In Summer 2021, Dance Place hosted GAZE: a Queer research and performance gathering, and partnered with Excessive Realness (ER) – an LGBTQ+-centered dance intensive – to foster a week’s worth of virtual queer arts happenings. As part of this, and as part of their new dance journalism series developed in partnership with Lisa Traiger, Creative Entry, Dance Place commissioned Matthew…
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Another Word For That
Some recent news that went out earlier this month… https://mailchi.mp/879d2c2f4cc8/another-word-for-that To read more, click the link above! To make sure you know what is happening and when with Matthew and his collaborators, visit our Contact Page to sign up for our email list. We promise- we dislike email as much as you and will only send information when it ‘s…
More In Consideration Of
Some recent news that went out earlier this month… https://mailchi.mp/3469f897ac0d/more-in-consideration-of To read more, click the link above! To make sure you know what is happening and when with Matthew and his collaborators, visit our Contact Page to sign up for our email list. We promise- we dislike email as much as you and will only send information when it ‘s…
Dancing with Pride: Continuing the Conversations
“Dance is powerful because it lives in the body. LGBTQ+ people living freely in their minds and bodies is a powerful thing! This is for me what Pride is about. Taking what we know to be internally true and manifesting it for others. It’s a call signal for other LGBTQ+ folx.” Mary Bounds, Washington, DC We know that the act…
Engaging History as a Creative Act
Some recent news that went out earlier this month… https://mailchi.mp/53e00026cd74/engaging-history-as-a-creative-act To read more, click the link above! To make sure you know what is happening and when with Matthew and his collaborators, visit our Contact Page to sign up for our email list. We promise- we dislike email as much as you and will only send information when it ‘s…
Quiet for too long
Some recent news that went out earlier this month… https://mailchi.mp/c7cd2e53c8db/quiet-for-too-long To read more, click the link above! To make sure you know what is happening and when with Matthew and his collaborators, visit our Contact Page to sign up for our email list. We promise- we dislike email as much as you and will only send information when it ‘s…
Connecting to our Connective Tissue
Some recent news that went out in February… https://mailchi.mp/bf53d2ab078d/connecting-to-our-connective-tissue To read more, click the link above! To make sure you know what is happening and when with Matthew and his collaborators, visit our Contact Page to sign up for our email list. We promise- we dislike email as much as you and will only send information when it ‘s necessary!
Dancing with Pride: a conversation with DC LGBTQ+ choreographers
Join us for Dancing with Pride: a conversation about DC’s LGBTQ+ dance community with local LGBTQ+ choreographers and dancemakers. Tune in to learn about the intersections of dance and LGBTQ+ identity and activism within DC’s dance scene, and share your questions and experiences with our panel. This evening’s conversation is being co-created with Dance Place, and will feature Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, Elizabeth Johnson Levine,…
A Virtual Experience: Teaching in TWU’s Maymester
How do we stay connected and embodied in a time when we should keep ‘physically distant’? What can we learn- from ourselves and each other- from collaborating across these distances and differences? How will this class and our shared work help us move through what we are experiencing? These were the guiding question for the course I taught during Texas…
New Year, New Growth
Some recent news that went out last month (yes, we’re catching up!)… https://mailchi.mp/294497f5b12c/new-year-new-growth To read more, click the link above! To make sure you know what is happening and when with Matthew and his collaborators, visit our Contact Page to sign up for our email list. We promise- we dislike email as much as you and will only send information…