The performance series Butch Tribute is an artistic and political work, exploring what a butch is and can be, with and by Norwegian dancers and choreographers Marte Reithaug Sterud and Ann-Christin Kongsness. The term butch is often used to describe masculine women in the queer community, a group who are often marginalized or made invisible. With this project, Sterud/Kongsness wants to diversify the representation of butches, by demonstrating different representations of queer, female masculinity.

 

Sterud/Kongsness connect through their personal and theoretical interest in the relationship between dance and the body, gender and performativity. In their performance Soft Manifesto (2015), they explored the androgynous and ambiguous body, with a playful and fluid relationship to gender expression, moving in and out of different bodily states. During Oslo Pride in 2018, they organized Queer Dance Art (Skeiv Dansekunst), with contributions from sixteen dance artists who actively take a stand on questions around gender expression and sexuality.

Queer Dance Art - A Conversation Series: www.skeivdansekunst.no

Ann-Christin Kongsness: www.annchristinkongsness.com