have half of the rights that we do now.

Rip Willi you always was so kind to me as a youngin' I'll never forget you!

I love when he does the vogueing against the tree with the compact and the makeup. So brilliant!

"it's the Mother that's the hardest worker and it's the Mother that gets the most respect." ;-)

"IF YOU TOUCH, I AM CHOPPING YOU!"

I found the movie this past month on Netflix. Im the last person that would watch a movie like this, but its one of the best documentaries Ive ever seen. Sad their all dead , it deserves a post oscar haha.

WILLI IS FIERCE ALL THE WAY THE BRUCE LEE OF VOGUE R.I.P. HOLLA

"Pose" did such a great job imo at recreating this!!

I love you so much, Willi. We'll never forget you. You paved the way for us and we will ALWAYS love you for it. Hope you're still killin' it wherever you are. RIP. ❤️💋

I saw Paris is Buring in the movie theater with my friends! It was the best!

I love you so much Willie 💜💐♾🥰 you left us so young and you still had so much to offer to contribute to this world. You made Paris burn baby! You made Madonna vogue! You have Rupaul the infamous sache chaunte! You gave us your legendary children Benny and J! The infamous choreographer child of yours! The house of ninja is still alive and well. Thank You so much for being you unapologetically 💐💜👑😘

I miss my uncle soo much!!!

AGING MYSELF HERE...I USE TO GO TO BETTER DAY, THE ORGINAL/FIRST BETTER DAYS ON 49TH ST( REMEMBER THE MOVIE AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE HUGE HONOR NYC TIMES AND ALL THE GIGANTIC NEWS PAPERS OF THAT TIME PAID HOMAGE TO THE LEGEND...WILLIE NINJA!!! I HONOR AND TRAINED AFTER HIS STYLE GROWING UP IN AMITVILLE LONG ISLAND NY!!!! RIP MY MENTOR!!! YOU WILL LIVE ON FOREVER IN LEGENDARY VOGUE HISTORY!!!!

Willie you are amazing and you have left a Benny and Javier too continue your legacy and they are doing it well !

Willie will live forever

Legendary!!!!

my mother rip love it

same thing I said last night lol was my first time discovering this gem of a documentary.

Willi Ninja..R.I.P. Your AMAZING....Love Keith..

Cool!!

Amazing

We love you!!!! happy birthday

The best classic masters of the universe rock the floors of the world wishing you guy’s the best journey to the afterlife may the Angels Guide you with peace and love everlasting journey

RIP MOTHER

"...because what they have on their face right now NEEDS a dramatic make-up job." absolutely classic...shut it down!

Love and miss you, Willi.

I'm telling you if he had lived, he would have been a brilliant Celebutante. For some reason, I could see him working with A Fashion Designer like Marc Jacobs whipping the Models into Work, or ANTP, or even working with the Kardashians.

He def. use to work the door at this club on 21st in Chelsea/NYC back in the day, the late 90s. I heard he was a famous dancer (I was on Broadway at the time), but I didn't really know who he was? Sound Factory Bar/ Cheetah. He NEVER gave me a problem at the door. Always let me in without a hitch. I watched him turn away many ppl too! I guess I was a privileged. R.I.P

he was my mentor ever

House of Diva!

yes ma'am. come on for old schoole!

that's my ninja.

PLEASE EVERYONE GO RIGHT NOW AND WATCH CHISE NINJA VOGUE AGAINST DAVINA, CHISE WAS PAYING HOMAGE TO WILLI NINJA AND SHADING DAVINA AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME WITH THE COMPACT MIRROR MOVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BATTLE!!!! CHISE SHOULD HAVE DEFINITELY WON THAT!!!

@biotechb I stand corrected. I saw this Documentary in the 1990's, and it really blew me away. You know what's so sad, so many of these people live what I call "The Tom Ripley Syndrome". In the "Balls" they are Stars, Somebodies and they have Status & Power. Yet when Sunset comes up, and the Balls end, they sometimes may feel like they are nobodies in the Modern World. To me nothing is further from the truth.

i m not sure if and where u can buy it. but if u have good connection u can try to dowload it from emule or other p2p program

Pop... Dip... Spin... Vogue...

@OriJanelGangsta I remember seeing Voguing on Soul Train and American Bandstand in the 1970's way before Madonna appeared on the show.

mother you burnt that town down!!!

the very first JoJo

me too !!

Damn..........

So is that really where "throwing shade" came from... from the shadow on the floor that your body made while vogueing?? And you threw better shade than the other person? Or was shade already a drag thing & it just got incorporated into vogueing...

classic vogueing

So that is where Madonna got it from. RIP Willie!

Can you buy this movie? This clip has me very interested. I've seen voguing but never really knew the origins. I'm really serious. If anyone knows how I can get my hands on this documentary, please let me know. Thanks :)

RIP

HOLY FUCK exactly what I was thinking

@Miscreant435 Sadly enough, with the exception of Fredie Pendavis, all of the participants are dead mostly of AIDS related diseases. This should have won an Oscar for Best Documentary.

he was diva.

Hmm... Did AKA's get the compact thing from willi ninja?

0:25 This is me putting Beyonce's choreographer on blast. LOL

And you did.

I fucknig lvoe this. SO SO MUCH

DELICIOUS

shit guys!! my simple edit of paris is burnig just reached 87000 views... what an amazing surprise to discover how many people still loves willie..

Them shoulders tho

ME 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@nochokin I'd like to think his dream came true, but I don't think it was that so much as it was Madonna hijacked it, made it something very different and took THAT into the mainstream. I think most people have some concept of what vogue is, but how many of them understand the concept of throwin shade or have ever even heard of Ninja? :/

Gaga took me here.

Is Rupaul the host?

herb!

Voguing to me looks like people going from one position to another one while posing for cover pictures of the Vogue Magazine. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn't.

I keep reading they are all dead. Is that TRUE???

0:45

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Did beyonce copy willi ninja em her video run the world

Work it bitchh

pump dip spin vogue tip (thong) turn it out

she did not vogue

Freak

All others are just cheap copies!!!!! That type of dancing comes form the soul!!

@Miscreant435 Sadly enough, with the exception of Fredie Pendavis, all of the participants are dead mostly of AIDS related diseases. This should have won an Oscar for Best Documentary.