March 2021: OUT DANCE PROJECT Virtual Tour
OUT Dance Project is aimed at connecting rural queers across regions in Oregon through story and dance. For our virtual tour this past March, 2021, we collected stories from rural LGBTQ+ folks from across Oregon about personally significant songs, and choreographed dances to these songs which were performed by our LGBTQ dance ensemble.
Performances were FREE to attend and proceeds collected benefited regional LGBTQ+ advocacy groups (see co-hosts below). To find out more about the project, visit the OUT Dance Project page.
PERFORMANCE DATES - Audiences are not restricted by geography; LGBTQ folk and allies from anywhere can attend.
Thursday March 25th, 6pm, Set A, co-host Safe Harbors, Wallowa County - (ASL & Live Captions)
Friday March 26th at 6pm, Set B, co-host Lincoln City Cultural Center & Bravery Center, Lincoln City - (ASL & Live Captions)
Saturday March 27th at 1pm, Set B, co-host Rural Alliance for Diversity, Harney County
Saturday March 27th at 6pm, Set A, co-hosts NativeWomanshare & LGBTQ Listening Project, Josephine & Jackson Counties
Sunday March 28th at 1pm, Set A, co-hosts Friends Church, UU Social Justice Committee, Citizens for Safe Schools Klamath Falls
Sunday March 28th, 6pm, Set B, co-hosts Prideville & H.O.R.S.E.S on the Ranch, Prineville
Click on the co-hosts' names above to learn more about each organization.
Performances were FREE to attend and proceeds collected benefited regional LGBTQ+ advocacy groups (see co-hosts below). To find out more about the project, visit the OUT Dance Project page.
PERFORMANCE DATES - Audiences are not restricted by geography; LGBTQ folk and allies from anywhere can attend.
Thursday March 25th, 6pm, Set A, co-host Safe Harbors, Wallowa County - (ASL & Live Captions)
Friday March 26th at 6pm, Set B, co-host Lincoln City Cultural Center & Bravery Center, Lincoln City - (ASL & Live Captions)
Saturday March 27th at 1pm, Set B, co-host Rural Alliance for Diversity, Harney County
Saturday March 27th at 6pm, Set A, co-hosts NativeWomanshare & LGBTQ Listening Project, Josephine & Jackson Counties
Sunday March 28th at 1pm, Set A, co-hosts Friends Church, UU Social Justice Committee, Citizens for Safe Schools Klamath Falls
Sunday March 28th, 6pm, Set B, co-hosts Prideville & H.O.R.S.E.S on the Ranch, Prineville
Click on the co-hosts' names above to learn more about each organization.
Each performance was followed by a facilitated community dialogue on Zoom with regional co-hosts and OUT Dance Project artists. Zoom links were shared in the chat during each livestream performance event.
ABOUT BEYOND BOOM & BUST
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Beyond Boom & Bust is a multi-year initiative cultivating rural economic and social resilience and vitality through performance in southwestern Oregon. The initiative launched with a documentary dance theatre piece called The (w)HOLE in 2019, which was based on stories about the changing economy in the Illinois Valley since cannabis legalization. Our second project, Shelter-in-Plays, took place at the beginning of the pandemic and developed a dozen original works by local writers and performed by household pods in quarantine. Shelter-in-Plays raised over $3000 for regional COVID relief initiatives and brought together over 40 regional artists in collaboration. OUT Dance Project Virtual Tour is our current production, connecting rural queers from across Oregon through story and dance. Shows take place March 25th through 28th, 2021.
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