GPS (Gender Performance Series)

Kick off April Fools Weekend with Hot Metal Hardware " HMH Presents Jokers & Tokers on Friday night April 1, 2016 at Cruze Bar and join us Saturday and Sunday for some really awesome educational workshops, intensives and discussions! Please check schedule here as there have been a few adjustments. Gender Performance Series is a community building event focused on various forms of gender performance. Workshops include a 3 hour intensive Body Love Workshop, Burlesque 101, Drag King 101, 3 hour Boi-Lesque Intensive, 3 Gender expression through belly dancing, Drag Queen 101 and more. BURLESQUE 101 4/2/16 11am-1pm - $25.00 + processing ( sponsored in part by Hot Metal Hardware) With over 8 years of performance experience under her belt, Toronto based Burlesque Performer Belle Jumelles, is a confident woman who has perfected the art of the tease. She has mastered the bump and grind, and wants to share her secrets with you. This workshop is eye opening, confidence boosting and full of fun! She will cover burlesque history, character types, costume teases, moves and shakes that will leave you wanting to shimmy all the way home. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-burlesque-101-with-belle-jumelles-tickets-21491356225 BODY LOVE INTENSIVE with Belle Jumelles from Canada!- 4/2/16 ( 15 people max) 2pm-5pm $50.00 (sponsored in part by Hot Metal Hardware) Open to all bodies- 3 hour intensive. Tickets must be purchased for this class in advance via the link below. Limited seating. Free Gift with attendance. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-body-love-workshop-with-belle-jumelles-tickets-21433720836 LIVING AS A BOI, PERFORMING AS A MAN 4/2/16 2pm -4pm w Rasta Boi Punany Growing up with all boys in an extended family of 19 and having to defend one's personal space is a challenge in itself. Then realizing this born female likes girls and the coming out process to family and friends had become easier than expected only to find out becoming a Drag King was even easier and a welcoming feature on one's personality to both family and friends yet again. In this workshop the participants will learn what it is like to be a tom boi growing up into a lesbian and then finding out performing as a man had become the most natural fit one person could never imagine. DRAG KING 101 4/2/16 11am-1pm -(30 people) $ -monetary donation requested Let the Kings of Hot metal Hardware show you the basics of facial hair, packing, binding and character development. Please reserve your seat: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-drag-king-101-tickets-21564560180 GENDER EXPRESSION THOUGH BELLY DANCE 2pm - 5pm $15.00 In this class we will learn how Bellydance can be used in gender expression or non-expression. Students will learn how Bellydance and burlesque are similar and different at the same time. You will learn basic moves and then how to layer them together. There will be a small choreography taught for fun. Everyone is welcome regardless of experience and gender indentification because really everyone does the same moves. Reserve you spot today https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-expression-in-belly-dance-tickets-22430991700 BOILESQUE 4/2/16 2pm-5pm $50.00 Monetary donation requested I'm giving a 3 hour intensive workshop on boylesque and the art of the male striptease. Learn things such as the history of boylesque, tips on costuming, hair, and make-up, and how to tassle twirl with your crotch and ass. We'll create a boylesque name and character for you and then you'll learn the choreography from my 2008 performance on America's Got Talent. This workshop is open to all genders and sexual identities. It is for anyone who wants to learn boylesque and/or anyone who wants to learn how to be more sexy for their partner. (Please bring a tie and wear comfortable shoes and clothes to dance in.) This workshop has a $50 suggested donation. All money collected will go to the GLCC... because their fucking awesome. (I did this workshop in Perth, Australia in 2009 and it cost a $100... So you can feel free to donate more than $50.) 20 spots available Pre-register and pay online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-boilesque-intensive-tickets-21564317454 Smokin' McQueen bio: Smokin' McQueen has been performing his own style of male vaudeville burlesque (boylesque) for over nine years. He has performed all over the US, Europe, and Australia, was featured twice on Season 3 of TV’s 'America’s Got Talent'. He is winner of ‘Most Classic’ at the Carolina Burlesque Festival, 'King' of the Great Southern Exposure, and Second-Runner Up 'Best International Male' at the 2012 World Burlesque Games. He was a featured entertainer for a 9 night run in the ‘Best of Burlesque’ at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He moved to Pittsburgh, PA in 2013. Currently he is pursuing a career in filmmaking and producing live events every Sunday at the Blue Moon Bar on Butler Street in Lawrenceville (Pgh). Please reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-boilesque-intensive-tickets-21564317454 PASTIE MAKING AND TASSEL TWIRLING with Boom Boom Bridget 4/2/16 5pm-6:30pm ( 20 person limit) -$20.00 each Want to learn how to make your own pasties and how to make those tassle twirl like nobodies business, then come check out this workshop with boom Boom bridget, the buxum beauty with a bangin' booty. She will be showing you all the basic ins and outs - and twirl arounds for pasties and tassles. Please reserve Your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pastie-making-and-tassel-twirling-with-boom-boom-bridget-tickets-21564373622 The Life of a Drag King 5pm- 6:30pm Rasta Boi Punany At one point in life, drag kings were not considered important enough to be recognized. For some, never seeing nor meeting a drag king was common place and to experience a drag king show was almost unheard of. Today, Drag Kings are recognized and given the respect of their trade almost as much as Drag Queens. There is still a long way to go, though. In this workshop the participants will experience one Drag King's journey into recognition and how this one man organization is trying to make a mark in a 'woman's' world of drag. Please welcome, the one, the only...RASTA BOI PUNANY https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-life-of-a-drag-king-w-rasta-boi-punany-tickets-22430936535 JOIN OUR HMH SISTER Charlee Monroe at Hambone's in Lawrenceville Pittsburgh Saturday night at 10pm DRAG MAKEUP: Drag Makeup: Gender Performance and Transformation Through Makeup. April 2, 2016 5:30 -6:30pm : Donation requested Tara aka Robin Graves, fab Femme Fatale, runner up to Ms. Pgh Femme Fatale Pride 2016 is a professional make up artist and hair artist with outrageous style and tons of tips to share. please reserve your spot https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drag-makeup-gender-performance-and-transformation-through-makeup-tickets-22430791100 SUNDAY DRAG QUEEN 101 4/3/16 - 12pm-2pm (15 person limit) $- monetary donation requested. Want to know how to beat that mug for the gods? This is the workshop you want to be at! Join Phoenix A'rising, a Queen in the scene for well over a decade, and let her show some of the tricks of the trade. Please reserve your seat: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-drag-queen-101-tickets-21564475928 DRAG ON A DIME 2pm-4pm Orion Browne Join Orion if you want to make those pennies stretch and still look fabulous on stage. All skill levels welcome. 4/3/16 2pm-4pm (20 people) -$ monetary donations requested Please reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-drag-on-a-dime-tickets-21564969404 QUEERING TRANSMASCULINE PERFORMANCE- Panel 4/3/16 4pm-6pm $monetary donation requested Recent media coverage of trans-identified individuals has increased awareness of the existence of identities beyond the gender binary…or has it? An examination of this media coverage reveals that the subjects of coverage tend to be overwhelmingly cis-passing, living largely heteronormative lives. While there is nothing inherently wrong with a traditionally masculine or feminine presentation, those who fall outside the gender binary are now faced with even more pressure—much of it emerging from their own community—to conform. As transmasculine entertainers, we have the option of either increasing this pressure or breaking it down. This interactive discussion, drawing from the lived experiences of long-time community advocates and entertainers, explores the various ways in which transmasculine performances can deconstruct patriarchal masculinity and lead to new opportunities for gender non-conforming individuals that extend well beyond our time on stage. Please reserve your seat via the link below: reserve your space today https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queering-transmasculine-performance-tickets-21792015505 Check back here for updates. GPS is sponsored by Hot Metal Hardware, GLCC of Pittsburgh and Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh