Screening of Sean Dorsey Dance’s “Lou” in Dublin, Ireland

As part of Sean Dorsey Dance’s 20th Anniversary Season, Sean Dorsey will be featured at two events in Dublin, Ireland –presented by Small Trans Library Dublin. (Learn more about the other event here!)

On Wednesday April 3, Sean Dorsey Dance’s 2008
work “Lou” will be screened at Light House Cinema, presented by Small Trans Library Dublin. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dorsey.

This is an historic opportunity to view this groundbreaking work on the big screen!

“Lou” is a suite of dances that Dorsey choreographed and Sean Dorsey Dance performed and toured in
2008 and 2009. To create ‘Lou’, Dorsey researched the lifelong journals of Lou Sullivan (1951-1991), a transsexual gay
man who lived and died in San Francisco and was a trailblazing activist, organizer and writer. Sullivan broke down countless barriers for transpeople and was literally a friend to hundreds and inspiration to thousands.

Before his death, Sullivan bequeathed 30 years of his journals, letters and papers to the GLBT Historical Society in order to leave a companion for other transsexual and transgender people, to educate and open minds, and to ensure that the progress he had struggled a lifetime for would not be lost.

To create ‘Lou’, Dorsey spent a year reading and researching this collection, hand-transcribed hundreds of diary entries, distilled and narrated 30 years of Sullivan’s journal writings into an original soundscore, and choreographed a suite of dances based on Sullivan’s remarkable journey.