Fresh Meat Productions

Fresh Meat Productions FRESH MEAT PRODUCTIONS invests in the creative expression and cultural leadership of transgender and gender-nonconforming communities.

Our year-round programs include the , Sean Dorsey Dance, artist commissions, education and advocacy. Fresh Meat Productions invests in the creative expression and cultural leadership of trans and gender-nonconforming communities. We believe the arts are a powerful tool for cultural transformation. We create and commission new work, present performing arts programs, conduct education

and engagement, and advocate for equity in the Arts. Fresh Meat Productions was founded in 2002 by Sean Dorsey and San Francisco-based transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) and q***r artist-activists. Our year-round programs are all either sliding-scale (with no one turned away for lack of funds) or free. Our programs include:

1) THE CREATION AND PERFORMANCE OF NEW WORK:
a) Our FRESH WORKS! Commissioning Program awards commissions to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) TGNC and q***r performing artists to create new work;
b) Resident dance company Sean Dorsey Dance performs, teaches and tours its award-winning dance-theater.

2) PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS & EVENTS:
a) Annual FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of transgender and q***r performance (each June);
b) Co-sponsorship of community-based Bay Area trans arts events.

3) ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION:
Trans-positive dance classes and workshops; Sean Dorsey Dance company classes; Guest teaching and in-school residencies; LGBTQ+ community forums, Speaking engagements, keynotes and lec-dems.

4) ADVOCACY: Intersectional Trans Equity speaking engagements, conference breakout sessions, lectures, and other field-wide advocacy for trans equity in Dance; Intersectional Trans-supportive Cultural Competency Trainings for dance venues, studios and service organizations.

🎪 Sept 1 & 2: Don't miss this SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE EVENT benefiting the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival!⏰ Sep...
08/24/2026

🎪 Sept 1 & 2: Don't miss this SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE EVENT benefiting the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival!

⏰ Sept 1 & 2 at Club Fugazi @ 7:00pm
🤟 ASL at both performances!
🎟 TIX/INFO: https://boxoffice.clubfugazisf.com/clubfugazisf/events/58673

Join us for SPECTRUM, an evening of q***r variety performances benefiting trans and nonbinary humans! Aerialists, burlesque performers, drag artists, dancers and more will showcase their talents in the historic Club Fugazi Theater. There are even chances to take home amazing prizes from Kinetic Arts, City Lights, Arizmendi, Mission Bowling, Cirque Physio, Eros and other iconic San Francisco institutions!

All proceeds will benefit the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. Presented by the amazing Joey the Tiger!

There will be an hour of preshow entertainment so please come early and socialize! Pre-show starts at 6pm; show starts at 7pm.

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OH THE LOVE! 🤟 Being part of the Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival was, as always: deep, heart-filled, artistic...
08/21/2026

OH THE LOVE! 🤟 Being part of the Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival was, as always: deep, heart-filled, artistically-inspiring and like coming home to family.

❤️ I am so grateful, as a hard-of-hearing/deaf artist, to have been part of this festival and this family! Thank you SO MUCH Urban Jazz Dance Company, Antoine Hunter and Zahna Simon! Y'all are INCREDIBLE.

✈️ I got to reunite with dear ones from across the country, and make new friends, all while enjoying the company of my beloved dancers Nol Simonse, David Le and Brandon Graham ! We had a blast performing.

⏰Don't miss next year -- the 15th Anniversary presented by Urban Jazz Dance Company!

IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS:
1: A group of 4 dancers smile for the camera; 2 of them are making the I-Love-You sign in ASL.
2: 4 Sean Dorsey Dance dancers pose playfully in front of a banner with the Urban Jazz Dance logo repeated on it.
3: 3 dancers stand closely while smiling for the camera; 2 of them are making the I-Love-You sign in ASL.
4: 4 Sean Dorsey Dance dancers pose happily while standing outside.
5: Sean poses with the 3 members of the Deaf Music Ensemble, who are all wearing red top hats and red sparkly hoodies and pants.
6: A group of 5 dancers poses for the camera, with wide smiles. Two people are making the 'peace' sign with their hands, and one is making the I-Love-You sign in ASL.
7: Photo shows an a group of artists, interpreters and access staff posing as a group, at the Disability Cultural Center.

Celebrating the STUNNING ARTISTRY of janpistar! ⚡ This world premiere commissioned especially for our 25th Anniversary W...
08/19/2026

Celebrating the STUNNING ARTISTRY of janpistar! ⚡ This world premiere commissioned especially for our 25th Anniversary WOWED our .

Beautifully crafted and performed by the gorgeous dancers Julie Hasushi, Alaja Badalich, Anna Gichan, and Octavio Rose Hingle. JanpiStar inspired us and showed us liberated, sexy, disabled, BIPOC, q***r Futures!

Make sure to FOLLOW all these incredible artists to catch their next projects and performances, including their own choroegraphic projects, plus their performances with AXIS Dance Company and Crip Ecstasy !

Photos by Robbie Sweeny 🌟

IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS:
Photo 1 shows a dancer in a dramatic spotlight on stage; wearing a hot pink lace shirt and tights, with the wheels and rims of their wheelchair catching the stage light, they frame their face elegantly with their arms as they twist toward their right and lift their face to the sky.

Photo 2 shows 3 dancers onstage; they all wear hot pink lace tops and either hot pink or black lace tights. One dancer is standing, perched atop a small white stool; a second dancer is sitting on their stool, with their legs in the side splits, and their head swinging to one side in ecstatic movement; the third dancer also swings their head to the side in sensual movement.

Photo 3 shows a dancer onstage: the stage lights reflect in their crutches, which they hold up high into the air on both sides of their body. They are wearing voluminous beige gossamer fabric -- a huge boa-type wrap and a negligee. Long strips of white fabric cross the image from left to right, both in front of their body and behind their body.

08/12/2026

🤟 “As a deaf/hard-of-hearing artist, it’s so powerful to be part of the (incredible!) Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival. There is NOTHING like it – the artistry, the community, all the love and all the access. It’s not to be missed!” — Sean Dorsey

💜 AUGUST 14-16! Sean Dorsey Dance is SO EXCITED to perform at the 14th annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) August 14 - 16, 2026! 💜 Presented by the brilliant Urban Jazz Dance Company !

This year’s BAIDDF includes: performances, workshops, an artist panel and more.

THEATER PERFORMANCES will be: Fri Aug 14th & Sat Aug 15th at 7:30pm
- Dance Mission Theater: 3316 24th St. SF. (24th St Mission BART) Dance Brigade's Dance Mission

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES will be: Sun Aug 16th, 12-4pm at Presidio Tunnel Tops

ARTIST PANEL: Sat Aug 15 12pm-2pm @ Disability Cultural Center and online

INFO at link in bio, or:

https://www.realurbanjazzdance.com/2026baiddf.html

ACCESS INFO:
ASL, English voice, International sign interpreters, wheelchair accessible for all events. Live CART captions and Audio Descriptions offered for Saturday’s Evening Performance. Dance Mission Theater has all-gender bathrooms.

VIDEO by Rapt Productions 🌟

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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: video shows 4 dancers dancing with explosive movement onstage. Text on video reads: “August 14-16: Sean Dorsey Dance performs at the Bay Area International Dance Festival. Presented by Urban Jazz Dance Company. www.SeanDorseyDance.com”

08/12/2026

🕺🪩Join us for Jess Bozo’s class tonight and next Wednesday for Q***r Jazz Funk excellence, 6pm at Joe Goode Annex! Register for the class with the link in our bio.🕺🪩

🤟 ASL interpretation at all classes
♿ Wheelchair/Mobility device accessible
⚧️ All-Gender bathrooms
😷 KN95 masks provided & required 

Video description: video of Trans dancer Jess Bozo moving in a black box studio with black pants and grey tank top with short brown hair and white mask.

❤️ So inspired by the stunning NEW VOICES CHORUS-- what an incredible set of songs they gifted us at this year's !Make ...
08/03/2026

❤️ So inspired by the stunning NEW VOICES CHORUS-- what an incredible set of songs they gifted us at this year's !

Make sure you follow NEW VOICES on Instagram at ❤️

New Voices Bay Area Transgender/Intersex/Genderq***r Choir is a Community choir for trans, intersex, and genderq***r people, through the Community Music Center.

Do YOU want to get involved?

🏳️‍⚧️No audition or experience needed!
🏳️‍⚧️No cost!

PHOTOS: Robbie Sweeney

ID: 1st image features someone singing into a microphone on stage, wearing a tiny pink top hat, a pink bow tie, and a pink vest over a white short-sleeved button-up shirt. 2nd image features 4 members of the Chorus singing, with one person holding a big Trans Flag on a pole, waving it proudly. 3rd image features 2 singers singing onstage with great energy and warmth.

08/02/2026

🪩 Q***R + TRANS supportive dance classes!! With Jess Bozzo - on Wednesdays: August 5, 12, 19!

🤟All classes ASL interpreted 🤟

Join the amazing Jess Bozzo for an intermediate “Q***r Pop Jazz Funk” class where we’ll warm up, learn choreography, and dance it out together in a supportive, affirming space for q***r and trans folks.

🗓️ Wednesdays, 7/29-8/19:
Wed July 29
Wed Aug 5
Wed Aug 12
Wed Aug 19

⏰ 6:00 to 7:45 PM

📍 Joe Goode Annex, SF

Accessibility:

♿️ Wheelchair accessible entrance, lobby, studio, and all-gender bathrooms/changing rooms

🤟ASL interpretation at each class

😷KN95 masks are provided and required

This is 4-week series, with each class building on the previous class..... but drop-ins are welcome!

Register at www.FreshMeatProductions.org

ID: video shows Jess Bozzo teaching a class in a dance studio, with text on top that reads "THIS WEEK! Jess Bozzo teaches Q***r Pop Fund: q***r and trans supportive. Wednesdays August 5 / 12/ 19. This video is followed by a graphic that shows a photo of Jess Bozzo, looking fierce with their arms crossed, tattoos and a black tank top, looking at the camera. Text on image reads “Q***r Pop Jazz Funk with Jess Bozzo - Every Wednesday: July 19, Aug 5, Aug 12, Augu\ 19. From 6-7:45pm. At Joe Goode Annex, SF.”

07/31/2026

🤟 We are SO EXCITED to perform at the 14th annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) August 14 - 16, 2026!

💜Presented by the brilliant Urban Jazz Dance Company!

This is a powerful and gorgeous festival - don’t miss it! This year’s BAIDDF includes: performances, workshops, an artist panel and more.

THEATER PERFORMANCES will be:
- Fri Aug 14th & Sat Aug 15th at 7:30pm
- Dance Mission Theater: 3316 24th St. SF. (24th St Mission BART)

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES will be:
- Sun Aug 16th, 12-4pm at Presidio Tunnel Tops
INFO at www.SeanDorseyDance.com or www.DeafDance2026.Eventbrite.com

ACCESS INFO:
ASL, English voice, International sign interpreters, wheelchair accessible for all events. Live CART captions and Audio Descriptions offered for Saturday’s Evening Performance.

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IMAGE DESCRIPTION: graphic shows 4 dancers dancing with explosive movement onstage. Text on image reads: “August 14-16: Sean Dorsey Dance performs at the Bay Area International Dance Festival. Produced by Urban Jazz Dance Company”

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