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Clare Croft reads from her new book, Jill Johnston in Motion, which focuses on the dance critic turned lesbian provocateur Jill Johnston. Following the reading Croft will be in conversation with Ksenia Soboleva. In conjunction with “Archives Onstage: The Essential Jill Johnston” at NYU Skirball.
To reserve a copy of Jill Johnston in Motion (Duke University Press, October 29, 2024, paperback, $27.95) and/or The Essential Jill Johnston Reader, edited by Clare Croft (Duke University Press, October 29, 2024, paperback, $27.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Jill Johnston in Motion and/or Essential Jill Johnston for Feb. 6 event” in the subject line.
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This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.
Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.
Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:
The Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books.
All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation.
We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD
Clare Croft is a writer, a dance historian and theorist, a dramaturg and curator, and someone who dances. She is the author of Jill Johnston in Motion: Dance, Writing, and Lesbian Life and the editor of The Essential Jill Johnston Reader, both published by Duke University Press. She is also the editor of Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings; the founder and curator of the EXPLODE queer dance festival; and the author of Dancers as Diplomats: American Choreography in Cultural Exchange. Clare’s dance criticism has appeared in The Washington Post, the Austin American-Statesman, and The Brooklyn Rail. She is Associate Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan, and holds a PhD in Performance as Public Practice from the University of Texas-Austin.
Dr. Ksenia M. Soboleva is a New York based writer and art historian specializing in queer art and culture. She holds a PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, with a dissertation titled “Fragments: Art, AIDS, and Lesbian Identity in the United States.” Her writings have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, BOMB Magazine, Artforum, frieze, Hyperallergic, as well as various monographs and exhibition catalogues. She has curated exhibitions at Baxter St. Camera Club, Candice Madey Gallery, and La MaMa Galleria. Soboleva was the 2020-2021 Vilcek Curatorial Fellow at the Guggenheim Museum, and the 2022-2024 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and LGBTQ+ History at the New York Historical Society. Currently, she is working on a book project titled “Friendship as a Way of Art: Queer Identity and Visual Citation,” and co-editing the first monograph on TRIAL BALLOON, a 1990s gallery and project space that highlighted lesbian artists. She teaches at the New School and NYU.