“Award-winning choreographer Sean Dorsey creates visual poems hinging on universal narratives of love, heartbreak and the desire for community. His dances seamlessly stitch together past and present, hope and history, personal intimacy and social context. His newest production, "The Secret History of Love," is an epic work that chronicles the ways LGBT people have built […]
Sean Dorsey is interviewed on NPR-radio’s “Out in the Bay” with Eric Jansen. Sean speaks about the 2-year national research process to create the show, the unique perspective of working as an out transgender and queer dance, and the joys of love. Listen to radio interview.
“When Queers Had to Stay in the Closet, They Still Made It Work: The Secret History of Love” — SF Weekly (03/28/12) Read Article: [JPG] [PDF] “Interview with Dancer Sean Dorsey” — Bodies of Work Magazine (03/15/12) Read Article: [JPG] [PDF] “The Secret History of Love Premieres in San Francisco” — Shermans Travel (03/09/12) Read […]
SEAN DORSEY WORKS ON TWO-YEAR NATIONAL LGBT ELDERS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT TO CREATE THE SECRET HISTORY OF LOVE SOME OF OUR LGBT ELDER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PARTICIPANTS IN BOSTON Sean Dorsey Dance’s new show The Secret History Of Love reveals the underground ways that transgender and queer people managed to find and love each other in decades past. […]
Sean Dorsey is profiled in these two excellent national magazine pieces: in the November issues of both American Theater Magazine and The Advocate. Bay Area Dance Writer Rita Felciano talks to San Francisco dance artists who incorporate text in their dance works, including a profile of Dorsey’s work. Read article…. Sean Dorsey’s acclaimed show Uncovered: […]
Sean Dorsey records oral histories with LGBTQ elders for new show
Fresh Meat Productions is proud to be a community co-presenter of this event. November 3-5, 2011 Dates: Thurs-Sat, November 3-5 (8pm) Venue: CounterPulse 1310 Mission Street at 9th Street, SF [map] Tickets: $12-15 sliding scale http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/208019 This venue is wheelchair-accessible. Info: www.sftff.org Fresh Meat Productions is proud to be a community co-presenter of the San […]
Sean Dorsey Dance has just returned home from their Los Angeles Tour, where they performed Uncovered: The Diary Project to sold-out audiences. The Company performed all weekend at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, where Sean Dorsey Dance also taught a jam-packed Intro Dance Workshop for transgender, queer and allied people. Audiences said: “Lush, savory […]
Date/Time: Sunday, August 14 (1:00pm – 3:00pm) Venue: Highways Performance Space 1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 [map] Sponsored by: Los Angeles Trans Leadership Academy Info: freshmeatinfo@gmail.com This free and super-friendly workshop is led by trailblazing transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey from San Francisco – and will include conversation, cookies and some beginner movement/dance. Please […]
Fresh Meat Productions and Highways Performance Space (Artistic Director, Leo Garcia) present the Los Angeles area premiere of Uncovered: The Diary Project. After taking San Francisco and New York by storm with sold-out runs and critical praise, this award-winning show comes to Santa Monica for ONE WEEKEND ONLY. Trailblazing transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey (winner of […]