Madboots Dance was founded as a queer, contemporary dance company in New York City. Today, its founders use dance to engage in conversations about male identity, queerness, male intimacy and relationships.
The experimental artist Kaneza Schaal encourages young artists to find their stories and their language through theater. She will join OFA for an ArtsBites on Nov. 4, and TDM for workshops Nov. 4 and 8.
A new production M. Butterfly has offered ASAP's cast and creative team a way to explore identity, sexuality and theater. For Eric Cheng '20, meeting the actor who originated the Broadway role of Song Liling (BD Wong!), added depth and assurance.
Adriana Colón '12 says artists are scavengers, always asking "What can I make from this?" She will be on campus coaching the cast of West Side Story on performance technique, cultural sensitivity and representation.
Radcliffe Fellow, interdisciplinary artist and writer Every Ocean Hughes shares thoughts on making art and queering art. She will be the featured artist at a free lunch for undergrads on Oct. 18.
Musical theater composer Timothy Huang started writing because he wanted to change the “nature of representation” for Asians and Asian Americans. He's at Harvard this week working with the Asian Student Arts Project and the original musical The East Side.
The playwright and performer of Dragon Lady and Dragon Mama says she couldn't find narratives like hers in the playwriting canon. So she wrote her own.
The Harvard Advocate launches the Women’s Issue with a series of free events featuring students and professionals including graphic memoirist Amy Kurzweil and fiction writer Samantha Hunt.