BOFFO FIRE ISLAND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2019
“DANCING IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY”
Fire Island Pines
AUGUST 2-4
Young Boy Dancing Group
Richard Kennedy and Gay Baker3
(SODOMITES, PERVERTS, INVERTS TOGETHER!) - CARLOS MOTTA, JOHN ARTHUR PEETZ, CARLOS MARIA ROMERO, WITH CAMILO GODOY, JASON GUEVARA/JENN D’ROLE, AND VIVIAN CROCKETT
RYAN MCNAMARA
BOFFO FIRE ISLAND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2019
“DANCING IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY”
Pines, Fire Island, various locations
August 2 - 4, 2019
From August 2 - 4, over nine artists and artist collectives will present new and reimagined performances, music, and dance to Fire Island’s historically LGBTQ+ community. Highlights of this year's festival include an immersive Ryan McNamara’s performance, Young Boy Dancing Group's United States debut, an operatic collaboration between Richard Kennedy and Gay Baker3, as well as a new staging of exhilarating SPIT! Manifestos.
This year’s theme, Dancing in the Face of Adversity, takes its name from a disco-track compilation released by Island Records in 1989. Dance has been and continues to be an iconic part of the cultural legacy of the LGBTG+ communities that gather on Fire Island. Dance brings people together, creates resistance through joy, and has long offered a refuge in times of need. Against the backdrop of that history, this year’s festival presents dance in a multitude of forms, exploring its ability to foster connections, exchange energies, generate pleasure, allowing us to imagine the possibility of change.
All images courtesy of Nir Arieli
“DANCING IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY”
Fire Island Pines
AUGUST 2-4
Young Boy Dancing Group
︎︎︎
Richard Kennedy and Gay Baker3
︎︎︎
SPIT!
(SODOMITES, PERVERTS, INVERTS TOGETHER!) - CARLOS MOTTA, JOHN ARTHUR PEETZ, CARLOS MARIA ROMERO, WITH CAMILO GODOY, JASON GUEVARA/JENN D’ROLE, AND VIVIAN CROCKETT︎︎︎
RYAN MCNAMARA
︎︎︎
BOFFO FIRE ISLAND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2019
“DANCING IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY”
Pines, Fire Island, various locations
August 2 - 4, 2019
BOFFO and OCDChinatown are excited to announce the fifth edition of its performance festival on Fire Island, organized this year in collaboration with OCDChinatown, a queer space for sound, image, object, movement, and thought located in a Chinatown mall in New York City.
From August 2 - 4, over nine artists and artist collectives will present new and reimagined performances, music, and dance to Fire Island’s historically LGBTQ+ community. Highlights of this year's festival include an immersive Ryan McNamara’s performance, Young Boy Dancing Group's United States debut, an operatic collaboration between Richard Kennedy and Gay Baker3, as well as a new staging of exhilarating SPIT! Manifestos.
This year’s theme, Dancing in the Face of Adversity, takes its name from a disco-track compilation released by Island Records in 1989. Dance has been and continues to be an iconic part of the cultural legacy of the LGBTG+ communities that gather on Fire Island. Dance brings people together, creates resistance through joy, and has long offered a refuge in times of need. Against the backdrop of that history, this year’s festival presents dance in a multitude of forms, exploring its ability to foster connections, exchange energies, generate pleasure, allowing us to imagine the possibility of change.
All images courtesy of Nir Arieli