Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (L) Thursday April 26th 7:30pm

i rarely see art that allows me to fall in love with the performers. 20 looks was one of these enjoyable moments.

the two and half hour performance choreographed by trajal harrell and performed with an all male cast left me mesmerized. as a queer femme, secure in my sexual identity most would understand as lesbian, by the end i found myself confessing my love for the performers in the lobby over the complimentary wine. the elements at play were all extremely varied, humored, and inventive. trajal took me. i fell for the language he used to tell his story, and all of the characters the performers sucesfully embodied in the process. toward the end of the show, especially one of such length, its common to find your focus waning often similar to the energy at the end of a late night dance party. my energy began to fade to that  frequency often found in a dimly lit space, and trajal brought us to this place visually and physically on stage with his performers. on white rectangular platforms, the lights dimmed and reached equilibriums with the lit negatives spaces between, duplicating their presence. i began to wonder, how did they pull out new platforms front and center stage, without the audience catching a glimpse? dancers pulled their energy from deep within to dance through the air. i had known all along i was in love with the the first performer to move with the blue jacket. i was taken, to a dark cloudy night ballroom, i traveled through history to the voguing hall, i watched the runway. trajal created something of visual performance magik.