About This Show

Sacred Androgny
Brandon Fisette

Our binary language creates the illusion of binary reality. “This or That,” “Self or Other,” “Male or Female,” the examples are endless. True reality is one of union. Forces that appear in opposition to one another are, in fact, part of one phenomenon. A queer identity is an identity which recognizes reality as fluid and non-binary. Sacred Androgyny is a ritual performance calling for a future in which existence itself is recognized as queer. Using butoh inspired choreography accompanied by original music we will allow the body itself to exist beyond the binary, exploring what happens when the boundaries of “self” and “other” are dissolved.

glitter fabulous
James Gardella

glitter fabulous is both a celebration and critique of contemporary gay culture. It examines the gay male embodiment of desire, placing dance and drag tropes in conversation to address themes of gender, identity, self, and sexuality. It explores the ways in which unfulfilled or repressed desire manifests itself in the gay male body and how it can be fulfilled or released through movement.

Gender Splendor
Rachel Thorne Germond

Choreographer Rachel Thorne Germond conveys on- stage a world that is not dissimilar to everyday life, but the dances she makes do address aspects of fantasy, imagination, and memory within the context of contemporary life. In Gender Splendor,  Germond investigates the embodied screen and public performance personas of  Pop Icons Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, transforming from one to the other in a paradox of vulnerability, enigma, sexuality and paradox as she rubs up flirtatiously and rebelliously against rigid concepts of gender identity and expression.  The dance is a vehicle of transformation that explores layered of aspects of gender identity through its referenced movement vocabulary, visual spectacle, deconstruction of cliche, and cultural reference points.