Theo Armstrong
Theo Armstrong (he/they) is a writer, dancer, and drag artist based in Brooklyn. His writing has appeared in Isele Magazine, Tiny Seed, Impostor, Tabula Rasa Review, Sinking City, Culturebot, and elsewhere. His piece, “An Olfactory History of Cantaloupes,” was longlisted for Isele’s Nonfiction Prize. They co-founded and edited Refuze Review/MasterBondsman, an online journal. He received a BA in English Literature and a BFA in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa.
The front studio at Kestrels in Gowanus transforms into a club. Red LED tubes illuminate the audience’s faces and gogo dancers’ asses. Sparkly dance music embraces us.
Redactions imposes an atmosphere of devotion through measured, unspectacular movement and monotonous textual interludes.
all I want is what you want moves like a fever dream through attachment, seduction, and ego death, commenting on the audience’s voyeuristic presence along the way. Lena Engelstein and Jo Warren stage a subtly campy and hilariously queer duet as an investigation into self-dissolution via transference, reflection, and refusal.
