Performance: Enby Day!

Celebrate International Nonbinary Day (July 14) with Enby Day!, a one-of-a-kind event dedicated to honoring and uplifting nonbinary (enby/enbie) voices.  Join Diamond Wave and the THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival to dive deep into the heart of nonbinary experiences with a celebration featuring an electro-acoustic grounding sound bath by transcriptions01 and GG Torres; a panel discussion on nonbinary identity; and a special live performance from nonbinary Afro-Latin hip hop duo Krudas Cubensi.

Gain invaluable insights, foster connections and celebrate the rich diversity within our community. Whether you identify as nonbinary, an ally, or simply someone eager to learn, Enby Day! welcomes you to learn more about the nonbinary experience and to connect with nonbinary community.

Shannon Faulise (they/she) is a Paraguayan-American documentary photographer and reporter. Shannon has had their work published in The Oaklandside, Redwood City Pulse and on KALX. For the remainder of the year, you can find them interning at KQED on the Arts & Culture desk. Shannon’s reporting interests include culture and identity, music and sports. They received their master’s degree earlier this spring from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Off the clock, Shannon loves concerts, kpop and fresh tereré.

gg torres is a mexican artist born and based on Ohlone Territory. As a sound and lighting artist, she has worked mainly for movement-based theatre works. GG enjoys every opportunity to explore improvisational scores and seeks to compliment whatever poetic dichotomy that is longing to be found. Artistically, she is held by tight-knit ancestral relatives, a subjugated and hungry earth, queers that push back, the special orbs above us, shadows, Aretha Franklin and the mise-en-scène of every living moment. GG is currently serving as the Producing Technical Director at the San Francisco experimental dance venue CounterPulse (FKA 848 Performance Space). You can also hear GG’s sound works in collaboration with cellist Peekaboo in the sound bath series, Resting Between the Waveforms, and in Coraiñia, an improvisational concert alongside Stephanie Hewett and Tyler Holmes. And, most recently, a sound design collaboration with gizeh muñiz vengal and Ernesto Peart Falcón called Auiga (2024).

Internationally recognized as Krudas Cubensi, Odaymar Cuesta (Oct 10th 1973) and Oli Prendes ( Nov 9th 1971) are Cubans, Oakland California residents and Queer Trans Nonbinary Afro Latin Hip-Hop pioneers since their 1999 debut, fighting for justice for the affected communities they belong to including BIPOC, TLGBI+, immigrants and all intersectional beings. Their art has been legendarily recognized as inspirational and healing, transforming consciousness, redefining concepts, genres, techniques and styles, uplifting pride, sense of humor, spirituality, joy, well-being and resistance. They twist powerful crispy flow, fierce rebel lyrics and sounds to uplift a message that makes their delivery irresistible. They have been performing, recording, giving concerts, talks, workshops, educating and touring locally, nationally, globally and virtually all around North, Central and South America and  Europe at spaces such as Brava Theatre, SXSW Music Festival, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, UC Berkeley (Artistic Residency), UCLA, NYU and many more.

Vin Seaman (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, drag queen (LOL McFiercen) and the director of Diamond Wave. Drawing inspiration from sketch and stand up comedy, queer nightlife, internet aesthetics and their own nonbinary identity, Seaman’s work blends mediums and forms to create dynamic and interactive performances with the potential to shift minds and change hearts. Their work exploring queer identity and drag culture has been presented at The Stud, Brava, Oasis, El Rio, CounterPulse, the de Young, the Salesforce Tower, Frameline, the Tank NYC, the Austin International Drag Festival, SATELLITE ART SHOW Miami, the National Queer Arts Festival, Stockholm’s Stolt Scenkonst, Atlantic Center for the Arts and Yale School of the Arts.

transcriptions01 is an experimental cellist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and educator situated on Ramaytush Ohlone land (SF). Their compositions are rooted in honoring the essence and spirit of past, present and future Queer ancestors, prioritizing sonic exploration practices towards the decolonizination of Euro-centric structures embedded in youth and adult music education and performance.

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