Christine Shan Shan Hou

CHRISTINE SHAN SHAN HOU is a poet and arts writer living in Brooklyn, NY.
In the works of Jen Rosenblit and Vanessa Anspaugh, bodies float aimlessly like cumulus clouds—expanding, dividing, disappearing—and leave thick, foggy patches in their wake.
Molly Lieber, Mary Ready, Aretha Aoki in Vanessa Anspaugh's Armed Guard Garden. Photo credit: Ian Douglas.
“What would it look like if people with female bodies enjoyed unlimited possibilities for transformation?” Lee provocatively asks in the program notes. The stage is carefully prepared for such transformations: A pristine, white floor serves as a blank slate, while a glowing three-dimensional screen suspended above offers endless possibilities for décor.
Clockwise from top: World Famous * BOB *, Hilary Clark, Katy Pyle, Regina Rocke, Amelia Zirin-Brown (a k a Lady Rizo) in Untitled Feminist Show. Courtesy of Young Jean Lee�s Theater Company.

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