Artistic Director Sean Dorsey will deliver the keynote at this powerful and historic state-wide trans/queer youth summit and conference! This full day event id dedicated to the radical exploration of topics impacting LGBTQIA+ young people. The event is a collaborative venture featuring Keynote speaker Sean Dorsey; workshops facilitated by local LGBTQIA+ young people, community […]
“A powerful blend of utterly gut-wrenching storytelling and sophisticated movement.” (SF Weekly) “Heartbreakingly beautiful – a dance portrait of contemporary LGBT history that is profoundly relevant to all generations.” (SF Bay Times) “gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, and spirit-lifting” (Portland Sun Journal) Lewiston, ME Dates: Saturday, October 14, 2017 Times: TBA Venue: Bates College Tickets: BUY TICKETS HERE […]
Sean Dorsey is teaching workshops in San Francisco this Fall! Join us for Dorsey’s trans-friendly workshop series: Sat Sept 30: Trans-Friendly Terrified Beginners Dance Workshop (SF Dance Center) Sat Oct 7: Trans-Friendly All-Levels Dance Workshop (SF Dance Center) Sat Dec 9: DANCE YOUR STORY! Trans/LGBTQ-Friendly Movement & Self-Expression Workshop for Older Adults & Seniors (SF LGBT Community Center) […]
Sean Dorsey Dance performs THE MISSING GENERATION at the American Dance Festival (ADF) as part of a 20-city tour. Dorsey makes dance history as the first-ever US transgender contemporary dance artist to be presented at ADF! THE MISSING GENERATION gives voice to transgender & LGBT longtime survivors of the early AIDS epidemic. This powerful dance-theater production is based Dorsey’s oral […]
Sean Dorsey Dance will perform excerpts of their upcoming full-evening show BOYS IN TROUBLE at the 2017 Fresh Meat Festival! SDD will perform every night. Get more tickets and info here. Read about the 16th annual Fresh Meat Festival of transgender & queer performance in these press articles.
Artistic Director Sean Dorsey is presenting Dance/USA‘s first-ever session on radical inclusion and support for transgender, gender-non-conforming, gender-fluid and non-binary people in Dance. Dorsey has invited trans dancers Leesha Zieber and Lilly Valore and Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young to join him as panelists for this open session. SATURDAY JUNE 10 8:45am-10am At Dance/USA‘s National Conference in Kansas City, MO
Fresh Meat Fest offers antidote to Trump – Bay Area Reporter Artistic Director Sean Dorsey says this year’s Festival will offer audiences an artistic antidote to Tr*mp … with “Community, nourishment, hope … An outlet for rage and frustration. An outlet for joy and bliss. Insight. Wisdom. Sass. Sexiness. Delight. Awe. Beauty.” READ THE FULL ARTICLE […]
Sean Dorsey dance is profiled in Dance Magazine! Read about how Sean Dorsey thinks about what it takes to challenge dance’s gender norms! CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE.
BOYS BITE BACK is an evening of powerful performance on navigating queer & trans masculinities – featuring new works by Sean Dorsey Dance with guest artists The Singing Bois and Amir Rabiyah. Sean Dorsey Dance‘s all-new dances offer a sneak peek of the company’s upcoming show BOYS IN TROUBLE (premieres in April 2018). As the shadow of Tr*mp’s rule falls over […]
Don’t miss the very RARE opportunity to see panels of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt — on display at Z Space for THE MISSING GENERATION (May 5-7, SF) by Sean Dorsey Dance THIS WEEKEND! During the early AIDS epidemic, many transgender and LGBT people who died of AIDS complications were not given funerals, due […]