by Sean Dorsey Dance
“A powerful blend of utterly gut-wrenching storytelling and sophisticated movement.”
(SF Weekly)
“Heartbreakingly beautiful – a dance portrait of contemporary LGBT history that is profoundly relevant to all generations.”
(SF Bay Times)
“gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, and spirit-lifting”
(Portland Sun Journal)
THE MISSING GENERATION features full-throttle dance, luscious partnering, intimate storytelling and theater – performed by Dorsey’s stellar, multi-generational ensemble of dancers: Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, ArVejon Jones and Nol Simonse. Sean Dorsey is an award-winning transgender and queer choreographer who has toured his work to 30 cities across the US.
Dorsey created a lush multi-layered soundscore featuring the voices and remarkable real-life stories recorded in these oral history interviews, Dorsey’s own writing, and original music from a stellar team of composers: Alex Kelly, Jesse Olsen Bay, Ben Kessler, and Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney.
THE MISSING GENERATION toured to 20 cities across the US between 2015 and 2020 – during week-long Community Residencies that featured performances, “Generations Positive” inter-generational community conversations; master classes; free trans-friendly dance workshops; “Dance Your Story” self-expression workshops for LGBTQI people and people living with HIV/AIDS; and other custom-designed residency activities.
While THE MISSING GENERATION is no longer actively touring, you can visit our Calendar Page to learn about our other upcoming tours and Community Residencies. Join our email list to receive upcoming news about our performances, tours and teaching.
BOOKINGS:
Contact Sean Dorsey Dance’s Production Coordinator at production@freshmeatproductions.org with booking, teaching and residency inquiries about our current projects.
SUPPORT:
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Sean Dorsey Dance, please contact our Production Coordinator: production@freshmeatproductions.org or make a donation online.
THE MISSING GENERATION was created with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Dance Project, New England Foundation for the Arts, National Performance Network, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Queer Cultural Center (San Francisco), Bates Dance Festival (Lewiston), Dance Place (Washington DC), 7 Stages (Atlanta), The Theater Offensive (Boston), and generous individual donors.
THE MISSING GENERATION – Community Sponsors:
The GLBT Historical Society, TGI Justice Project (TGIJP), The Shanti Project, Openhouse, National AIDS Memorial Grove, Bay Area Young Positives, Inc., San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC)
THE MISSING GENERATION – past tour-residency locations
| VENUE | DATES |
|---|---|
| The Joyce Theater (New York, NY) | June 20-23, 2018 |
| Velocity Dance Center (Seattle, WA) | May 3-6, 2018 |
| Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, VT) | October 20, 2017 |
| Bates College (Lewiston, ME) | October 14, 2017 |
| American Dance Festival (Durham, NC) | July 5-6, 2017 |
| Maui Arts & Cultural Center (Maui, HI) | March 2, 2017 |
| Reed College (Portland, OR) | February 15-17, 2017 |
| Hammer Theater (San Jose, CA) | October 8, 2016 |
| UVIC Farquhar Auditorium Theater (Victoria BC, Canada) | July 8, 2016 |
| Highways Performance Space (Santa Monica, CA) | May 27-28, 2016 |
| Z Space - SDD Home Season (San Francisco, CA) | May 5-7, 2016 |
| Kelly-Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh, PA) | April 4-10, 2016 |
| Dance Place (Washington DC) | March 28-April 3, 2016 |
| 7 Stages (Atlanta, GA) | February 1-7, 2016 |
| The Theater Offensive (Boston, MA) | October 22-25, 2015 |
| Young Auditorium (Whitewater, WI) | October 11-14, 2015 |
| Bates Dance Festival (Lewiston, ME) | July 16 & 18, 2015 THE MISSING GENERATION Schaeffer Theater (7:30pm) Tix: www.batesdancefestival.org/performances/ June 26-July 17, 2015 Dorsey teaches daily classes Info: www.batesdancefestival.org |