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THE SECRET HISTORY OF LOVE

By Sean Dorsey Dance
March 29 – April 1, 2012

Sean Dorsey Dance

Dates: Thursday March 29 (8pm)
Friday March 30 (8pm)
Saturday March 31 (4pm and 8pm)
Sunday April 1 (4pm and 8pm)
Venue: Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street @ Mission Street, San Francisco [map]
Tickets: $15-25
(tickets go on sale March 1, 2012)

SAVE THE DATE! Don’t miss the world premiere of The Secret History Of Love– Sean Dorsey Dance’s powerful new concert. Over the past two years, Sean Dorsey has been uncovering the ways that queer and transgender people managed to find – and love – each other in decades past. Secret love affairs, the history of outlawing love and the underground ways that transgender and queer people found each other through the decades are revealed in these new dances.

To create this new work, Dorsey has been doing extensive archival research and conducting and recording oral history interviews with LGBTQ elders. From 1920s speakeasies to outrageous 1940s love affairs, from police raids to passionate love letters, from Personals to the Internet, the “love that dared not speak its name” emerges from buried history and explodes onstage in these full-bodied dances. Read more about the show…

The Secret History Of Love features a stellar cast of dancers and performers: Juan De La Rosa, Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, NolSimonse and Shawna Virago. Original music by Jesse Olsen Bay, Alex Kelly, Ben Kessler, Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney and Keith Kenniff; Sound Engineering by Laura Dean; Lighting Design by Clyde Sheets; Costume Design by Tiffany Amundson; Production Assistance by Marisa Mariscotti.
After its world premiere in San Francisco, The Secret History Of Love will tour to Boston, Miami and Santa Cruz (March 2012), Los Angeles (August 2012), Chicago and Wisconsin (October 2012) and other cities.We welcome additional 2012-2014 tour bookings: please contact us with booking inquiries.

The Secret History Of Love is being created with generous support from the Queer Cultural Center, the Creative Work Fund (a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund supported by generous grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation), the San Francisco Arts Commission, the National Performance Network’s Creation Fund, The Theater Offensive (Boston), Links Hall (Chicago) and The New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project (with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation).


THE SECRET HISTORY OF LOVE – AVAILABLE FOR TOURING

Now accepting tour inquiries and bookings for 2012-2014

Sean Dorsey Dance The Secret History Of Love is a new full-length production from award-winning Sean Dorsey Dance (named “San Francisco’s Best Dance/Performance Company” – SF Weekly). Through full-bodied dance, theater and storytelling, the show uncovers the ways that queer and transgender people managed to find – and love – each other in decades past. Secret love affairs, the history of outlawing love and the underground ways that transgender and queer people found each other through the decades are revealed in these powerful dances.

The show is the culmination of a two-year community research process, in which Dorsey conducted extensive archival research and recorded oral history interviews with LGBTQ elders. From 1920s speakeasies to outrageous 1940s love affairs, from police raids to passionate love letters, from Personals to the Internet, the “love that dared not speak its name” emerges from buried history and explodes onstage in these full-bodied dances. Read more about the show…

The Secret History Of Love features a stellar cast of dancers and performers: Juan De La Rosa, Sean Dorsey, Brian Fisher, NolSimonse and Shawna Virago. Original music by Jesse Olsen Bay, Alex Kelly, Ben Kessler, Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney and Keith Kenniff; Sound Engineering by Laura Dean; Lighting Design by Clyde Sheets; Costume Design by Tiffany Amundson; Production Assistance by Marisa Mariscotti.

Tours are currently scheduled in Boston, Miami, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, Chicago and Wisconsin. We welcome your inquiries for tour bookings during the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons.

The Secret History Of Love is being created with generous support from the Queer Cultural Center, the Creative Work Fund (a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund supported by generous grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation), the San Francisco Arts Commission, the National Performance Network’s Creation Fund, The Theater Offensive (Boston), Links Hall (Chicago) and The New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project (with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation).


Past Events

Date Show Location
December 18-21, 2011 SEAN DORSEY TRAVELS TO BOSTON Boston, MA
December 10, 2011 SEAN DORSEY DANCE PERFORMS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA NPN’s Annual Meeting
Tampa, Florida
November 3-5, 2001 10th Anniversary San Francisco Transgender Film Festival CounterPulse
1310 Mission Street
San Francisco
August 14, 2001 Free Workshop with Transgender Dancer Sean Dorsey Highways Performance Space
1651 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
August 12 & 13, 2011 UNCOVERED: THE DIARY PROJECT
at HIGHWAYS PERFORMANCE SPACE (SANTA MONICA, CA)
Highways Performance Space
1651 18th Street
At 18th Street Arts Center
Santa Monica, CA 90404
June 1-29, 2011 Fresh Meat Yoga Fundraisers Yoga Tree Valencia
1234 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
June 24, 2011 2011 TRANS MARCH Dolores Park
San Francisco
June 22, 2011 TRANSTASTIC! Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street
San Francisco
June 16 - 19, 2011 THE 10th ANNIVERSARY FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL Z Space @ Theater Artaud
San Francisco
April 29 - May 1, 2011 THE SECRET HISTORY OF LOVE: PART I Z Space at Theater Artaud
450 Florida Street
San Francisco
February 10th, 2011 Screening of Trans Francisco San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
Nov 30 - Dec 31, 2011 Fresh Meat Productions 10th Anniversary Logo Design Contest
October 5, 2010 Sean Dorsey and Shawna Virago at Chico State BMU Auditorium
Chico State University
Chico CA
November 4-6, 2010 TRANNY FEST CounterPulse 1310 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103-2609
October 3, 2010 FREE BEGINNER CLOGGING CLASS – OCTOBER 3 City Dance
601 - 4th Street #113
San Francisco, CA 94107
October 2, 2010 FREE BEGINNER HIP-HOP DANCE CLASS – OCTOBER 2 City Dance
601 - 4th Street #113
San Francisco, CA 94107
June 25, 2010 Trans March Dolores Park
San Francisco
June 24, 2010 TRANSTASTIC Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street
San Francisco
June 21, 2010 RIOT ACTS Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street
San Francisco
June 18 - 20, 2010 2010 Fresh Meat Festival Z Space @ Theater Artaud
San Francisco
March 23 - May 13, 2010 The Boys of Original Plumbing: Past, Present & Future San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
March 20, 2010 SEAN DORSEY DANCE at THE DANCE MISSION BENEFIT Dance Mission Theater
San Francisco
February 4-7, 2010 UNCOVERED: THE DIARY PROJECT
Sean Dorsey Dance’s Fifth Anniversary Season
Dance Mission Theater
San Francisco
February 18, 2010 Artist Talk with Sean Dorsey at CIIS California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco
February 2, 2010 Uncovered: The Diary Project Presentation Hotel Nikko Ballroom
San Francisco
December 3-5, 2009 Sean Dorsey Dance at Fall(ing): An Evening of Contemporary Dance at USF USF
San Francisco
November 14, 2009 GLITTER
The First Annual Bay Area Hall of Fame Ball
Cell Space
San Francisco
November 5-7, 2009 TRANNY FEST 2009 Mama Calizo's Voice Factory
San Francisco
August 21, 2009 TRANNY NOISE AT YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS Yerba Buena's Big Ideas Room
San Francisco
August 13, 2009 DIAGNOSING DIFFERENCE at FRAMELINE AT THE CENTER San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
July 30-August 2, 2009 UNCOVERED: THE DIARY PROJECT at
NEW YORK’S HOT! FESTIVAL
Dixon Place
New York City
June 6 - July 15, 2009 Fresh Meat in the Gallery VI: Defying Gravities Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center
San Francisco
June 26, 2009 TRANS MARCH Dolores Park
San Francisco
June 25, 2009 TRANSTASTIC AFTERPARTY Blue Macaw
San Francisco
June 25, 2009 TRANSTASTIC! Victoria Theatre
San Francisco
June 24-28, 2009 SEAN DORSEY ON PBS/KQED-TV

June 18-21, 2009 FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL 2009 Project Artaud Theater
San Francisco
June 20, 2009 Queer Traditions Femina Potens
San Francisco
June 20, 2009 AGAINST A TRANS NARRATIVE & DIAGNOSING DIFFERENCE Victoria Theatre
San Francisco
May 2, 2009 SEAN DORSEY DANCE at THE MAY DAY FESTIVAL CounterPULSE
San Francisco
March 6-14, 2009 FRINGES-MARGINS-BORDERS Tour Highways Performance Space,
Los Angeles
Sushi Performance & Visual Art,
San Diego
January 29 - February 1, 2009 Uncovered: The Diary Project Dance Mission Theater
San Francisco
November 6-8, 2008 Tranny Fest 2008 Mama Calizo's Voice Factory
San Francisco
November 3-29, 2008 Momentum: A Fresh Meat in the Gallery Exhibition Mama Calizo's Voice Factory
San Francisco
June 7 - July 12, 2008 Fresh Meat in the Gallery V: Riots & Revelations San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
June 27, 2008 THE 5TH ANNUAL TRANS MARCH Dolores Park
San Francisco
June 23 & 26, 2008 ‘SIMPLY LOVE’ (GEWOON LIEFDE) AND ‘ENVISIONING JUSTICE: THE JOURNEY OF A TRANSGENDERED WOMAN’ Castro & Roxy Theaters
San Francisco
June 21, 2008 QUEER TRADITIONS: A FREE COMMUNITY PANEL Femina Potens Gallery
San Francisco
June 19-22, 2008 2008 FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL Project Artaud Theater
San Francisco
June 18-21, 2008 SEAN DORSEY on KQED’s ‘SPARK’

March 1-30, 2008 CHANGING LANDSCAPES: WORK BY
JACKADANDY AND MAXX SIZELER
Femina Potens
San Francisco
March 13, 2008 JUST CALL ME KADE and TRANSPARENT San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
November 30, 2007
December 1, 2007
CHOREOGRAPHING CHANGE Studio Theater at Lone Mountain
San Francisco
November 16-18, 2007 LOST/FOUND Dance Mission Theater
San Francisco
November 9-10, 2007 TRANNY FEST FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
November 8, 2007 CRUEL AND UNUSUAL San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
November 5, 2007 SEAN DORSEY’S THE OUTSIDER CHRONICLES in BARCELONA, SPAIN Mercat de Les Flors
Barcelona, Spain
November 2, 2007 TRANNY FEST MUSIC NIGHT at Femina Potens Femina Potens
San Francisco
November 1-30, 2007 FRESH MEAT IN THE GALLERY at BLUESPACE Bluespace Community Space
San Francisco
September 20, 2007 SEAN DORSEY at the TEA PARTY MAGAZINE RELEASE CELEBRATION La Pena Cultural Center
Berkeley
June 22, 2007 The 4th Annual TRANS MARCH! Dolores Park
San Francisco
June 2 - July 6, 2007 FRESH MEAT IN THE GALLERY IV: BORDERS
Fourth Annual Transgender Art Exhibition
ODC Theater
San Francisco
June 14 - 16, 2007 Fresh Meat 2007 ODC Theater
San Francisco
May 10, 2007 Gender Pirates with Fresh Meat! El Rio
San Francisco
April 12, 2007 ENOUGH MAN: a Frameline Free Screening for the Community San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
January 6 - 31, 2007 BECOMING: A Mixed Media Installation by Emmett Ramstad Femina Potens Gallery
San Francisco
November 16 - 30, 2006 The Outsider Chronicles – a photo exhibition by Lydia Daniller Dance Mission Theater
San Francisco
November 16 - 18 2006 The Outsider Chronicles Dance Mission Theater
San Francisco
July 22, 2006 Sean Dorsey performs at New York’s Fresh Fruit Festival Abingdon Theater
New York
July 11, 2006 Sean Dorsey at the WestWave Dance Festival Project Artaud Theater
San Francisco
June 4 - June 30, 2006 Fresh Meat in the Gallery ODC Theater Gallery
San Francisco
June 23, 2006 The 3rd Annual TRANS MARCH! Dolores Park
San Francisco
June 15 - 17, 2006 Fresh Meat 2006 ODC Theater
San Francisco
April 26, 2006 Gender Pirates with Fresh Meat El Rio
San Francisco
March 1 - April 2, 2006 New Work by Stacy Nathaniel Jackson and eddie gesso: Mixed Media Exhibition Femina Potens Gallery
San Francisco
March 24 - 25, 2006 Yerba Buena Presents: Sean Dorsey at Under the Radar II Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
San Francisco
January 9 - February 4, 2006 Fractured Fairy Tales
Visual Art Exhition: New Works by Mim Weisburd
Jon Sims Center for the Arts
San Francisco
January 12, 20, 27, 2006 Sean Dorsey’s “6 Hours” at WOW Festival Dance Mission Theater
San Francisco
November 18-19, 2005 The Outsider Chronicles ODC Theater
San Francisco
November 5, 12, 18, 19, 2005 Trannyfest 2005 12 Galaxies, Femina Potens & ODC Theater
San Francisco
June 4-July 31, 2005 Fresh Meat in the Gallery San Francisco LGBT Community Center & ODC Theater Gallery
San Francisco
June 16-18, 2005 Fresh Meat 2005 ODC Theater
3153 17th Street @ Shotwell
San Francisco
May 2-31, 2005 Drains: Recent Prints and Stitch Work by E. Ramstad Jon Sims Center for the Arts (Gallery)
1519 Mission Street
San Francisco
May 25, 2005 Gender Pirates with Fresh Meat El Rio
3158 Mission Street @ Precita
San Francisco
May 18, 2005 Trans/Giving in Los Angeles: A Night of Transgender Performance University of California Los Angeles
Feb 13, 2005 Sean Dorsey / Fresh Meat Productions at Genderqueers/Queer Genders Conference (University of Santa Barbara) Dance Mission
3316 24th St. @ Mission
San Francisco
Jan 14, 15, 21, & 23, 2005 Sean Dorsey’s “Second Kiss” at WOW Festival MultiCultural Center Theater
University of Santa Barbara
Nov 19, 2004 The Moving Shows: 848 13th Anniversary Show
(Dorsey guest performer)
848 Community Space
848 Divisadero
San Francisco
Oct 1-2, 2004 Fling Jon Sims Center
1519 Mission @ 11th
San Francisco
Sept 28, 2004 Viva Variety Buriel Clay Theater
762 Fulton Street
San Francisco
Sept 3 & 4, 2004 Gender Neutral: An Evening of Queer Art Rose Wagner Theater
Salt Lake City, Utah
Aug 28 & 29, 2004 Trannies on Film Film Festival New College
Community Center
766 Valencia (@ 18th)
San Francisco
Aug 18 - Sept 8, 2004 PARTS:
Photos and Prints by
Emma Ramstad, Shana Agid & Del La Grace Volcano
New College
Community Center
766 Valencia (@ 18th)
San Francisco
Aug 10, 2004 Tickled Pink
Pink Vixen Productions
WISE Hall Theater
Vancouver, BC
June 17-19, 2004 Fresh Meat 2004 ODC Theater
3153 17th Street
San Francisco
June 6 - June 30, 2004 Fresh Meat in the Gallery:
Transgender Visual Art Exhibition
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street
San Francisco
June 5, 2004 The Q Ball:
National Queer Arts Fesitival Opening Gala
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
May 1, 2004 Fresh Meat at KARMA El Rio
3158 Mission Street
San Francisco
January 23-24, 2004 Mesomorphic Thrust 848 Community Space
848 Divisadero
San Francisco
November 14, 2003 Hot Rods & Hot Pants
Fresh Meat at TrannyFest
Luna Sea Theater
2940 -16TH Street, 2nd floor
San Francisco
June 20-22, 2003 Fresh Meat 2003 ODC Theater
3153 17th Street
San Francisco
June 1, 2003 The Q Ball:
National Queer Arts Fesitival Opening Gala
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco
April 25 & 26, 2003 Migrations:
Sean Dorsey and Amy Seiwert
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street
San Francisco
November, 2002 Mediums Collide:
Artists Combined
Sini Anderson and Guests
Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street @ Mission
San Francisco
November 10, 2002 Performance Panopoly Jon Sims Center
1519 Mission St.
San Francisco
July, 2002 Loose Limbs (LadyFest) New College Theater
766 Valencia (@ 18th)
San Francisco
June 25 & 26, 2002 Fresh Meat 2002 ODC Theater
3153 17th Street
San Francisco
April 27, 2002 Fresh Meat: First Taste Shotwell Studios
3252 19th Street
San Francisco