The Missing Generation
The Missing Generation gives voice to long time survivors of the early AIDS epidemic, through full-throttle dance, luscious partnering, intimate storytelling and theater. This powerful show is a love letter to a forgotten generation of survivors – those who witnessed and experienced the loss of part of an entire generation of gay and transgender people to AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s. Sean Dorsey created the work over a 2-year period by traveling across the US to record oral history interviews with long time survivors of the early AIDS epidemic, host community residencies, and conduct extensive archival research
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. Highly physical, accessible, rooted in story, and danced with precision and guts and deep humanity, Dorsey’s works have been praised as “exquisite…poignant and important” (BalletTanz), “trailblazing” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “evocative, compelling, elegant” (LA Weekly).
Sean Dorsey Dance’s multi-generational ensemble of dancers dance to a lush multi-layered soundscore that features the voices and remarkable real-life stories, along with Dorsey’s own writing and original music. Performed by: Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, ArVejon Jones and Nol Simonse. Original music by: Alex Kelly, Jesse Olsen Bay, Ben Kessler and Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney. Lighting Design: Clyde Sheets. Sound Engineering/Mixing: Laura Dean. Costume Design: Tiffany Amundson.
Tickets $58-$68 Contact the UVic Ticket Centre at 250 721-8480 or purchase online
FREE SEAN DORSEY DANCE WORKSHOPS OFFERED JULY 9th
On the heels of the performance of the award-winning THE MISSING GENERATION at the Farquhar Auditorium on July 8 at 8pm, award-winning San Francisco-based choreographer Sean Dorsey will offer two free workshops at Dance Victoria. For more information click HERE.