NEA awards $35K to transgender dance tour.
The National Endowment for the Arts Supports Transgender Dance Tour
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has granted $35,000 of taxpayer money to support an exciting and groundbreaking transgender dance tour. Led by the talented and innovative “queer choreographer” Sean Dorsey, the performance titled ”The Lost Art of Dreaming” is set to captivate audiences in four states.
The performance is produced by Fresh Meat Productions, a San Francisco-based studio known for its commitment to transgender activism. Sean Dorsey, the artistic director, is hailed as the “first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer.”
The NEA grant description reveals that the performance aims to imagine transgender and queer futures through contemporary dance, grand-scale costuming, and physical theater. The grant covers a one-year period, from May 2023 to May 2024.
Fresh Meat Productions notes that the dance features a powerhouse ensemble of five trans, queer, and gender-non-conforming dancers. With intimate storytelling, intricate costuming, and exquisite queer partnering, this performance promises to be a truly unique and mesmerizing experience.
As part of the project, Sean Dorsey will also host free community engagement activities, including trans-supportive writing and movement workshops. This initiative aims to serve artists and audiences in Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.
Fresh Meat Productions offers various
The NEA has emphasized that the grant was awarded based on artistic excellence and merit, with panels of arts experts and individuals from across the country making recommendations on all Grants for Arts Projects applications.
It is worth noting that Fresh Meat Productions has received several NEA grants in the past, including $35,000 in 2022 for the same dance tour. The studio has also received funding for other productions, such as those focused on the AIDS epidemic and “masculinity and gender in contemporary America.” Additionally, Fresh Meat Productions received a $19,000 grant from the California Arts Council in 2019.
Fresh Meat Productions is dedicated to promoting the evolution of transgender arts and culture, as well as the artistic development and leadership of trans, gender non-conforming, and queer communities.
Meanwhile, the NEA has also supported other productions that celebrate transgenderism. For instance, a $30,000 grant was awarded to Motus Theater in Boulder, Colorado, to support the development and world premiere touring production of the TRANSformative Monologues project.
Motus Theater is currently
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