Fresh Meat 2003 @ NQAF 2003 !
A Trans and Queer Cabaret Extravaganza
Friday-Sunday, June 20-22, 2003 @ 8pm
ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street (@ Shotwell, San Francisco
Tickets: $12 in advance / $15 at door
Homo hip hop, trailblazing modern dance, tranny rock heroes, all-girl breakdance, steamy tango, and the world's first transgendered gospel choir collide, cabaret-style...
Back by popular demand, the runaway hit of the 2002 National Queer Arts Festival returns with another outstanding cabaret. A multidisciplinary and multimedia extravaganza, Fresh Meat 2003 brings together a cabaret of the Bay Area's hottest transgendered and queer performers. Fresh Meat 2003 offers audiences a smorgasbord of homo hip hop, trailblazing modern dance, tranny glam rock, all-girl breakdance, steamy tango, femme/butch spoken word, and the worldÕs first transgendered gospel choir.
Fresh Meat 2003 is undeniably the juiciest smorgasbord of trans and queer talent in the Bay Area this year. Co-presented by the Queer Cultural Center, Fresh Meat Productions, and ODC Theater.
Fresh Meat 2003 artists include: Sean Dorsey, Marcus Rene Van, Veronica Combs, Shawna Virago, Jose Navarrete and Debby Kajayama, STEAMROLLER Dance, JenRO, the Sisterz of the Underground, and the Transcendence Gospel Choir.
Fresh Meat Productions is gathering local attention as a leader in the creation, development, and presentation of transgender and queer performance. Critics praised Fresh Meat 2002 as "history in the making" (Bay Area Reporter) and as "the next generation of cultural innovators," (Keith Hennessey, Critical Dance). Fresh Meat Productions is a Commissioned Project of the 2003 National Queer Arts Festival.
THE ARTISTS:
Artistic Director Sean Dorsey is breaking new ground as a trans/genderqueer choreographer. Articulate, sensual, and fierce, Dorsey's work is boldly introducing modern dance audiences to unorthodox gender expression, tranny/bio fag cruising, butch-femme amour, and more. Dorsey's work has been praised as "intelligent and evocative" (Jessica Robinson, Critical Dance) and "trailblazing" (Rachel Howard).
Veronica Combs, director and mastermind behind Liquid Fire, has been producing groundbreaking lesbian of color performance in the Bay Area for eight years. Combs graces Fresh Meat 2003 with her signature blend of fierce, fine, ferocious performance.
Tina DÕElia is a queer Latina performance poet, actor, playwright and singer and one of SF's stage-femme icons. Think sultry power femme chanteuse meets powerhouse spoken word.
Angelo Hannah is a 42 year old Other, writer, performer, and founding member of Other Brothers. Hannah's elegant and powerful writing challenges hard hearts and rigid binaries.
Michelle Ito is a Japanese-American lesbian rebel, singer, actor, writer, storyteller, card player and comedian who opens minds and transforms hearts throughout the Bay and across the nation.
Jose Navarrete and Debby Kajiyama blew the roof off ODC Theater at Fresh Meat 2002 with their electrically-charged tango duets. They return this year sharper and steamier than ever.
Jaycub Perez is a Pacific Islander Tranny-Boi hip hop artist, folk-punk musician and poet known for his edgy lyrics and reflections on gender, race, and religion.
Marcus Rene Van is a local hip-hop legend who uses hip-the-word (hip-hop, theater and spoken word) to communicate sharp observations on race, class, and other elephants in the room.
JenRO is a fiercely-talented young female rapper who is breaking the silence of queers in hip hop.
Shawna Virago and The Deadly Nightshade Family are rock'n roll provocateurs who deftly tackle issues including police abuse, transphobia, and the myth of democracy with ingenuity, precision, and true-to-rock glamour. Shawna Virago is a Commissioned Artist of the 2003 NQAF.
The Sisterz of the Underground is a collective of female hip hop expressionists and breakdancers -- making history and carving space for women in hip hop, right here in the Bay.
STEAMROLLER Dance Company creates physically explosive work that responds to the collision of race, gender, and sexuality. Athletic, irreverent, and precise, STEAMROLLER is an audience favorite and a leader in Bay Area queer performance.
The Transcendence Gospel Choir, the world's first transgendered gospel choir, radiates an infectious joy that inevitably brings audiences to their feet.
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