The Brick and The Exponential Festival present
Gusher
by Blaze Ferrer
theexponentialfestival.org

March 2, 3, 4 8pm

Gusher is a dance performance drawn from Panos Cosmatos’ Beyond The Black Rainbow, varsity wrestling, Magical girls, and 1960s New Age cultism to create an environment where dystopian identities are shed for post-queer textures and means of embodiment.

Created and Performed by Blaze Ferrer

Performed and Generated with Justin Faircloth

Sound Design and Composition by Jeff Aaron Bryant

Lighting Design by Ebony Burton

Costume Design by Emily White

Special Help from Marisa Brau

A duet exploring post-Judson movement and queer performance tropes, two dancers push through cumulative scores into a fractured expressionist nightmare that objectifies gay American consumerism. Inspired by Anh Vo’s “No More Daddy”, Jose Esteban Muñoz’s Disidentifications, Kevin Killian’s Action Kylie, and Ben Miller’s “The Life and Death of Modern Homosexuality”, the performers inhabit and dissolve queer iconography in order to “burn the boarding school down, and in the ashes, with history as our guide, build something for everyone” (Miller).

This project was supported, in part, by Brooklyn Arts Council’s Brooklyn Arts Fund, supported by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department Of Cultural Affairs (DCLA); the New York City Council, and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President. This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

Photo by Jessie Young

In consideration for the health and safety or our staff members, artists, and audiences, The Brick remains committed to maintaining vaccination requirements and mask mandates for our in-person presentations for the foreseeable future. We ask that all audience members remain masked. All staff and performers will be vaccinated; performers may not be masked. Audience can provide proof of vaccination with a government issued I.D. along with a physical copy or picture of your COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card, the NYC COVID Safe App or the New York State Excelsior Pass. Please be patient with staff.