BIG BODY: Experimental J-Sette Performance Workshop
Open Call for DC-based Audience Infiltrators
Dance Place, in partnership with jumatatu m. poe and Jermone Donte Beacham, seek 7 DC-area self-identified Black Audience Infiltrators to participate in two Intervention performances and two theatrical performances of Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation.
BIG BODY: Experimental J-Sette Performance Workshop: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00 – 10:00pm, Dance Place Theater
Workshop Description:
J-Sette, also known as Bucking, is a performance style popular in the southern United States, practiced widely among majorettes and drill teams at historically Black colleges and universities, and also among teams of primarily queer men who compete in gay clubs and pride festivals. The workshop focuses on bombastic performance energy, complex relationships to rhythm and music, movement precision, group dynamics, and discovering joy in flesh and community. We will explore how the performance of J-Sette creates expectations around attention and accountability to a community, and how it positions leadership. All bodies are encouraged to participate, regardless of previous training or ability.
Selected Infiltrators will be compensated $650.00 USD. The breakdown is as follows:
2 theatrical performances: 10 rehearsal hours at $25/rehearsal hour, and $125/performance
2 sidewalk interventions: 2-3 hours’ rehearsal during pre-performance call; $75 stipend/rehearsal + performance
Selected Infiltrators must be available for rehearsal/ performance as follows:
June 4-11, 2020 10 hours of rehearsal, times to be determined
June 12, 2020 sidewalk Intervention I; time to be determined
June 13, 2020 sidewalk Intervention II; time to be determined & theatrical performance I; 8:00pm
June 14, 2020 theatrical performance II; 7:00pm
Workshop participation is FREE; register here or email sarahg@danceplace.org
To learn more about how the artist fees for this engagement were arrived upon, we invite you to read an open letter available here. BIG BODY: Experimental J-Sette Performance Workshop
Photo by Michael Valiquette