Between Monday the 22nd and Sunday the 28th, the #OpenTVCommunity will be live on camera developing new ideas, choreographing and rehearsing dance routines, shooting and editing video projects, and more.
The week will also include a drag photoshoot with Shea Couleé, a dance party with Cqqchifruit and La Spacer of TRQPiTECA, and a performance by dancers from #OpenTVOriginals: #FullOutSeries.
The #OpenTVMarathon will feature the artists from the Open TV Community: Fatimah Asghar with Jamila Woods, Darling Shear, Eli McKinnon, Honey Pot Performance, King is a Fink, Shea Couleé, Kai Green, Anna Martine Whitehead, James Welch, Mlondolozi Zondi, LADY/WATCH, and TRQPiTECA.
SCHEDULE:
MONDAY, February 22
11:30 am: Fatimah Asghar in conversation with Jamila Woods about web series, poetry and politics
5:00 pm: Darling Shear dance rehearsal
6:00 pm: Elijah McKinnon for Two Queens in a Kitchen
TUESDAY, February 23
6:00 pm: Honey Pot Performance: Gala meeting
WEDNESDAY, February 24
8:00 pm: King is a Fink Productions, featuring dance performance and more
THURSDAY, February 25
12:30 pm: Darling Shear dance rehearsal
6:00 pm: Shea Couleé introduces #LipstickCity
FRIDAY, February 26
8:00 am: Film shoot for Triggers, by Kai Green, Anna Martine Whitehead, James Welch and Mlondi Zondi
5:00 pm: Darling Shear dance rehearsal
8:00 pm: LADY/WATCH — Tien Tran and Kieran Kredell — choreography
SATURDAY, February 27
2:00 pm: Open TV Screening at Mana!
7:00 pm: LADY/WATCH — Tien Tran and Kieran Kredell — choreography
10:00 pm: TRQPITECA LIVE with Cqqchifruit and Natalie Mercedes (La Spacer)
SUNDAY, February 28
12:00 pm: Darling Shear dance rehearsal
4:00 pm: Film shoot for Triggers, by Kai Green, Anna Martine Whitehead, James Welch and Mlondi Zondi
OPEN TV is a Chicago-based web platform for television by queer, trans and cis-women and artists of color, currently a research project by Aymar Jean Christian, assistant professor of communication at Northwestern University.
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