{"id":5886,"date":"2021-03-29T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-theater-and-dance\/?page_id=5886"},"modified":"2024-07-29T18:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:05:34","slug":"touching-queerness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/events\/pastseasons\/touching-queerness\/","title":{"rendered":"Touching Queerness: Performing Utopia in a Public Bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"callout-video-player block-container\" >\n    <swiper-gallery v-once>\n\t\t    <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-image-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2021\/03\/Touching-queerness_-e1617037046406-960x0-c-default.jpg\" srcset=\"                    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and Dance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This project is a site-specific dance that takes place in a men\u2019s bathroom on Macalester campus. I created this work out of my research on site-specific dance and performance theorist Jos\u00e9 Esteban Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s theory of queer utopia. I attempt to treat the bathroom as a dance partner, negotiating what movement and freedom is possible in everyday spaces where gender is scripted and controlled.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cast and Creative Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-6166 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2021\/04\/IMG_3707-e1618857608221-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Adar Kamholtz-Roberts\" class=\"wp-image-6166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2021\/04\/IMG_3707-e1618857608221-300x300.jpeg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2021\/04\/IMG_3707-e1618857608221-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2021\/04\/IMG_3707-e1618857608221-150x150.jpeg 150w,  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