The Bloom — Jessie McCall

— Imagine being a fig wasp, born pregnant.

Hot from Aotearoa, this new dance work by Jessie McCall leans into the generative glitches of queer propagation and motherhood. Darkly funny and deeply human, The Bloom is an invitation to imagine intimacies outside of the gaze of the nation state.

Imagine the sex of mould. Imagine mothering as a botanical project that broke its banks. The Bloom is a vivid choreographic mirage shimmering between analog and digital worlds. Queer ecology meets glitch feminism in this subversive look at reproduction.

“A glorious pull between nature and technology, between analog and digital, between innate and constructed, even violently imposed.” Tate Fountain, Bad Apple.gay Magazine

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Choreographer: Jessie McCall
Collaborators / Performers: Sofia McIntyre, Sasha Matsumoto and Raven Afoa-Purcell
Moving Image Design: RDYSTDY Studio
Sound / Costume Design: Jessie McCall

The premiere of this work was supported by Auckland Pride Festival’s Pride Elevates program. This season is supported by Creative New Zealand, with thanks to Performance Space.