DANCING QWEENS | PUBLIC PROGRAM
PRESENTED BY DANCEHOUSE & MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL
21 January 2019 - 03 February 2019
Alongside James Welsby's performance season of DANCING QWEENS, James and Dancehouse curate a public program of workshops, conversations and queer dance classes.
10 x dance classes exploring queer dance manifestations and possibilities from a range of teachers in a range of styles: Voguing, Waacking, Hip Hops in Heels, Same-Sex Ballroom, Drag, Afro Caribbean, Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Latin, and Indigenous Identity in Queer Dance Classes are open to everyone, queer or not, and no dance experience is necessary.
Suitable for ages 15+
Date: Monday to Friday, JAN 21 - FEB 1
Time: 7:00-8:00pm, except Wednesday, JAN 23 (8:00-9:00pm)
Price:
$140 FULL | $100 DH Member (10-CLASS PASS)
$90 FULL | $60 DH Member (5-CLASS PASS)
Monday, JAN 21: Waacking - "Mad Fox" Maggie
Tuesday, JAN 22: Reclaiming the Senses - Luke George
Wednesday, JAN 23: Afro Caribbean - Beni Lola
Thursday, JAN 24: Bollywood - Shamita
Friday, JAN 25: Same-sex Ballroom - Dancecats
Monday, JAN 28: Same-sex latin - Anni Salerni
Tuesday, JAN 29: Hip Hop in Heels - Rolly
Wednesday, JAN 30: Dance in Drag culture - Jandruze
Thursday, JAN 31: Voguing - Vana Banks
Friday, FEB 1: Indigenous identity in queer dance - Carly Sheppard
BOOK A SINGLE CLASS ($20 FULL | $15 DH Member)
BOOK A 10-CLASS PASS ($140 FULL | $100 DH Member) - Save up to $60!
BOOK A 5-CLASS PASS ($90 FULL | $60 DH Member) - Save up to $15!
EOIs OPEN 13 Nov – 18 Dec
A two day workshop for queer performance makers, led by Melanie Lane and Dandrogyny, exploring the social, political and choreographic significance of queer dance. This is a space to respond to provocations, test ideas, and critically discuss style, context, and community. The focus will be on developing performance ideas based on stimuli and material within the workshop, culminating in a micro-festival of performance with the intention to provide participants with new tools they can apply to their practice. This workshop is open to all, but priority will be given to queer performance makers with a committed practice.
Date: Saturday to Sunday, FEB 2 - 3
Time: 11:30am-4:30pm
Price: $140 | $100 DH Member (EOIs open NOV 13 - DEC 18, 2018)
Three panel discussions with leaders from the queer performance communities to discuss and dissect queer culture and its intersections with the social, the political and the performative. These conversations, a regular feature in Dancehouse's public programs, are presented here in a first-time partnership with Midsumma, Victoria's premiere LGBTIQ+ festival. Structured in three parts, this series will reflect on the specificities and forces at play in Australian queer culture(s).
FREE but bookings recommended
Wednesday JAN 23, 6-7pm (Midsumma Festival Bar at The Coopers Malthouse)
James Welsby, Phillip Adams, Maud Davey and Dennis Altmann in conversation with Angela Bailey
Considering the globalisation and commodification of queer culture, what are the local specificities? Which forms of queerness resist these forces and which choose to embrace them and why? With a focus on the queer histories of Melbourne and Sydney, this conversation unpacks the entanglement of various art forms and queerness since the '60s.
Jinghua Qian, Isabella Whāwhai Waru and Nunzio Madden in conversation with Quinn Eades
Sunday FEB 3, 5-6pm (Dancehouse)
Simona Castricum, Mama Alto and Xanthe Dobbie in conversation with Alison Bennett
READ MORE INCL. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Commissioned and produced by Dancehouse as part of the HOUSEMATE PROGRAM in collaboration with Midsumma Festival with support from Creative Victoria. With many thanks to our advisory curatorial panel: SJ Norman, James Welsby, Quinn Eades and John Pyburn.
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Image credit: Dandrogyny
