PEARLS by Marcus White
What would happen if the debutante and escort were one in the same, served as the leading question for this solo. Performed by Marcus White this dance theatre work uses movement and gesture to "perform" issues of class, respectability, gender, desire, and race within cotillion culture. White marries contemporary and club dance forms within the work and has developed the work since 2013.

Panel: New York City in the World (w/ Louis Graham)
By foregrounding the operations of gender and sexuality that are contained within seemingly discrete social phenomena, including homelessness and addiction, healthcare and poverty, gentrification and policing, we can enhance our capacity to understand and to address them. Panelists include Ana Amuchástegui, Louis Graham among his colleagues Sealing Cheng, Kerwin Kaye, Mark Padilla, and Mario Pecheny. Moderated by Elizabeth Bernstein.