“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) Kelly-Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh, PA) Dates: Friday-Saturday, April 8-9, 2016 Times: 7pm pre-show mixer / 8pm Venue: […]
Sean Dorsey Dance was awarded an IZZIE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music/Sound/Text for THE MISSING GENERATION (Soundscore design and text by Sean Dorsey, original music by Alex Kelly, Jesse Olson Bay, Ben Kessler, and Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney, sound engineering by Laura Dean). Sean Dorsey Dance was also nominated for Best Company Performance in THE MISSING GENERATION. […]
Experience Sean Dorsey Dance in DC FREE Workshop at The DC Center for the LGBT Community Thurs, Mar 31 5:30-7:30pm Dance Your Story is a free dance and self-expresion workshop for LGBTQ people and allies. Always wanted to dance but didn’t feel comfortable trying because you are trans or LGBT? This all-levels, super-friendly workshop will […]
Experience Sean Dorsey Dance in DC MASTER CLASS AT DANCE PLACE! Wednesday, March 30 at 10:15am Full bodied movement and socially conscious choreography are hallmarks of Dorsey’s style, explored in this intensive master class for professional and pre-professional dancers. Class will begin with a gentle warm-up for the whole body and continue into phrase work […]
Sean Dorsey has been nominated for TWO Isadora Duncan Dance awards: Best Company Performance and Best Soundscore/Text/Music for THE MISSING GENERATION. The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (or “the Izzies”) are the Academy Awards for dance here in the Bay Area. March 21, 2016 Awards Ceremony Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum 701 Mission Street, San […]
In this Preview piece, Andrew Alexander interviews Dorsey about his creation process, collaboration, being trans and dancing, and his company’s now-touring work THE MISSING GENERATION …read more
SF Bay Times September 22, 2015 ‘Sean Dorsey Dance: Making Waves and Dancing Bold’ “Bay Area dance fans have the rare opportunity to see award-winning LGBT dance company Sean Dorsey Dance perform twice in San Francisco this month. Sean Dorsey Dance, directed by transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey, tours extensively, but will be performing at home […]
DANCE YOUR STORY! Free dance & self-expression workshop for LGBT people & allies! FRESNO Saturday, October 3 3:30pm – 6:00pm FREE! California Arts Academy (4750 N Blackstone Ave, Fresno, CA 93726) RIVERSIDE Saturday, October 4 2:00pm – 5:00pm FREE! Dancing in Riverside Dance Studio (1760 Chicago Ave Suite J11, Riverside, CA 92507) SEBASTOPOL Saturday, October […]
HIV Plus Magazine September 2, 2015 ‘The Missing Generation and Surviving for Decades with HIV’ “People just disappeared. Survivors say that was one of the most disconcerting things about living through the early days of the AIDS epidemic.” Read more of the article.
Sean Dorsey, Sean Dorsey Dance, Shawna Virago, and the Fresh Meat Festival are featured in episode 1 of the new NetFlix series Sense8 by the Wachowskis (directors, The Matrix, Cloud Atlas) and J. Michael Straczynski. Check out our international television debut – millions of people around the globe are introduced to these award-winning transgender artists, the […]