cove barton is a movement artist/filmmaker based in Brooklyn (Lenapehoking territory) who incorporates bodily distortion and nostalgic collage to seek earnest character in his work. Recently he has performed works of artists such as Merce Cunningham, Katy Pyle/Ballez, John Heginbotham, and Alexa West, and has performed at venues like New York City Center Studios, Baryshnikov Arts Center, WeisAcres, LOMEX Gallery, among others. barton’s choreography and work in film has been shown at BAM Fisher, Millenium Film Workshop, QUEER NOISE Festival, and in Seattle’s Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Velocity Dance Center, Local Sightings Film Festival, and more.

 

felix bryan is a Brooklyn-based artist, born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. felix’s work and collaborations have been presented at Fridman Gallery, QUEER NOISE Festival, The Rooted Space, the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Professional Program, and on film. His choreographic practice centers nonlinearity, trans embodiment, and experiential storytelling. As a freelance artist, felix has performed works by artists including Sidra Bell, Katherine Maxwell, Bill T. Jones, Johannes Wieland, Robyn Mineko Williams, Jenna Riegel, Rena Butler, and Peter Chu. Currently, felix dances with Sidra Bell Dance New York and HIVEWILD.

the tattooed, bare torsos of two transmasculine dancers embrace each other, intertwined, through the distorted view of a broken mirror. Photo by Jay Beardsley
ID: the tattooed, bare torsos of two transmasculine dancers embrace each other, intertwined, through the distorted view of a broken mirror. Photo by Jay Beardsley