Voguing Against Tradition
by Christine Hou

http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/03/dance/voguing-against-tradition

(M) is for (M)imosa, an unassuming , gender-bending, dancer. Mimosa transforms. S/he is multiple personalities rolled into one: a Latina rockstar, a ballerina, a student studying abroad, a butch queen, and Prince, amongst other things: "I am Mimosa."

This is Trajal Harrell's Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church: Medium (M), which had its premiere at the Kitchen in February. It is the third in a series of performances [Small (S) premiered at the New Museum in 2009 and Extra Small (XS) premiered at Abrons Arts Center in January] derived from the question: "What would have happened in 1963 if someone from the voguing ball scene in Harlem had come downtown to perform alongside the early postmoderns at Judson Church?" Harrell is exceptionally smart in his approach to (M) a.k.a (M)imosa, investigating what constitutes contemporary dance with glamour, humor, and wit.