His latest, Traveling Light, plays through August 9 in the astonishingly beautiful rooms and
courtyards of the old San Francisco Mint. You should not miss it. From the
press release, and from seeing an early rehearsal with hints of lighting and
minimal costumes, the piece will be dreamy, alarming, sensuous, and beautifully
danced. The Mint itself represents everything Goode is trying to dismantle
– the alluring hope of achieving impregnable safety and success. Traveling
Light is about being dis
established, about being out in the cold: living
amidst insecurity of all kinds, financial, familial, and of finding emotional,
sexual familiarity in new places.
Insecurity is one of Goode’s great themes, which he’s dealt
with directly and indirectly over the years – most explicitly in Convenience
Boy, which was about the homeless
prostitutes of Polk Gulch who’d been cast out by their families, and now had
only their bodies to call home, and even those had to be rented out
temporarily, for food. The threat of being disowned is one of the most serious
that queer people face – what other minority is most in danger in their
own homes? And we’re up against it so young.
See the full article from “Bay Area Reporter”
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