Sean Dorsey Free Workshops

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Saturday, July 9th, 2016
2:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Workshop 1 LGBTQ - FRIENDLY BEGINNER DANCE WORKSHOP with Sean Dorsey Saturday, July 9 – 2:00-4:00pm Timothy and Wendy Vernon Studio, Dance Victoria, 2750 Quadra Street Free of Charge – please email [email protected] to register (space is limited)

PRESENTED BY Passion and Performance Arts Always wanted to dance? Never felt safe in a dance class because you are queer or transgender or LGBTQ or just plain nervous?

JOIN US for this super-friendly, Beginner Dance Workshop with award-winning transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey. Everyone is welcome: straight, transgender, queer, and more – especially terrified beginners! Understanding that some transgendered people do not feel comfortable in participating in public workshops, Sean and company creates a judgment-free safe space, leading participants through simple and playful movement exercises, dance warm-ups, and exclusive material from their own repertoire. No experience necessary!

Please wear comfortable clothing that does not interfere with your ability to move (sweatpants, shorts or loose pants and a comfortable shirt are suggested). There will be no physical touching involved, and all dancers are encouraged to participate barefoot.

Workshop 2 LGBTQ - FRIENDLY MASTER CLASS DANCE WORKSHOP with Sean Dorsey Saturday, July 9 – 5:00-7:00pm Timothy and Wendy Vernon Studio, Dance Victoria, 2750 Quadra Street Free of Charge – please email [email protected] to register (space is limited)

PRESENTED BY Passion and Performance Arts An all-levels master class led by award-winning transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey. Dorsey is passionate about dancing with precision, guts, and deep humanity. Our hearts and eyes become important tools with which to instigate and integrate the full-throttle, highly-articulate movement Sean Dorsey Dance is celebrated for. Full bodied movement and socially conscious choreography are hallmarks of Dorsey’s style, explored in this intensive master class for professional and pre-professional dancers. Class will begin with a gentle warm-up for the whole body and continue into phrase work and repertory choreography. Sean Dorsey is an award-winning dancer and choreographer from San Francisco. As one of the nation’s first out transgender modern dance choreographers, Dorsey has won over audiences from San Francisco to New York with his powerful dances that explore transgender and queer experience.

Recognized as the U.S.’ first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer, Dorsey has won audiences and accolades from San Francisco to New York with his powerful dance-theater. Named in Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch and named “San Francisco’s Best Dance Company” (SF Weekly), Dorsey has been awarded three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards and the Goldie Award for Performance. Most recently, he was named in American Theater Magazine as a Top Theater Artist to Watch. Dorsey is passionate about demystifying modern dance and making it not only accessible but RELEVANT to transgender and queer communities.

Sean is also the founder and director of Fresh Meat Productions, a San Francisco non-profit that creates and presents year-round transgender arts programs. Workshops are presented in collaboration with Pride Victoria, the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium, Dance Victoria, Passion and Performance Arts, Intrepid Theatre. All donations to support the UVic Transgender Archives and Chair in Transgender Studies.

More info: http://www.uvic.ca/auditorium To register: [email protected]