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SUMMARY:YMCĀ
DESCRIPTION:nelson_arts_festival and atamiradancecompany present YMCĀ\\,
  a first full-length commission by acclaimed choreographer Oli Mathiesen 
 (Ngāpuhi\\, Ngāti Hine\\, Ngāti Manu).\\nA bold takatāpui rebirth of 
 the Village People\\, YMCĀ parallels the pop culture icons through a cas
 t caught between character and confession. Wearing a rack of performed id
 entities\\, the band interrogates the archetypes\\, the macho men\\, and 
 the staging of queerness and indigeneity. A discography somewhere between
  authenticity\\, expectation\\, and spectacle.\\n1970’s luxe meets 18th
 -century bloodshed\\; a disco interior with a cultural inferior. Beneath 
 the work’s carpeted exterior lies a horned tension\\, where inherited n
 arratives are pulled apart\\, restaged\\, and worn by someone else.\\nA c
 arpetbagger is a “special person in anybody’s land”. The script is 
 up for revision as our new Village People endeavour to rewrite their stor
 y. To live a life of freedom\\, machos make a stand.\\nHot off the heels 
 of the Venice Biennale Danza\\, and known for genre-defying works includi
 ng The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave\\, Mathiesen brings his new disti
 nctive choreographic voice to Atamira – the tuakana platform for Māori
  contemporary dance\\, championing the next generation of artists.\\nAllu
 ring\\, camp-soaked\\, and unapologetically original\\, YMCĀ invites aud
 iences into a world where appropriation has never looked so good.  Theatr
 e Royal\\nSat 31 Oct | 7.30pm | 60 min\\n$40 – 49\\nhttps://www.gayout.
 com/asia-aus/new-zealand/nelson/events/ymc-2026-10-31
LOCATION:Theatre Royal
URL:https://www.gayout.com/asia-aus/new-zealand/nelson/events/ymc-2026-10-31
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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