Queer people have long used song and dance to find the joy and resilience needed to navigate oppressive forces that refuse to accept us. The queer dance party is an extension of that lineage. Together, we let the entrancing sounds of pop, house, and disco turn our bodies into instruments of joy, love, and ferocity.
We begin with a warm-up that loosens the body and summons a fabulous, cunty, ferocious version of yourself. Next, we learn movement drawn from queer dance forms such as vogue, waacking, club dance, house, and martial arts. We close with an extended free dance to express ourselves, build community, and cultivate the mental and emotional fortitude to stay dynamic and fierce in everyday life, no matter what comes.
Tickets SoonDEVANTE LOVE:
DeVante Love (they/them) is an Afroindigiqueer dance scholar-artist, therapist turned medicinewoman, and lay Buddhist/Daoist monk. Their performance work supports healing and empowerment through medicine dances and warrior dances that incorporate martial arts, queer dance aesthetics, dance therapy, and ecoshamanism. They have been training and teaching this work for 20 years and have spent the past 6 years performing this work on stages across the U.S., East Asia, and East Africa.
If you or a guest in your party has accessibility needs for this event, please contact Joe Juknievich at joe@dancecomplex.org or (617) 547-9363.
