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Gu Jiani and Wang Xuanqi in Gu Jiani’s Left & Right during the 2017 EXPLODE! queer dance festival at JACK. Photo by Al Evangelista.
Daring Dances in the News:
Dancing Identities/Defining Place:
An evening of dance w/ Audrey Johnson & Leila Awadallah
A New Performance at the Arab American National Museum Explores Identity and Place Through Dance
wdet CULTURESHIFT, November 11, 2019
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Praise for Daring Dances:
EXPLODE! queer dance 2019
"The hits kept on coming in EXPLODE! queer dance: Midwest in Chicago in August.”
-Wendy Perron, Dance Magazine
Dance Magazine,"The Best Dance of 2019," December 10, 2019
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EXPLODE! queer dance 2017
“EXPLODE! set out to tackle inextricable challenges of strengthening ties among queer dance artists and dismantling racism, sexism, classism, transphobia, and white supremacy. A tall order, but why aim for less?”
-Siobhan Burke, New York Times
New York Times review, June 27, 2017
“…an effort to shift the terms of what constitutes a desirable life…”