Jonathan Matthews-Guzmán/Phias-cŒ
8 days into 30, 2 summers ago

Created by Jonathan Matthews-Guzmán
Performers: Phias-cŒ
Music: Mary Chapin Carpenter, "Halley Came to Jackson"
Costume: The Goodwill on West 14th Street

Jonathan Matthews-Guzmán/Phias-cŒ (they/them) is a gender-free, neurodivergent performance artist-educator of Irish and Puerto Rican descent, born to native New Yorkers and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. They attended NYU Tisch Dance, and studied abroad at Toscana Dance HUB (now WADE), Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montréal. Jonathan has performed with This is Not a Theatre Company, Darrah Carr Dance, The Bang Group, and co-founded BREAKTIME with Holly Sass in 2017. Their work has taken them abroad to the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (India), The Croft (Michigan), and John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre (Dublin). They accompany at Tisch Dance and Barnard College, sing Tenor with The Cecilia Chorus of New York and Cantori New York, and have Music Directed for the Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, and Queens Shakespeare/What Dreams May Co. Jonathan has collaborated with cabaret artists Rachel Murdy and Peter Szep at Don’t Tell Mama NYC, and colectivodoszeta at Pangea. Their writing can be found at Eye on Dance, Dance Magazine, Time Out NY, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and the Journal of Dance Education.Jonathan teaches Theatre and Chorus to The Calhoun School’s Elementary Division, and offers beginner Step and Céilí Dance through the Irish Arts Center.

Deepest Gratitude to Kelsey, the Faeries, and Fire Island's ability to be more than what you might cynically anticipate.

Venmo: @Jonathan-Matthews-2

Manatsu Tanaka
The Manifesting of Midsummer's Night Dream

Created and performed by Manatsu Tanaka
Kimono Coordination by Manatsu Tanaka

Manatsu is a non-binary Japanese Multidisciplinary Artist based in NYC and Tokyo. They can be seen in music videos, plays, contemporary dance, immersive theater, and so much more!They have been an original cast for several immersive theater productions in NY and Tokyo such as “ZeroSpace”, "Pansy Craze" by Maya Dawyer, and Japan's first long-running immersive theater "Venus of TOKYO" by DAZZLE Dance Company. They are a proud Company Member of Hard/Femme Dances, and a co-creator and the lead actor of Hearts of Cranes, an immersive online immersive experience in collaboration with Experience You&I. Instagram: @manatsu.tanaka

Manatsu is a Japanese word for 'Midsummer'......They got ambitions, they got dreams, and they had a past. But Manatsu is so ready to call the past as an end of a chapter to start writing for their new chapter in this career field. A personal journey of growth, recognition, acknowledgement and manifesting for success! Huge immense gratitude to Kelsey Rondeau, being the artist of inspiration, a person always with warm welcoming kindness and love, and helping me opening so many doors in this city and in this career field.

Venmo: @Manatsu-Tanaka

Ava & Hans
O Mitote
Betrayal, Rage, Tequila Blanco.

“O Mitote “was the love child of Nate Carter and Mikaela Kelly (NDT). When these legends were at the Juilliard School, they were regular patrons at local watering hole/Mexican restaurant “El Mitote”. The piece was meant to pay homage to their “bomb-ass frozen margaritas” that Kelly and Carter loved to consume. An exploration of slow motion, fight choreography, and humor, O Mitote shook the Juilliard faculty and will be unearthed and performed just for YOU this evening.

Venmo: @hardfemmedances

Hans & Ava
You Don't Bring Me Flowers

Created, Designed and Edited by Nate Carter III and Kelsey Rondeau
Shot by Steve Prue
Performers: Kelsey Rondeau as Ava Lanche; Nate Carter III as Hans
Music by Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond

 Hans and Ava have been enabling each other since they met on the Good Ship Lollipop in 1912. During the pandemic, they created the hit IG livestream show Call Me By My Venmo Name, which had over 22 different editions, including Now! That's What I Call Coronavirus!, Hans' Vodka Beach Party, Hans and Ava Ruin the Holidays, and Geriatric Park. You can see their antics live at Club Six26 in Jersey City.

Thanks to the Lost Immersive Team for commissioning this video in May 2021

Venmo: @hardfemmedances

Hans
pleasant surroundings

Created and performed by Nate Carter
Mix by Nate Carter
Music: i walk alone with acid - Pale Blue

Found in the early nineties in an aluminum garbage can, wanted in several states for arson, and beloved roommate to Ava, Hans is a director, dancer, and current rehearsal dictator at Hard/Femmes Dances. After cyber bullying the president of Juilliard to let him graduate with a BFA in dance, he set his sights of domination on the Mckittrick Hotel, where he currently plays everything. During the pandemic, he and Ava hallucinated to the point where they made Call Me By My Venmo Name, an instagram phenomena only to be described as "a hot steamy train wreck with great tits". In his downtime, he enjoys playing with his bird, Poblano Elizabeth Del Rey III, eating cheese, and receiving unsolicited nudes.

Special Thanks to Hard/ Femme Dances, Kelsey Rondeau, Enya, and my parents, Nate and Laurie for birthing me into this silly, scary world that I am currently conquering.

Venmo: @onlyhans

Hunter Sturgis
Inheritance I

Created and performed by Hunter Sturgis
Styling by Timothy Westbrook

Hunter Sturgis (he/him) is a queer dance artist, filmmaker, and Pilates teacher from south Texas based in Brooklyn. Hunter graduated with a BFA in Dance from University of Texas at Austin (2017). He has had the honor & privilege of working with choreographers such as Charles O. Anderson, Erica Gionfriddo, Kate Watson-Wallace, Gregory Dolbashian, Sidra Bell, Luciana Achugar & Manuel Vignoulle. Hunter creates to subvert and challenge oppressive power structures that have taken root systemically, historically, and thusly, corporeally. He uses the power of disruption to open up new spaces where there is deep, uncharted territory of the heart.

Thank you Kelsey for putting this shebang on! Thank you Trisk for hosting us! Thank YOU for being here!

 Venmo: @Hunter-Sturgis

Ava
Nana On Her Way

Created by Kelsey “Beatriz BB” Lanceta
Performed by Ava
Sound consultation by Isaac Tamburino

Beatriz (She/Her) is a New York based dance artist and performer. She grew up studying ballet, musical theater and competitive dance in Kentucky. She then earned a BFA in Dance Performance at CalArts, where she built an interdisciplinary practice and passion for directing. Beatriz is a contemporary and commercial dancer, resident choreographer at House of Yes, and internationally touring artist. She enjoys cooking, yoga, drag, antiques, and dismantling the imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy.

Special thanks to Kate Bush, Sofia and Ofelia Gangoso, Estelle Getty, Ann Morgan Guilbert.

Venmo: @hardfemmedances

Lena Horné
It’s Raining When We Oooo

Lena Horné is a dynamic diva based in Brooklyn, NY. She is known for being a storyteller and an entertainer. Using her charm, her glamour, and her velvety voice, this Old Hollywood star-to-be will gently disarm you, freeing your spirit to dance again and enjoy the ride life has to offer. Lena performs weekly throughout New York City. Be sure to keep up with her via Instagram @lenahornay.

Special thanks to Kevin and Alfie for the ever-enduring support, the ghost of Christmas Past for the urge to inspire, and to whiskey cocktails for the inspiration.

Venmo: @E-Griffin