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Alston, Adam; Parry, Owen and HERE, Arts Centre. 2021. HERE RAW: Staging Decadence. In: "HERE RAW: Staging Decadence", HERE, New York, United States, 9 September 2021. [Performance]

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Item Type:	Performance
Creators:	Alston, Adam; Parry, Owen and HERE, Arts Centre
Abstract or Description:	Do we live in a decadent society? Who is entitled to its opulence and pleasures, and how might it be reclaimed? In September 2021, Staging Decadence teamed up with HERE arts centre in New York to stage a twenty-first-century salon. The night included the premiere of Nia Witherspoon’s Priestess of Twerk, inspired by sacred sex workers and ‘the “bad bitches” of hip-hop’, and Normandy Sherwood’s Psychic Self Defense, which riffed on endings and the decadence of theatrical objects. Hosted by the inimitable Murray Hill, Nia and Normandy were also joined by Dr Adam Alston and Professor Richard Kaye, who offered talks on sick theatres and the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, respectively.
Contributors:	Witherspoon, Nia (Performer); Sherwood, Normandy (Performer); Hill, Murray (Performer) and Kaye, Richard (Speaker)
Official URL:	http://here.org/shows/raw21-staging-decadence/?fbc...
Keywords:	decadent theatre; theatre and decadence, decadent performance; staging decadence
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Theatre and Performance (TAP)
Date range:	9 September 2021
Event Location:	HERE, New York, United States
Item ID:	32593
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2022 14:02
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2022 14:11
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/32593

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