Sean Dorsey Dance's 20th Anniversary Home SeasoN
September 19 - 21
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
ONE WEEKEND ONLY! Celebrate two decades of groundbreaking artistry at Sean Dorsey Dance’s 20th Anniversary Home Season. For the first time in Sean Dorsey Dance’s entire history, the company will revisit and perform excerpts of audiences favorites from the last 20 years.
Sean Dorsey Dance will perform a powerful retrospective program featuring two decades of their award-winning artistry — with works including Lou (2009) based on the lifelong diaries of trailblazing trans activist Lou Sullivan; and excerpts from The Missing Generation (2015) and The Secret History of Love (2012), both based on oral histories Dorsey recorded with LGBTQI+ elders across the US. These 3 works comprised an award-winning trilogy that the company performed and toured to more than 25 cities across the US.
These dances are powerful explorations of human experience – featuring Dorsey’s signature fusion of full-throttle dance, luscious queer partnering, theater and intimate storytelling. Highly physical, accessible, rooted in story, and danced with precision and guts and deep humanity, Dorsey’s work has boldly created new space for trans and queer voices, bodies and stories in contemporary dance.
A special 20th Anniversary lobby experience includes: a retrospective photo exhibition of photos of Sean Dorsey Dance by Lydia Daniller and Kegan Marling; a gigantic love letter to Sean Dorsey Dance for audiences to sign; limited edition Sean Dorsey Dance merch; photobooth and DJ!
PLUS: Saturday September 21 performance includes a special post-show Gala reception and champagne toast with Artistic Director Sean Dorsey.
Tickets for this Anniversary event will sell quickly: advance tickets are recommended.
SEAN DORSEY is an Emmy award-winning choreographer, dancer, writer, educator and activist. Long recognized as the U.S.’ first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer, Dorsey has toured his work to more than 35 cities across the US and internationally. Dorsey is a Doris Duke Artist, a United States Artists Fellow, and a Dance/USA Artist Fellow. He has been awarded an Emmy Award, five Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, and the Goldie Award for Performance. In 2019, he became the first openly-transgender person on the cover of Dance Magazine. Dorsey is the first openly-transgender US artist to be presented by The Joyce Theater (NYC), American Dance Festival, and many other major stages.
Schedule
Thursday 9/19 - 8pm SHOW
*KN95 Masks provided & required for show AND post-show lobby activities
Friday 9/20 - 8pm SHOW (Includes ASL interpretation)
*KN95 Masks provided & required for show AND post-show lobby activities
Saturday 9/21 - 8pm SHOW (includes Gala post-show reception featuring champagne toast with Artistic Director Sean Dorsey)
*KN95 Masks provided & required for show; masks optional for post-show Gala reception (SDD staff will make a "masking is optional now" announcement in the lobby 10 minutes after the performance ends)
To request a no-one-turned-away-for-lack-of-funds (NOTAFLOF) ticket code, please email melissa@freshmeatproductions.org.
