S5E6 S.W.E.A.T. with Nancy Nutter
About this episode
Nancy Nutter discusses various aspects of performance, gender, and identity with host Mad Kate.
This month's conversation is with performer Nancy Nutter. Nancy’s artistry expands through visual, performative, musical realms. She is one half of the piano cabaret duo THE DAMES, the lead vocalist of trans-femme punk band GIRLS IN YOUR AREA, and head of performance at TRACEY. She co-creates TREASON cabaret club night, and co-curates the performance stage at WHOLE FESTIVAL. Nancy teaches gender performance in various workshops, including the EMBODIED DISRUPTION series, KÖNIG, and at ARTHAUS. They are a costume maker, makeup artist, and drag star. A graphic designer, film maker, tattoo artist, and a painter. https://nancynutter.net/ photo of Nancy by Javier Alejandro Cerrada In this episode, Nancy and Mad Kate speak about parenthood, gender, drag, folk music, workers' solidarity, the aching vulnerability of performing your truest self in front of a room of strangers and the power of empathy. Nancy also shared some of their brilliant ideas on gender beyond the binary that she is outlining in her book-in-progress, working title Drag, Disruption and Descent We all sweat as we provide care, as we labour, as we perform our work, as we fuck, as we survive and as we sacrifice one choice…
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