Brendan Drake's "Ghost Porn"
Company:
Kestrels, in association with Amanda + James
Ghost Porn
Directed by Brendan Drake
Co-presented by Kestrels and Amanda + James
February 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th at 7:30pm,
February 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th at 8pm
A Disco Ball descends from the sky as two plucky sodomites with a pension for trauma bonding and poppers welcome you to their cubbyhole of ghoulish apparitions, smut, and divine brutishness. Inspired by horror cinema and cruising culture, Ghost Porn incorporates dance, magical realism, and sound manipulation to complicate notions of sexual curiosity, agency, and casual hedonism. An inverted realm is conjured, where form and meaning give way to a visceral palate of noise, rhythm, and ecstatic dancing that wavers between gogo dancing and an exorcism. Ghost Porn is a love letter to the dark (room); an exploration of desire at its most translucent and opaque. This evening-length work Directed by Brendan Drake is a co-presentation between Kestrels and Amanda + James, with developmental support from the Monira Foundation. It features video design by Ian Lewandowski, and original text, sound score, and choreography by Drake, in collaboration with performers Matthew Bovee, Ollie Iturrieta, Nikkie Samreth, Marcus Serjeant, Nattie Trogdon, and Jace Weyent.
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