ICA LIVE ART FESTIVAL | Did4luv

‘Did4Luv’ is a tragicomic dance theatre solo that spirals through a surreal 45-minute hell/dreamscape of labor that builds on itself like a tumor. It draws from the politics of Times Square and Alexanderplatz mascot workers, precarity, performance as labor, and the side-gigs of its creators to stay afloat. The piece assembles a resentful yet hopeful love letter to performance and its hyper-visible laborers. Blending lived experiences of sex work, drag, magic shows, clowning, and pole dance with Western dance technique, the piece uses camp, absurdity, and earnestness to highlight the friction that exists between fantasy and survival. The choreography is co-devised by Dominique McDougal and Carro Sharkey.