Please share this information with anyone you might know that would be interested in joining Excessive Realness this summer, 2021! This year has certainly been a struggle for a lot of people and organizations, and we are no exception to that struggle. We could use your help spreading the word. Please feel free to post the posters attached to this email anywhere you like.

 

We are excited to announce that Excessive Realness 2021 registration is OPEN! 

http://excessiverealness.com/registration/

 

Excessive Realness is a five-day dance intensive spanning Wednesday June 16th to Sunday June 20th, 2021. This year, it will take place virtually, in partnership with Dance Place in Washington, DC. There will be three classes on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. And there will be six classes on Sunday. The intensive consists of exciting and unique dance classes from the lens of queer artists and educators: 

 

Hip Hop Party Dances! – Taught by Vivian Kim

Dancing Testimony – Taught by Al Evangelista

Groove Theory – Taught by Krystal Collins

Holding Histories, Moving Bodies – Taught by Matthew Cumbie

The In-Between – Taught by Scotty Hardwig

Trans/Eros: A Queer Approach to Bodies in Crisis – Taught by Ya-Ya Fairley

Full class descriptions here: http://excessiverealness.com/classes-2021/

 

* There will be special LGBTQIA+ community events that take place Wednesday-Saturday from 5-6:30pm. 

 

On the night of Saturday June 30th, there will be a free performance, entitled The SPILL, whereby the artists of Excessive Realness will perform upcoming dance and performance works. 

 

Co-Directors Anthony Alterio and Allison Blakeney created Excessive Realness to address both the lack of dance education for LGBTQIA+ people, and the need to drastically change the modern and contemporary dance communities in order to make them more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ people. It is designed to provide a creative arena for LGBTQIA+ dancers to learn, share ideas, and engage in critical dialogue around dance, queerness, and the various other intersecting identities that LGBTQIA+ people hold.

 

Please see our website for information on registration, the artists, and their classes. If you do have ANY questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at excessiverealness@gmail.com.

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CLASSES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME.

 

SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE!

http://excessiverealness.com/2021-2/scholarships/

 

Thank you for your time.

Best,

Anthony M. Alterio
Assistant Professor of Dance 
State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia
Co-Director, Excessive Realness