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Poster image New York late 1970’s, image supplied Jane Desmond.

Poster image New York late 1970’s, image supplied Jane Desmond.

Jane Desmond

October 6, 2018

“As dancers and dance scholars we have the ability to articulate how embodied senses of self in the world and how specific embodied practices come to have social meaning, and how those presumed meanings circulate in public discourse, influencing public policy and political claims, with long term and complex results.”

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In Dance writer, dance, Season Seven Tags dance, Dance writer, academic, Sexuality, Jane Desmond, Gender, Queer
Image courtesy of Harper Watters

Image courtesy of Harper Watters

Harper Watters

September 19, 2018

“I try to make the ballet world a lot more colourful, diverse and a lot more inclusive.”

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In Dancer, Season Seven Tags Ballet, Harper Watters, Dancer, Houston Ballet, Gender, Sexuality
Mette Ingvartsen, photo by Danny Willems

Mette Ingvartsen, photo by Danny Willems

Mette Ingvartsen

September 6, 2018

“The fact that the sexual undertone, or the desiring undertone that a lot of dance is operating through, for me it was very important to make it explicit. To actually say ‘okay part of what is happening here is a question of desire, it is a question of being stimulated physically. Then there are many different levels or layers of this happening of course. In my work it was about saying, we have to recognise that these underlying structures are there, and if we recognise it and even expose it explicitly then maybe we can actually look at for something else or question ourselves….”

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In Artistic Director, Choreographer, Season Seven Tags dance, Dancer, choreographer, MetteIngvartsen, Gend, Sexuality, Nudity
DENUDED - photo by Darko Vaupotić
DENUDED - photo by Darko Vaupotić
DENUDED - group version
DENUDED - group version
SHAKE IT OFF - photo by Dalibor Urukalović
SHAKE IT OFF - photo by Dalibor Urukalović
Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweat freedom - photo by PIXEL
Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweat freedom - photo by PIXEL
Suddenly Everywhere
Suddenly Everywhere
DENUDED - photo by Darko Vaupotić DENUDED - group version SHAKE IT OFF - photo by Dalibor Urukalović Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweat freedom - photo by PIXEL Suddenly Everywhere

Bruno Isaković

August 17, 2018

"I am observing them, observing me." 

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In Season Seven Tags Queer, choreographer, dance, Dancer
'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson
'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson
'Bunny' - photo by Bernie Ng
'Bunny' - photo by Bernie Ng
'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson
'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson
'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson
'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson
'Bunny' - photo by Hideto Maezawa
'Bunny' - photo by Hideto Maezawa
'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson 'Bunny' - photo by Bernie Ng 'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson 'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson 'Bunny' - photo by Hideto Maezawa

Luke George

August 2, 2018

“Dance is an embodied space, it is a visual space, it’s a sensual space and I just have such a strong desire for the audience to be in their bodies as well as the performers and for them not to be sitting in a black box as if they are watching television, in their heads thinking about things, analysing.”

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In Season Seven Tags Dancer, choreographer
Chase Johnsey

Chase Johnsey

July 25, 2018

“I am a huge feminist, so there was something about the strength of the females going on pointe, that really interested me, I like that there was strength beyond the beauty.”

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In Dancer, Season Seven Tags Dancer, Queer, Ballet, Drag, New York, Gender, UK
'Brasilia' collaboration with Matthew Bird (2015) Photo credit Vitor Schietti

'Brasilia' collaboration with Matthew Bird (2015) Photo credit Vitor Schietti

Phillip Adams

July 12, 2018

“New York was my mentor”

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In Season Seven Tags choreographer, New York, Artistic director, Queer, HIV, Gender
Image by Tristan Jalleh

Image by Tristan Jalleh

Justin Shoulder

June 20, 2018

“In many respects I started doing performance as a reaction to having a very digital practice, working with images and I wanted to physically feel more alive in this reality.”

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In Season Seven Tags Performance Art, Queer, Dancer, Drag

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