Live Keynote: Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance Project
Live Keynote: Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance Project research and creation
Join us for a live keynote exploring connection, movement, and shared human experience, with a focus on male intimacy and the lived experience of gay, trans, and bi men.
This event explores Kevin’s artistic practice and the evolution of Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance Project, a socially engaged dance project inviting queer men in different cities to participate in partnered silent slow dances in public urban spaces.The project juxtaposes the order and efficiency of the urban landscape – already a reflection of hetero-patriarchal capitalist ideals – with tenderness, and physical connections – particularly between queer men who navigate connection in a city or world that rejects their existence. Tender City translates this intimate choreography into an urban public silent slow dance.
This gathering invites a thoughtful conversation—one grounded in curiosity, vulnerability, and the quiet choreography of being together in public space.
The live project of Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance Project will take place during PRIDE week events.
What to Expect
- A live keynote presentation – film and discourse
- Personal insights and reflections from the artist
- A relaxed and welcoming environment
- An experience that invites listening, reflection, and curiosity
Who This Is For
This event is open to anyone interested in:
- exploring themes of masculinity, intimacy, and queer experience
- art and performance
- human connection and movement
- new ideas and perspectives
This work may be particularly meaningful for members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, including trans, bi and gay men, while remaining open and welcoming to all.
Film and discourse
Suggested donation $10
Event Details
📍 Nanaimo Art Gallery
🗓 April 19
🕖 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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