Last weekend, TAPA’s Dance Company continued their residency to rehearse and devise their upcoming performance, “SHE // FEMME // THEM” – a devised multimedia dance concert which explores feminine energy, feminism, and the experience of woman/femme-identified people in society. It is such an honor to witness young men and women dancing together, finding strength in vulnerability, and using their strength to lift each other up.
The TAPA Dance Company’s upcoming dance concert “SHE // FEMME // THEM” is an investigation of the feminine in all of us. We come from women. Each of us carries her Chromosome. So, to allow systems and ideologies that perpetuate sexist relationships and images of the self, is an offense to all of humanity. We must make art about it.
Some souls Feel like they were meant to be together To dance together There is trust To carry each other’s weight To let them lift you up We notice the ways we were socialized to hold back To doubt ourselves To be afraid of letting go To lead someone else To hold power We notice the gifts that our ancestors passed down to us in our blood To be strong To survive To protect To be joyful To be present To be sensitive Who did they want us to be? How do we want to be remembered, if at all? What do we want to preserve in our bloodline?
– Matt Garza, Creative Director – TAPA Dance Company
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