_REMIX will run two workshops for members of the LGBTQI+ community to inform the creation of their new Baroque drag performance, After Violence.

Held on Saturday 3rd November at the Sackler Centre, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the workshops will share work-in-progress, exploring creative practice around queer interpretation in music, theatre and performance art. Workshops will be led by Benjamin Tassie and Finn Beames, with vocalist Ella Taylor and drag queen Rhys Hollis. The workshops and will be a safe-space to share experiences and help shape the creation of After Violence. Participants will not need to prepare anything ahead of the workshops.

WORKSHOP ONE: GENDER AND SONG

1130AM-1PM

Led by composer Benjamin Tassie, participants will work with non-binary vocalist Ella Taylor to explore the process of ‘queering’ in vocal performance. Ella will share their work interpreting songs by Baroque composer John Dowland for REMIX’s After Violence. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences around gender and masculinity, and to respond to the work-in-progress. Participation in the workshop will include time to respond to Ribera’s monumental canvas, Apollo Flaying Marsyas – on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery as part of ‘Ribera: The Art of Violence’ – in front of which After Violence will be performed on November 23rd.

Place is limited, so if you would like to take part, please email info@classicalremix.org.

WORKSHOP TWO: MASCULINITY AND MOVEMENT

2PM-330PM

Led by writer and director Finn Beames, participants will work with drag queen and performance artist Rhys Hollis (Rhys’s Pieces) to explore gender and masculinity in movement and drag. Rhys and Finn will share their work responding to songs by Baroque composer John Dowland for REMIX’s After Violence. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences around gender and masculinity, and to respond to the work-in-progress. Participation in the workshop will include time to respond to Ribera’s monumental canvas, Apollo Flaying Marsyas – on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery as part of ‘Ribera: The Art of Violence’ – in front of which After Violence will be performed on November 23rd.

Place is limited, so if you would like to take part, please email info@classicalremix.org.