INVITED DRESS THE “CABARET”

Overview

you are formally invited to my dance recital ! 🙂

it’s gonna be so good, i’m gonna sing all the right notes and say all the right lines, right at the right time !

something something musical theater as camp as performance art as soul bearing monologue, monologue as solo channeling of community empathy (solo channeling of community empathy to avoid direct eye contact with the realization of self ? ! !!!

hmmmm ….

thanks for coming to my band concert ! 🙂

i really am glad you came though. i don’t know if i always say thank you enough! and so, maybe this is my thank you. and also it’s a love letter! to you! and maybe also to me …

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please don’t forget about my play on friday ! :’-)

About the Artist

Colby Calhoun (they/she) is a biracial non-binary trans femme dance theater artist and advocate for those whom existence is also often resistance. Colby is currently based in Philadelphia, coming from Dallas, TX, and holds space in her heart for her sordid love/hate relationship with the lone-star state. Colby is grateful to create ensemble work with performance collective Very Good Dance Theater - founded in 2018 in response to a need for QTBIPOC-centered work in Dallas, Texas, and the South at large. VGDT credits/awards include: BIPOC NWT recipient at Cannonball Festival (Philadelphia, PA), AMOC Arist-In-Residence Alumni (Oak Cliff, TX), and Dallas Observer's Best Dance Company in 2023. Colby's work is forever influenced by nostalgia (she's a triple cancer), dreaming (she's also a double sagg), and ... other stuff (she has ADHD). Her work centers around the visceral experience(s) of being together and plays with the meaning of relationship(s), always seeking to explore and experiment with the structures that impose oppression over exxxpresion, in hopes to inspire people to communicate, collaborate, and collectivize.