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 […]
Plenty of choreographers will argue that finding an audience for dance can be a Herculean task. San Francisco–based choreographer Sean Dorsey has what most would consider an added obstacle: He’s transgender, and the dance-theater work he creates for his company deals mainly with transgender and queer experiences. But he says the work is universally resonant. […]
Read what the press has to say about Sean Dorsey Dance’s THE MISSING GENERATION… The Advocate by Jacob Anderson-Minshall The Bay Area Reporter by Khaled Sayed SF Gate by Allan Ulrich San Francisco Bay Times InDance by Claudia Bauer SF Gate by Rachel Howard
TELL YOUR STORY: Movement and Writing for LGBT and HIV+ Teens A FREE all-levels workshop by Sean Dorsey Wednesday May 27, 2pm-4pm The Telling Room (Suite 201 – 225 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine (207-774-6064 TELL YOUR STORY: Movement and Writing for LGBTQ and HIV+ People A FREE all-ages, all-levels workshop by Sean Dorsey Thursday May […]
JUNE 18-20 at Z SPACE! Tickets: $15+ sliding scale at www.zspace.org THE FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL is the nation’s premiere transgender and queer performance festival. Outrageously popular, artistically outstanding, and always delicious, advance tickets are recommended for this popular event. Spectacular lineup features: Breanna Sinclairé, The Singing Bois, Manish Vaidya, Colombian Soul, Sean Dorsey Dance, Robbie Tristan & Ernesto Palma, Shawna Virago, Natasha Muse, Jocquese Whitfield & Saturn Rising, and Elena Rose! All […]
This year, Sean Dorsey Dance celebrates its Tenth Anniversary Season. To celebrate, the company has a jam-packed year of performances, touring and celebrations! In May, Sean Dorsey Dance celebrated its Tenth Anniversary Home Season with the world premiere performances of its full-length work, THE MISSING GENERATION. THE MISSING GENERATION gives voice to longtime survivors of the […]
Sean Dorsey Dance is hard at work in the studio creating their new full-length work, The Missing Generation. The Missing Generation explores the contemporary impact of the loss of part of an entire generation of gay and transgender people to AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s. SDD is creating the show during a 2-year intensive process […]
We are excited to announce the newest Company Member of Sean Dorsey Dance, ArVejon Jones! Born and raised in California, ArVejon has his roots deeply planted in the dance community here in SF. ArVejon joins Sean Dorsey Dance for the creation of the company’s newest work, The Missing Generation (world premiere May 14-17!). ArVejon Jones was raised […]
October 2-5, 2014 Sean Dorsey is coming to Boston Oct 2-5 to record oral history interviews for his new full-length show “The Missing Generation”. “The Missing Generation” explores the contemporary impact of the loss of so much of an entire generation of gay and transgender people to AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s. Dorsey is creating […]