BOYS IN TROUBLE
by Sean Dorsey Dance
Photos: Lydia Daniller
“lush, expansive dance … poignant”
(PBS-KQED)
“a visually stunning, emotionally rich, and profoundly timely examination of masculinity and gender by one of the nation’s most visionary choreographers”
(Bay Times)
“poignant … Dorsey’s signature mix of happiness, heartbreak, confessional dialogue, salty language, goofy humor and gorgeous partnering”
(San Francisco Chronicle)
PART OF A 20-CITY TOUR
| Dates: | Thurs-Sat March 14-16, 2019 |
| Times: | Thursday 8pm Friday 8pm Saturday 4pm (with ASL interpretation) Saturday 8pm (15th Anniversary Gala post-show reception) |
| Venue: | Z Space 450 Florida Street @ 17th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 (venue and restrooms are wheelchair accessible; venue has all-gender restrooms) PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ACCESS NOTES. |
| Tickets: | Thur + Fri 8pm: $15-$30 sliding scale Sat 4pm with ASL: $10-$30 sliding scale Sat 8pm 15th Anniversary Gala: $20-50 sliding scale Walk-up tickets: no one turned away for lack of funds (cash only, please). (ID is not required for ticket purchase or pick-up) |
| TICKETS: | CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS! |
SATURDAY 4PM: ASL Interpretation — please email us to let us know you’re coming! production@freshmeatproductions.org
SATURDAY 8PM: 15th Anniversary GALA Performance & Reception!
ALL SHOWS: Pre- & Post-show receptions every night with DJ Frida Ibarra, photo booth, drinks & dancing!
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ACCESS NOTES.
JOIN US to celebrate Sean Dorsey Dance’s 15th Anniversary season! Fresh Meat Productions is proud to present the return of BOYS IN TROUBLE to San Francisco for one weekend only as part of a 20-city tour. Tickets for this anniversary event will sell quickly: advance tickets are recommended.
BOYS IN TROUBLE is a timely and urgent commentary on contemporary masculinity – these powerful dances place a trans and queer lens onto intersectional questions of embodiment, violence, Black queer love, whiteness, shame and posturing.
BOYS IN TROUBLE is a fusion of full-throttle dance, risk-taking theater, raw emotion, irreverent humor, exquisite queer partnering and intimate storytelling … all performed with Sean Dorsey Dance’s signature technical precision, guts and deep humanity.
In turns powerful, explosive, irreverent, devastatingly honest, sensual and humorous, BOYS IN TROUBLE is a groundbreaking trans and queer examination of American masculinity’s deep roots in Trouble.
BOYS IN TROUBLE is performed by: Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, ArVejon Jones, Nol Simonse and Will Woodward. Original music composed by: Alex Kelly, Ben Kessler, Anomie Belle and LD Brown. Lighting Design by Clyde Sheets. Costume Design by Tiffany Amundson. Technical Direction by Emily Paulson.
Dorsey created BOYS IN TROUBLE over a 2-year period, after visiting communities across the US where he hosted community forums on Masculinity, recorded interviews, and taught free movement workshops for transgender, gender-non-conforming, cisgender, gay, bi, and queer people on the masculine spectrum.
Note: performance includes profanity and some themes of violence.
Sean Dorsey is celebrated as the nation’s first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer. His works have been praised as “exquisite…poignant and important” (BalletTanz), “trailblazing” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “evocative, compelling, elegant” (LA Weekly). Sean Dorsey Dance has toured to 30 cities across the US and internationally.
BOYS IN TROUBLE will tour to 20 cities across the US and internationally through 2021. Contact us to bring this work to your city or with inquiries.
BOYS IN TROUBLE – Community Sponsors:
San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC), TGI Justice Project (TGIJP), Openhouse, San Francisco Women Against Rape, Community United Against Violence, TRANS:THRIVE, The Shanti Project, SF LGBT Center.
ACCESSS NOTES:
GENERAL NOTES:
Legal identification (ID) is not required to purchase or pick up tickets. All restrooms are all-gender and wheelchair accessible.
MOBILITY ACCESS:
Z Space is a wheelchair accessible theater with a ramp into the building, and level rolling access within the theater. Seating is provided on floor level for people using wheelchairs and scooters, as well as anyone who cannot climb stairs (there are stairs starting at row 2 to the back of the theater). All tickets are general seating: accessible seating will always be made available upon request at the door — it’s very helpful if you can email us ahead of time to let us know what accommodations you need: please email us at least 3 days in advance: production@freshmeatproductions.org.
All bathrooms are wheelchair accessible and designated as all-gender.
ASL ACCESS:
The Saturday, March 16 4pm matinee performance will be ASL interpreted by Pilar Marsh and Mo Clark; reserved ASL seating will be available. It’s helpful if you can please let us know if you need ASL reserved seating: please email us production@freshmeatproductions.org.
FRAGRANCE AND MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES:
Although we cannot guarantee a completely scent free space, our goal is to make our events as fragrance-free as possible for the health and safety of performers, audience, staff, and volunteers with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS.)
* Scent-reduced seating will be available – It’s very helpful if you can email us ahead of time to let us know you need scent-reduced reserved seating: please email us at least 3 days in advance: production@freshmeatproductions.org.
* Bathroom products at Z Space will be fragrance free
If you have any other access requests or questions please email smf@freshmeatproductions.org.
BOYS IN TROUBLE 20-City Tour Calendar
| VENUE | DATES |
|---|---|
| University of Southern California - Visions & Voices (Los Angeles, CA) | February 8, 2020 |
| New York Live Arts (New York, NY) | January 12-14, 2020 |
| San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) | November 14-15, 2019 |
| Velocity Dance Center (Seattle, WA) | October 17-20, 2019 |
| Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) | September 27, 2019 |
| 7 Stages (Atlanta, GA) | September 12-15, 2019 |
| Highways Performance Space (Los Angeles, CA) | May 17-18, 2019 |
| Maui Arts & Cultural Center (Maui, HI) | April 11, 2019 |
| Z Space - Sean Dorsey Dance’s 15th Anniversary Season (San Francisco, CA) | March 14-16, 2019 |
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI) | Feb 11-15, 2019 |
| APAP showcase at Live Artery @ New York Live Arts (New York, NY) | January 6, 2019 |
| Young Auditorium (Whitewater, WI) | October 16, 2018 |
| Kulturhuset Stadsteatern (Stockholm, Sweden) | August 2, 2018 |
| Bates Dance Festival (Lewiston, ME) | July 12-14, 2018 |
| Dance Place (Washington, DC) | May 19-20, 2018 |
| Reston Arts Center (Reston, VA) | May 16, 2018 |
| Z Space (San Francisco, CA) | April 19-21, 2018 |
BOYS IN TROUBLE was created with generous support from the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project (with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation), National Performance Network, California Arts Council, Creative Work Fund (a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), Fleishhacker Foundation, Queer Cultural Center, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission and the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.
BOYS IN TROUBLE was commissioned by Bates Dance Festival, Dance Place (Washington, DC), Highways Performance Space (Los Angeles, CA), Maui Arts & Cultural Center (Maui, HI), 7 Stages (Atlanta, GA) and the Queer Cultural Center (San Francisco, CA).