THE MISSING GENERATION (Seattle, WA) May 3-6, 2018 Velocity Dance Center Click here for more information… BOYS IN TROUBLE (Reston, VT) May 16, 2018 Reston Community Center Click here to buy tickets and for more info… BOYS IN TROUBLE (Washington DC) May 19-20, 2018 Dance Place Click here to buy tickets and for […]
Trailblazing choreographer Sean Dorsey examines masculinity in Boys In Trouble By JEN CHIEN • APR 18, 2018 Sean Dorsey is a trailblazing transgender choreographer, and the founder of Fresh Meat Productions, an annual transgender and queer performance festival. Sean has a new show premiering in San Francisco this week called Boys In Trouble. The show comes out of two […]
Artistic Director Sean Dorsey is profiled in Dance Magazine’s monthly series “Why I Choreograph,” and breaks new ground with his piece about being a transgender dancemaker. Dorsey begins, “I love being transgender. It’s an important part of the story of why I choreograph. Although I loved dance from a very young age, I grew up never […]
Sean Dorsey Dance is nominated for a 2018 Isadora Duncan Dance Award (“Izzie”) in Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Ensemble for Arvejon Jones and Will Woodward’s duet Sweet Time from Boys Bite Back! Congratulations! Please join us at the 32nd Annual Izzie Award Ceremony! Coming March 2018. Exact date/location will be announced soon.
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