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The Cost of Visibility

A contemporary dance theatre production excavating the complexities of existing as a trans person in America during rising anti-queer political vitriol. This work examines trans visibility as both a joyful liberation and a genuine risk, through vignettes contrasting conformity, discovery, connection, and grief. The small ensemble of gender-diverse performers demonstrates how, despite the risk, trans people continue to set an example what it means to embody individual and collective liberation

Choreography: Rai Barnard
Performers: Rai Barnard, Crystal Gong, Phoebe Livingston, Chris Manalansan, Audrey Tran, Michelle Williams
Music: "Tous Les Garcons" by Francoise Hardy

Places this work has been:
University of Texas at Dallas (2021)

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