American Ghoul at Suite/SPACE 2022
Something was exhumed on the stage that night— what it was still haunts me.
All posts by Theo Armstrong
Sha Creative Outlet: XS at The Center at West Park
Like a giant notebook portfolio or a crumpled map in the glove box of a borrowed car, the paper endures, holds the changes, shows the history of Sha and Sarah’s togetherness— and our witnessing of that togetherness.
Queer Joy on the Beach
Waves crashed on the sand and ambient beats wafted from the DJ tent. Rainbow flags marked a sacred circle on the beach: beyond the luxurious summer homes and expensive restaurants, a brave queer oasis for experimental art emerged.
Hyperfantasia at The Brick Theater
Question everything. Laugh often. And be proud as peacocks, amoebas and hominids—you’re alive, and it’s June!
Main Character Syndrome
If performance is an intersection between the realness of live embodiment and the fantastical suspension of reality, then this is true performance.
“P I N E” by m i c c a @ Beach 81st, Far Rockaway
I put my arms around the dry branches, sunk my face between the needles. I remembered holding you like this before you left. I remembered when we did this without thinking.
Creative Outlet: A Conversation with Shannon Yu
Paper. A tongue? A face? Hands, elbows, emerging body parts. Two bodies. Questions. Who are they to each other? Will they ever come out from behind the semi-translucent wall? Conceal and reveal. Discovery. Peekaboo, peep show, peeling back wrapping paper; pulling the curtain open in a stranger’s house to see a familiar smile.
Movement Without Borders at Judson Church
A catalyst, a deep breath together, a gathering.
“Lucky Star: superstar” at the (online) Exponential Festival
Fact and fiction, inseparable, blur and tease. Cut to disco ball, still swinging. Slow down and watch the air sparkle.
BREAKTIME at ARTS ALIVE
Created and performed by Holly Sass and Jonathan Matthews / BREAKTIME
Out of An Abundance of Caution Volume 27, The Brick Theater (Live on Twitch)
And then, time reversed itself.
Black Dance Stories with Cynthia Oliver and Marjani Forté-Saunders
Black Dance Stories is exactly what it sounds like and precisely what we need right now. It’s a distillation of insightful moments in post-performance talkbacks spliced with casual conversations you once shared over drinks, plus powerful sentiments you’re overhearing now at BLM protests.