SFGate.com – Rachel Howard, Chronicle Dance Correspondent
You might expect Sean Dorsey’s dances to be aesthetically transgressive or politically provocative. Dorsey – born female but now preferring the pronoun “he” – is the founder and director of Fresh Meat Productions, which he says is the nation’s first year-round presenter of transgender arts.
Sometimes the most progressive thing an artist can do with a marginalized experience is to present it in a familiar, easily relatable form. Weaving movement with story, the 36-year-old Dorsey tells finely crafted, poignant tales of transgender life. In “Uncovered: The Diary Project,” premiering this weekend at Dance Mission Theater, Dorsey turns his attention to the life of Lou Sullivan.