The number of members was always a variable in Pussy Riot’s formation. Founded by Nadya Tolokonnikova in Moscow, 2011, the rotating cast of musicians and artists has had as much as eleven activists in its performances. Provocative and unauthorized presentations in public places as a way to promote gender equality, LGBT rights and clear opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian elites. Protests that earned them, and still do, a series of convictions: Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova served a 21-month prison sentence after a presentation in 2012; Alyokhina was arrested in August 2017 in the Siberian city of Yakutsk following a protest against the arrest of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov; this year two members disappeared in the Crimea and reappeared after being questioned by the authorities.

But besides prison sentences, Pussy Riot's actions have also brought them a worldwide audience for their message and post-feminist music as a punk band. Six years after the first convictions, the group continues to revolt against Putin's regime and has expanded its ire to Donald Trump, as can be seen on "Make America Great Again" single from the "XXX" EP, released in 2016.

Live, Pussy Riot, rely heavily on electro rap and artistic choreography. But, as Nadya claims, the goal goes beyond entertainment, with the desire to have "deeper consequences." Recent performances have been described as an ecstatic celebration of their music about liberation and inclusion of marginalized groups. A dancing revolution that it’s hard to beat and that arrives in August to the river beach of Taboão.