OUT LIFE AND STYLE For transgender dancers, progress can’t come fast enough “Dance audiences are ready and hungry for trans voices,” director Sean Dorsey said. “It’s our dance institutions that are still catching up.” March 8, 2020 By Avichai Scher “Sean Dorsey was tired of being the only transgender dancer in the room. So he took […]
by Sean Dorsey Dance Photos: Lydia Daniller “lush, expansive dance … poignant” (PBS-KQED) “a visually stunning, emotionally rich, and profoundly timely examination of masculinity and gender by one of the nation’s most visionary choreographers” (Bay Times) “poignant … Dorsey’s signature mix of happiness, heartbreak, confessional dialogue, salty language, goofy humor and gorgeous partnering” (San Francisco […]
ALL DANCE HAS A MESSAGE: INTERVIEW WITH SEAN DORSEY January 23, 2020 – POD DE DEUX podcast hosts Jessica and Michael had a fun, energized and important conversation with Sean Dorsey, the US’s first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer. Sean’s newest work, BOYS IN TROUBLE, unpacks masculinity with unflinching honesty from unapologetically trans and queer […]
by Sean Dorsey Dance Photos: Lydia Daniller “lush, expansive dance … poignant” (PBS-KQED) “a visually stunning, emotionally rich, and profoundly timely examination of masculinity and gender by one of the nation’s most visionary choreographers” (Bay Times) “poignant … Dorsey’s signature mix of happiness, heartbreak, confessional dialogue, salty language, goofy humor and gorgeous partnering” (San Francisco […]
by Sean Dorsey Dance Photos: Lydia Daniller “lush, expansive dance … poignant” (PBS-KQED) “a visually stunning, emotionally rich, and profoundly timely examination of masculinity and gender by one of the nation’s most visionary choreographers” (Bay Times) “poignant … Dorsey’s signature mix of happiness, heartbreak, confessional dialogue, salty language, goofy humor and gorgeous partnering” (San Francisco […]
Thursday, October 24, 2019 12pm – 1pm Commonwealth Club of California 110 The Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94105 GET TICKETS HERE Join us for a conversation with local trans artist-activist couple—Shawna Virago and Sean Dorsey—about their lives as longtime transgender activists and performing artists. Shawna Virago is a singer and songwriter known for her striking lyric-based songs. […]
by Sean Dorsey Dance Photos: Lydia Daniller “lush, expansive dance … poignant” (PBS-KQED) “a visually stunning, emotionally rich, and profoundly timely examination of masculinity and gender by one of the nation’s most visionary choreographers” (Bay Times) “poignant … Dorsey’s signature mix of happiness, heartbreak, confessional dialogue, salty language, goofy humor and gorgeous partnering” (San Francisco […]
DANCE YOUR STORY: MOVEMENT + SELF-EXPRESSION WORKSHOP for Trans/LGBTQ/Allies with transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey Saturday, October 19, 2019 2:30pm – 4pm Velocity Dance Center 1621 12th Ave Seattle, WA Come a little early to sign in and change! FREE ALWAYS WANTED TO DANCE BUT… DIDN’T FEEL COMFORTABLE TRYING BECAUSE YOU ARE TRANSGENDER OR LGBTQ? TERRIFIED […]
Sean Dorsey is the FIRST openly transgender person on the COVER of Dance Magazine! → READ FULL ARTICLE HERE ← Dorsey realized that his art could advocate for—even demand—equity for trans and queer people. “Although I never imagined that dance would be the vessel for my social justice work, it does make perfect sense,” he says. “Dance is this […]
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 7:00 PM FREE! GAY CITY: SEATTLE’S LGBTQ CENTER 517 East Pike Street Seattle, WA, 98122 Sean Dorsey and guests scheduled to attend. Moderated by Elliat Graney-Sauke. Presented in collaboration with Velocity Dance Center. Sean Dorsey Dance (THE MISSING GENERATION, Translations 2018) returns to Seattle with a new show, BOYS IN […]