BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, Dance With Us, June 25-27 | “I don’t make Gay Art. I make art. The metaphors of resilience, pride, strength, and community are central to my art-making. All is shaped inherently by a lived queerness.” Gwirtzman, a master teacher from Washington Heights currently on the faculty at Ithaca College, has spent the pandemic era making films of himself and his company. This program features an hour of new films, with special guests nightly, followed by a discussion and dance party with the artists. Fri.-Sun., June 25-27 at 7pm. Free with advance registration at Eventbrite.com (donations accepted). To register, click here. For artist info, click here.

Mariana Valencia: Futurity, June 25-27 | Valencia’s new work repurposes older pieces dealing with site to tell “queerstories” that converge in New York City and beyond. An incredibly smart, subtle performance artist, Valencia moves and speaks as if engaging her closest friends. Free. Fri., June 25–Sun., June 27 at 1pm & 4:30pm at The Arts Center at Governors Island, Studio A3, 110 Andes Road, Governors Island. This event is part of the River to River Festival. For more information about the event and its limited audience capacity, click here.

Rose: You Are Who You Eat by John Jarboe of The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, June 20  | Based on a true story, Rose is a series of performance pieces (songs, videos, and poems) dedicated to Bearded Ladies Cabaret founder John Jarboe’s twin, Rose, whom Jarboe “absorbed” or “consumed” in the womb. Jarboe uses the story of Rose and the metaphor of cannibalism to explore gender queerness, nature and nurture, and queer ancestry. This is a collaboration with filmmaker Christopher Ash, designer Rebecca Kanach, and a duo of musicians, as well as various queer composers including Pax Ressler, Emily Bate, and Daniel De Jesus. The development of this Works & Process commission will be continued in a bubble residency at Bethany Arts Community. Sun., June 20 at 8pm. At the Guggenheim Museum (1071 Fifth Ave. at 88th St.). Tickets and info at Guggenheim.org.

Queer Butoh 2021, June 22 | The 20th century Japanese form known as Butoh has always manifested aspects of homoeroticism. This month Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute collaborates with Howl Arts to present a multi-national video series of hourlong programs in which artists show their work and discuss the intersection of Butoh and queerness. On the first of three Tuesdays, Singapore’s XUE offered Flowers. The second week presented Damiano Fina of Italy in his Hellos. Closing out the program, South African Tebby Ramasike performs In Search of a Soul: A Blind Man’s Cry … the appeal. Free. June 22 at 8pm, streaming at Howlarts.org. Also visit vangeline.com and https://vimeo.com/vangeline.

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