Sacha Yanow - Episode 05.05 SLC Performance Lab

Sacha Yanow - Episode 05.05 SLC Performance Lab

From SLC Performance Lab by Sarah Lawrence College Theatre MFA Program

October 20, 2024 · 36 min

About this episode

Sacha Yanow discusses their performance practice and experiences as an artist in the SLC Performance Lab.

ContemporaryPerformance.com and the Sarah Lawrence College MFA Theatre Program produce the SLC Performance Lab. During the year, visiting artists to the MFA Theatre Program's Performance Lab are interviewed after leading a workshop with the students. Performance Lab is one of the program's core components, where graduate students work with guest artists and develop performance experiments. Sacha Yanow is interviewed by Julia Cowitt (SLC'24) and produced by Julia Duffy (SLC'25) Sacha Yanow is an NYC/Lenapehoking–based actor, performance artist and organizer. Yanow’s performance practice draws on theater, dance, queer performance, and Jewish cultural traditions to reckon with ancestral trauma, gender and sexuality, antizionism and assimilation. Since 2015, Yanow has created a trio of solo performances based on familial archetypes— Dad Band (2015), Cherie Dre (2018) and Uncle! (2024) — these embodied portraits act as an entry point to discuss broader social issues, as well as connect to estranged personal and cultural histories. Sacha's work has been presented by venues including The Kitchen, MoMA PS1, Danspace Project, Joe's Pub, and the New Museum in NYC; PICA’s TBA…

People in this episode

Guest: Sacha Yanow

Topics covered

  • performance art
  • theater
  • queer performance
  • Jewish cultural traditions
  • ancestral trauma
  • gender and sexuality
  • antizionism
  • assimilation

Keywords

  • MFA Theatre Program
  • workshop
  • graduate students
  • performance experiments

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dad Band, Room for Cream, Grey Matter, Thank You for the Fire Between Us, BA

Places: NYC, Lenapehoking, Portland, OR, Hanover, Germany, Williamstown, MA, Mohican Land, Johannesburg

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