August 5th, 2008 maggie
Seriously. I need to see this:
Blurred Lines, a dance work by Sofia Woods “invites you to consider the fluidity of gender, as the performer immerses herself in the iconic behaviours of queer subcultures and inhabits the skins of the high femme, the butch, the androgyne and the drag king - whilst physicalising the subtleties of all those in between. Using contemporary dance and static trapeze…”
I think this performance involves about 7 of my favorite things. Damn. It is so cool to know that there are other people out there exploring this stuff in unexpected mediums.
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August 4th, 2008 maggie
A late update on adventures at Queer Spirit Camp:
a blurry picture of the audience
Queer Camp is beautiful. Everyone was so nice. Most folks had been there almost a week, so they all knew each other, and as we got the tour and headed off to our room people were saying hi, asking about the show, and remarking on our outfits. We had a tasty dinner with lots of watermelon, then started getting ready for the show out on the warm up porch.
Adventures included: being more lost in Framingham, Mass than I ever thought possible, getting Rachel’s hair wet at the rest stop so she could do her pin curls in the car, lots of swimming and walking, sleeping in bunk beds (you know someone had to make a joke about tops and bottoms. I think it was Rachel.) Sassafras and I both got poison ivy. (no, we weren’t making out in the bushes). Read the rest of this entry »
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August 1st, 2008 Sassafras
It’s completely crazy for me to think that I’ve been home from the Queer Spirit Camp for a whole week! It was a really great weekend and everyone there was so sweet and wonderful, the show was great, my storytelling workshop occurred in the most beautiful location I’ve ever taught in, there was a pool, I actually had cell reception the list goes on and on! Also worth mentioning was that one of the men fell in love with my style and on Saturday right before I headed back to the city I was gifted with the most gorgeous 1950’s vintage apron that had belonged to another man’s mother!
It was truly an exceptional day- I then came back home where I was greeted at the train station by my partner holding beautiful flowers, and ze took me home where I discovered that ze had not only in my absence had scrubbed the apartment until It shone, AND made a trip to IKEA on the water taxi and returned (via car service) with a brand new bookcase for our bedroom, which ze had also magically managed to get put together! Did I mention that it was a really exciting weekend? Also exciting was that the experience of being up there with other femme show folks really worked to break down more layers of my own fears about femme community.
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