The duet, “Side by Side,” is informed by Crimson and Anna’s relationship as a long term queer couple. They experience life side by side, consistently taking in the same set of information and stimuli on parallel life tracks. This produces intense feelings of mundanity, interconnectedness, conflict, and euphoria. They investigate this concept through tableaus of mundane shapes such as sleeping and rising, performing synced abstract gestural tasks, engaging in aggressive partnerwork, and spinning in dizzying joy. Swinging from extremes of independence and codependence, this piece explores the journey of souls intertwined.

Ironic, irreverent, and fabulous, Club Caucus pokes fun at the theatricality of hollow political figureheads, and, as the piece progresses, explores what queer power could look like in the political sphere. By drawing parallels between the joyful and edgy showmanship of club culture and the larger than life showmanship of political figureheads, Club Caucus flips the traditional political narrative on its head. The commentary being: when we let politics become theater, polarization prevents us from finding similarities and humanity.

“Portrait of Power” was originally created in Southern Italy in 2022 for the Agropoli Danza Festival produced by Giada Matteini. “Portrait of Power” portrayed the idealization of women in art by displaying and deconstructing unattainable beauty standards often set by male artists. Created in Italy, our inspiration came from portraits of women from the Florentine Renaissance,-- never painted in truth, rather as a fantasy of femininity. The issue of women being the object of history rather than participants in history still confines feminine people’s expression and livelihood. The piece focused on a community of women taking control of their own narratives, deconstructing problematic past ideologies, and rebuilding honest portrayals of themselves within art.