Archive for the ‘queer dance’ Category
FKA This Thursday – Hanky Code
May 4, 2010
I’m flagging black on the left and dark pink on the right. You?
FKA is my favorite monthly queer dance party in Chicago, for many reasons. Mostly because the vibe is simultaneously hype and unpretentious. The people are fashionable, the level of attractive attendees reaches critical proportions, and yet friendliness prevails. I’ve met countless new people at FKA, and it always feels like a reunion of like minded proactive individuals. Kate Sosin wrote a thorough piece of journalism aboug FKA’s history and place in Chicago’s queer culture over at Chicago Now. Come by this Thursday, no cover and cheap drinks!
Queer Bollywood Beach Party This Friday
April 26, 2010
Just being honest, this is the hottest new queer party to hit Chicago in a looooooong time. Make sure to come and dance your asses off!
Trikone is committed to creating community among LGBTQ South Asians and their allies in the Chicago metro area. We welcome people of all sexual orientations, and gender identities, and of all national, racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds to Jai Ho! Performances at midnight! Pics from previous Jai Ho parties here. RSVP at the Facebook invite here.
Jai Ho! – Queer Bollywood Night at Big Chicks
January 22, 2010
Not yet having a stable home, Trikone is set to deliver its latest installment of Jai Ho!, Chicago’s only queer Bollywood dance party, on Friday January 29th. From the Facebook Event:
Trikone is committed to creating community among LGBTQ South Asians and their allies in the Chicago metro area. We welcome people of all sexual orientations, and gender identities, and of all national, racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds to Jai Ho!
I accidentally found myself at the first one last year in July, and I gotta say it was one of the most fun nights out I have ever had in the city. The crowd was as diverse as it gets, there was a nice spread of club/fancy/traditional/sports wear, and the music went from Bollywood show stoppers to tolerable mainstream. Organizer Kareem Khubchandani curates a drag show at midnight (and performs as LaWhore Vagistan), and if you care to chat with him, he’s a complete sweetheart. This party’s proceeds go to Haiti relief, DJ Sachin spins and there is a $5 suggested donation.
Antitrust Circus
September 15, 2009
We’ve been getting little tastes here and there, but Antibody Dance‘s evening length is finally descending on Chicago this September 25-27 at Links Hall. Artistic director Adam Rose’s drag persona Elena will be in full swing, along with a cast of dancers challenged with the task of interpreting his limber choreography in “Antitrust Circus.” I’m excited for several reasons, not the least of which is a complete snapshot of Antibody Dance’s philosophy: while most performers make objections against the dark forces of the world, or use them as metaphors for political stances, Antibody channels them. Willingly wading in “fragments of spiritual traditions as ritual acts in a circus,” I haven’t yet found a joke in one of Rose’s dance pieces. I mean, I’ve laughed during a Rose piece, but a) I was the only one doing it and b) it was mostly because I was THRILLED to be feeling like I was looking at some agent of death. Earlier this year in a TPR interview, I asked him how he was helping the world and he said, “manifesting dark energies in the context of performance can have a cathartic effect and lead to healing.” It’s his sincerity that sets Antibody apart from a simple goth pose and its his talent that can balance grim portraits with a belief in kindness.
Local queer performer JSun Howard is also on the bill.
“Antitrust Circus”
LinkUp Fall Showcase
Links Hall, Chicago, IL
September 25-27, 2009
Friday & Saturday, 8pm / Sunday 7pm
$15
‘My Fellow Americans’ This October
September 10, 2009
* Photo By Cheryl Mann
I told you about ‘My Fellow Americans,’ the modern performance piece about Ronald Reagan by Peter Carpenter a while ago, as it was supposed to debut in May. Unfortunate delays now wrapped up, October 8,9, 15 and 16 will be special nights in Chicago as the show will go on as originally intended. My Fellow Americans will be performed at Hamlin Park Studio Theater located at 3035 N. Hoyne-2nd floor, Chicago. From the press release: Carpenter’s gift for deftly weaving movement and text shines in this work which explores the shifting identity of Ronald Reagan from the perspectives of the “special interest groups” that his rhetoric and policies consistently admonished. Seriously, if you are in any way interested in why your post-queer, post-racial, post-feminist life has all the road blocks it does, you need to see this.
House Party This Saturday
August 19, 2009
It’s free and we are having a UNICORN PIÑATA so get over there if you know what’s good. Also, everyone keeps asking about the “P” and I’m thinking it stands for PEOPLE.
