FEMPIRE
A COLLABORATION WITH HOPE SALAS & JUSTIN CIMINO
Experience a utopian world run by unharnessed and uninhibited women. FEMPIRE is an evening length performance of episodic dances introducing various women characters of strength and uncensored expressions of truth -- playfully pushing against gender normative stereotypes through feminist camp.
Featuring choreography by Ashley McQueen in collaboration with Smashworks Dance, and introducing newest performer Hope Salas in collaboration with Justin Cimino, FEMPIRE fuses dance performance with prop-driven physical theatre to present a culmination of our current feminist fight — loud, uncensored, and unafraid.
"I was deeply moved by the combination of French Clown, Dot (Hope Salas) directed by Justin Cimino, and Ashley McQueen’s choreographed dance team’s expressions of truth in the feminist experience.” - Front Row Center
"Smashworks . . . what a perfect name for these powerful sisters. McQueen’s company is tightly precise and fearless.” - Front Row Center
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Girls Move Free (excerpt)
May 17, 2019
Gibney 280
53A Chambers St, New York, NY 10007