"Lou" Screening and Q&A with Sean Dorsey
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Queer Arts Featured is proud to present a screening of Sean Dorsey Dance’s 2008
work “Lou” in association with Fresh Meat Productions. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with creator and choreographer Sean Dorsey.
“Lou” is a suite of dances that Dorsey choreographed and Sean Dorsey Dance performed and toured in
2008 and 2009. To create ‘Lou’, Dorsey researched the lifelong journals of Lou Sullivan (1951-1991), a transsexual gay man who lived and died in San Francisco and was a trailblazing activist, organizer and writer. Sullivan broke down countless barriers for transpeople and was literally a friend to hundreds and inspiration to thousands.
Before his death, Sullivan bequeathed 30 years of his journals, letters and papers to the GLBT Historical Society in order to leave a companion for other transsexual and transgender people, to educate, open minds, and to ensure that the progress he had struggled a lifetime for would not be lost.
To create ‘Lou’, Dorsey spent a year reading and researching this collection, hand-transcribed hundreds of diary entries, distilled and narrated 30 years of Sullivan’s journal writings into an original soundscore, and choreographed a suite of dances based on Sullivan’s remarkable journey.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with creator and choreographer Sean Dorsey.
This is an historic opportunity to view this groundbreaking work in our gallery exhibition No One Way, celebrating Sean and his contemporaries, on our projector screen salvaged from the Castro Theater film screen.
ACCESS INFORMATION:
- This event features ASL interpretation, and video has captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
- Queer AF's entrance and film screening area are wheelchair accessible. Our bathroom is partially wheelchair accessible.
- All audience seats are armless chairs or couches.
If you would like to give us advance notice of any access needs, please email us at manager@seandorseydance.com. Please specify your access need (eg. If you will be accessing ASL interpretation)
- Queer AF's bathroom is all-gender.
- There will be no strobing or rapidly-flashing lights at this event.
- All ages are welcomed. The performance being screened ('Lou') has no nudity, but does have some adult themes and mature language and. Parental guidance is advised.
- Identification (ID) is not required to come to this event.
COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR THIS EVENT
- Please note that this show requires all attendees to wear a KN95 mask at all times while in the building. Staff will provide KN95 masks to everyone before they enter the building.
- By attending this event, you agree to the following:
-You do not have any signs of contagious illness (COVID or otherwise), including pink eye, that aren’t fully explained by a non-contagious health condition that you have.
- If you have had COVID, it’s been at least 10 days since your first symptoms or positive test if you were asymptomatic.
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