In SF for one weekend only on a 20-city tour! THE MISSING GENERATION is an exquisite dance-theater production based on oral history interviews with longtime survivors of the early AIDS epidemic. Sean Dorsey Dance’s award-winning, multi-generational ensemble dances the work with guts and precision and deep humanity – moving seamlessly between full-throttle dancing, live speaking and intimate storytelling. Saturday night features a Gala Reception.
TICKETING INFORMATION:
Thurs-Sat May 5-7, 2016 (8pm)
Thursday and Friday: Low-Income $15, General $20, Supporter $27
SATURDAY GALA reception: Low-Income $20, General $27, Supporter $35
Tix/info: https://www.seandorseydance.com
To create THE MISSING GENERATION, trailblazing transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey traveled the US to record of oral history interviews with queer and transgender survivors of the early epidemic. The dance is accompanied by an intricate, multi-layered score that incorporates clips of these remarkable interviews, haunting original music, and Dorsey’s own writing.
With stark tenderness, heart-breaking storytelling and breathtaking dancing, THE MISSING GENERATION deeply moves and inspires audiences – revealing the unshakeable human capacity to lift each other up out of unthinkable loss with compassion, strength and resilience.
THE MISSING GENERATION is performed by: Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, ArVejon Jones and Nol Simonse. Original music composed by: Alex Kelly, Jesse Olsen Bay, Ben Kessler and Jeffrey Mooney. Lighting Design: Clyde Sheets. Sound Engineering/Mixing: Laura Dean. Costume Design: Tiffany Amundson.
SEAN DORSEY is the nation’s first acclaimed transgender contemporary dance choreographer. With his signature fusion of contemporary dance, storytelling and theater, Dorsey is blazing a trail celebrated by critics and sold-out audiences alike. He has been named “San Francisco’s Best Dance Company” (SF Weekly) and named in the nation’s “Top 25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine. Dorsey has been awarded three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, the Goldie Award for Performance, national commissions, and praise from New York to Los Angeles.
“Gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, and spirit-lifting.” (Portland Sun Journal)
“Heartbreakingly beautiful – a dance portrait of contemporary LGBT history
that is profoundly relevant to all generations.” (San Francisco Bay Times)
“A powerful blend of utterly gut-wrenching storytelling
and sophisticated movement.” (SF Weekly)
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TICKETING INFORMATION:
Thurs-Sat May 5-7, 2016 (8pm)
Thursday and Friday: Low-Income $15, General $20, Supporter $27
SATURDAY GALA reception: Low-Income $20, General $27, Supporter $35
Tix/info: https://www.seandorseydance.com
To create THE MISSING GENERATION, trailblazing transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey traveled the US to record of oral history interviews with queer and transgender survivors of the early epidemic. The dance is accompanied by an intricate, multi-layered score that incorporates clips of these remarkable interviews, haunting original music, and Dorsey’s own writing.
With stark tenderness, heart-breaking storytelling and breathtaking dancing, THE MISSING GENERATION deeply moves and inspires audiences – revealing the unshakeable human capacity to lift each other up out of unthinkable loss with compassion, strength and resilience.
THE MISSING GENERATION is performed by: Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, ArVejon Jones and Nol Simonse. Original music composed by: Alex Kelly, Jesse Olsen Bay, Ben Kessler and Jeffrey Mooney. Lighting Design: Clyde Sheets. Sound Engineering/Mixing: Laura Dean. Costume Design: Tiffany Amundson.
SEAN DORSEY is the nation’s first acclaimed transgender contemporary dance choreographer. With his signature fusion of contemporary dance, storytelling and theater, Dorsey is blazing a trail celebrated by critics and sold-out audiences alike. He has been named “San Francisco’s Best Dance Company” (SF Weekly) and named in the nation’s “Top 25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine. Dorsey has been awarded three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, the Goldie Award for Performance, national commissions, and praise from New York to Los Angeles.
“Gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, and spirit-lifting.” (Portland Sun Journal)
“Heartbreakingly beautiful – a dance portrait of contemporary LGBT history
that is profoundly relevant to all generations.” (San Francisco Bay Times)
“A powerful blend of utterly gut-wrenching storytelling
and sophisticated movement.” (SF Weekly)
In SF for one weekend only on a 20-city tour! THE MISSING GENERATION is an exquisite dance-theater production based on oral history interviews with longtime survivors of the early AIDS epidemic. Sean Dorsey Dance’s award-winning, multi-generational ensemble dances the work with guts and precision and deep humanity – moving seamlessly between full-throttle dancing, live speaking and intimate storytelling. Saturday night features a Gala Reception.
TICKETING INFORMATION:
Thurs-Sat May 5-7, 2016 (8pm)
Thursday and Friday: Low-Income $15, General $20, Supporter $27
SATURDAY GALA reception: Low-Income $20, General $27, Supporter $35
Tix/info: https://www.seandorseydance.com
To create THE MISSING GENERATION, trailblazing transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey traveled the US to record of oral history interviews with queer and transgender survivors of the early epidemic. The dance is accompanied by an intricate, multi-layered score that incorporates clips of these remarkable interviews, haunting original music, and Dorsey’s own writing.
With stark tenderness, heart-breaking storytelling and breathtaking dancing, THE MISSING GENERATION deeply moves and inspires audiences – revealing the unshakeable human capacity to lift each other up out of unthinkable loss with compassion, strength and resilience.
THE MISSING GENERATION is performed by: Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, ArVejon Jones and Nol Simonse. Original music composed by: Alex Kelly, Jesse Olsen Bay, Ben Kessler and Jeffrey Mooney. Lighting Design: Clyde Sheets. Sound Engineering/Mixing: Laura Dean. Costume Design: Tiffany Amundson.
SEAN DORSEY is the nation’s first acclaimed transgender contemporary dance choreographer. With his signature fusion of contemporary dance, storytelling and theater, Dorsey is blazing a trail celebrated by critics and sold-out audiences alike. He has been named “San Francisco’s Best Dance Company” (SF Weekly) and named in the nation’s “Top 25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine. Dorsey has been awarded three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, the Goldie Award for Performance, national commissions, and praise from New York to Los Angeles.
“Gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, and spirit-lifting.” (Portland Sun Journal)
“Heartbreakingly beautiful – a dance portrait of contemporary LGBT history
that is profoundly relevant to all generations.” (San Francisco Bay Times)
“A powerful blend of utterly gut-wrenching storytelling
and sophisticated movement.” (SF Weekly)
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TICKETING INFORMATION:
Thurs-Sat May 5-7, 2016 (8pm)
Thursday and Friday: Low-Income $15, General $20, Supporter $27
SATURDAY GALA reception: Low-Income $20, General $27, Supporter $35
Tix/info: https://www.seandorseydance.com
To create THE MISSING GENERATION, trailblazing transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey traveled the US to record of oral history interviews with queer and transgender survivors of the early epidemic. The dance is accompanied by an intricate, multi-layered score that incorporates clips of these remarkable interviews, haunting original music, and Dorsey’s own writing.
With stark tenderness, heart-breaking storytelling and breathtaking dancing, THE MISSING GENERATION deeply moves and inspires audiences – revealing the unshakeable human capacity to lift each other up out of unthinkable loss with compassion, strength and resilience.
THE MISSING GENERATION is performed by: Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, ArVejon Jones and Nol Simonse. Original music composed by: Alex Kelly, Jesse Olsen Bay, Ben Kessler and Jeffrey Mooney. Lighting Design: Clyde Sheets. Sound Engineering/Mixing: Laura Dean. Costume Design: Tiffany Amundson.
SEAN DORSEY is the nation’s first acclaimed transgender contemporary dance choreographer. With his signature fusion of contemporary dance, storytelling and theater, Dorsey is blazing a trail celebrated by critics and sold-out audiences alike. He has been named “San Francisco’s Best Dance Company” (SF Weekly) and named in the nation’s “Top 25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine. Dorsey has been awarded three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, the Goldie Award for Performance, national commissions, and praise from New York to Los Angeles.
“Gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, and spirit-lifting.” (Portland Sun Journal)
“Heartbreakingly beautiful – a dance portrait of contemporary LGBT history
that is profoundly relevant to all generations.” (San Francisco Bay Times)
“A powerful blend of utterly gut-wrenching storytelling
and sophisticated movement.” (SF Weekly)
show less
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