Sean Dorsey Dance| Saturday | July 20| 7:30PM

The Lost Art Of Dreaming is an invitation to reconnect with longing, embrace expansive imagination, connect with joy and pleasure, and propel ourselves toward loving futures. Performed by a powerhouse ensemble of five queer, trans and gender-non-conforming dancers with a rich, layered soundscore featuring original and commissioned music, the work comes to Lewiston as part of a 12+ city international tour.

“A powerful amalgamation of heart-stopping dance, intimate storytelling, and elegant queer partnering” – Bay Area Reporter

Sean Dorsey is an Emmy award-winning choreographer, dancer, writer, educator and activist. Long recognized as the U.S.’ first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer, Dorsey has toured his work to more than 35 cities across the US and abroad – and taught with his explicitly trans-positive pedagogy in more than 40 cities.

Dorsey is a Doris Duke Artist and a Dance/USA Artist Fellow. He has been awarded an Emmy Award, five Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, and the Goldie Award for Performance. In 2019, he became the first openly-transgender person on the cover of Dance Magazine. Dorsey is the first openly-transgender US artist to be presented by The Joyce Theater (NYC), American Dance Festival and many other major stages.

As a transgender, white, disabled/Hard-of-hearing and queer longtime social practice artist, Dorsey creates his works over 2-3 years in deep relationship with/in community. As a teaching artist, Dorsey leads workshops, classes and DREAM LABS with a trans-positive pedagogy – and centers and celebrates gender non-conforming and trans bodies, voices and aesthetics.

https://seandorseydance.com/ 

The Lost Art of Dreaming

Choreographed, written and has soundscore direction by Sean Dorsey

Movement created & performed by Sean Dorsey, Brandon Graham, Héctor Jaime, David Le, and Nol Simonse

Original music composed by Anomie Belle, LD Brown, Sean Dorsey, Frida Ibarra, Alex Kelly, Ben Kessler, Jesse Olsen Bay, and Kelsey Lu

The Lost Art of Dreaming was commissioned by American Dance Festival, Dance Place (Washington DC), 7 Stages (Atlanta GA), Velocity Dance Center (Seattle WA), Queer Cultural Center (San Francisco CA), and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival; and developed through residencies with the National Choreography Center in Akron (Akron OH) and Z Space (San Francisco CA).

The Lost Art of Dreaming was awarded support from the commissioners above, and from the California Arts Council, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project – with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network and San Francisco Arts Commission.

SEAN DORSEY DANCE is the resident company of Fresh Meat Productions – learn more about Fresh Meat Productions at www.FreshMeatProductions.org 

Top Photo by Lydia Daniller

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