Sat 5:30pm - Program A- ASL | Alyah Baker, Emma Tome, Scott Duane

Five commissioned LGBTQ+ dance artists present new work as part of the annual Queering Dance Festival!

The Queering Dance Festival presents five new works by commissioned LGBTQ+ dance artists!

Program A: Alyah Baker | Scott Duane | Emma Tome

Saturday @ 5:30pm w/ Live ASL Interpretation

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Alyah Baker presents Quare Dance, which deconstructs and reimagines ballet through the lens of Black Queer subjectivity, offering a fresh perspective on what ballet is and can be. Based on a research project and installation of the same name, Quare Dance combines movement, text, and adornment to explore the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality.

and this is the sound of my voice, is a solo sound and dance work by emma tome, moving through the terror and relief of recognition. A stumble between dysphoria and euphoria, the dance happens inside a live vocal echo chamber, and reflects the sometimes lonely, aching process of change, transition, and self-knowing.

Scott Duane and collaborators present Join Me on the Hunt a trio that explores what it means to share their most precious and hard-earned discoveries with one another.

COVID Policy - Masks are required for audiences inside the lobby and theater.

Join us for a reception each day between shows! More info TBA

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Access Information

​Live ASL Interpretation will be offered on Saturday, April 1st at both the 5:30pm & 7:30pm shows.

Live Audio Description by Gravity Access Services will be offered on Sunday, April 2nd at both the 5:30pm and 7:30pm shows. Haptic Access Tour will happen 45 minutes prior to curtain - 4:45pm and 6:45pm

Free tickets are available for deaf/hard of hearing and blind/low-vision audience members and their companions. Please email [email protected] to reserve tickets.

Live Oak Theater is a fully wheelchair accessible theater  for power and manual wheelchairs and accessible chairs available. Bathrooms are single stall and gender-neutral.

photos clockwise from top left: Héctor Jaime by @Queeringbeauty; Alyah Baker courtersy of the artist; Emma Tome by Melissa Lewis Wong

Host or Publisher Shawl-Anderson Dance Center