a long side: a queer double portrait
An artist in residence show by Rae Luebbert and Emily Ames.
About the Performance
By melding live performance and filmed dance, Rae Luebbert and Emily Ames create a moving portrait that is malleable and expansive and referential to queer visual artists including Felix Gonzalez Torres, Claude Cahun, Gilber Proesch & Georg Passmore. Live original music by Amelia Diehl. .
Details
Friday, February 21 & Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 pm
West Main Studio (previously Sunset Studios) at 1400 S Main St.
Attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a KN95 or N95 mask.
Accessibility and Venue Info
West Main Studio is an ADA accessible venue. This is an indoor event, all on flat surfaces with no stair access. The facility has gender neutral bathrooms.
Two large air purifiers will be spaced throughout the venue to minimize risk of Covid-19 transmission. All attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a KN95 or N95 mask.
Please email rae@lovedancemore.org with any additional needs. This could include a reserved seat, reserved space for a mobility device, ASL interpretation of the performance, etc. We are happy to meet requests up to 1 week in advance of the performance.
About the Artists
Rae Luebbert (she/they) is a movement artist, dance educator, arts administrator, film maker and community organizer. They work as a Fine Arts Academic Advisor, as a dance educator, and as an independent choreographer. Rae is the producer and co-curator of the annual Noori Screendance Festival, the facilitator of Monday Movement Lab which is a creative incubator space for new dance work, and a 2022-2025 loveDANCEmore Artist in Residence. In 2023, Rae produced and choreographed a 4 hour durational dance show called Albeit Liminal. Their curatorial and choreographic work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Utah Arts & Museums, and the Salt Lake Arts Council.
Emily Ames (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and collaborator who adds sequins and a touch of levity wherever she can. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with degrees in Dance and History, then stashed her diplomas in the back of her closet to work in Marketing and Communications at The Phillips Collection. When not at her 9-5, Emily dances for Heart Stück Bernie and darlingdance, along with creating her own work for stage, screen, and non-traditional spaces. Her choreography has been supported by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Dance Metro DC, Dance Place, and Washington Project for the Arts.
Monday Movement Lab is a movement-based, informal performance space for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works in progress. This low-tech environment is intended to serve as a creative space for dance artists to share and discuss works that may be at various stages of the creative process.
Upcoming Dates:
Monday Movement Lab takes place at the Multi-Media Room at the Marmalade Branch Library (280 W 500 N, Salt Lake City, UT 84103)
February 10, 2025 from 6:30pm-8:00pm
March 17, 2025 from 6:30pm-8:00pm
April 14, 2025 from 6:30pm-8:00pm
May 19, 2025 from 6:30pm-8:00pm
Open Call!
Complete our brief application to present work at Monday Movement Lab. Presenting artists will be awarded a small honorarium and professional videography of their piece. Each showing involves a round circle discussion with audience members where you can receive feedback or pose questions for conversation.
This free community event, produced in collaboration with loveDANCEmore artist-in-residence Rae Luebbert is a non-curated forum for new dance and performance work-in-progress. Join us after the show for a structured discussion.
Contact Rae at rae@lovedancemore.org for more info.