Goldie Peacock presents: Drag King Workshop-Next Level!

Goldie Peacock presents: Drag King Workshop-Next Level! Drag king: an entertainer who intentionally assumes a theatrical guise of maleness in, and for, performance At last, the much-awaited sequel! Did the Drag King 101 workshop leave you wanting more? Are you familiar with drag, but you've never tried it, or want to learn about it in a group setting with an experienced guide? Already a king, but you want to deepen your craft? Then this is the workshop for you! What you'll learn: -cutting-edge drag techniques -classic tricks of the trade -exercises to free up your creativity -how to concoct a dynamite persona -how to perform a fierce number -fine points of performance technique We will start this class with an intro, a demo, exercises and playing dress-up, and finish it off with structured, individual work towards creating numbers. No worries, no pressure. This class is about process versus results. You need not have an established/set drag persona to participate, but if you do, that's fine, too. This workshop is open to people of all gender presentations and identities. Saturday, December 6 11 am-2 pm Chez Bushwick 304 Boerum Street, #11, Brooklyn, NY (Morgan L) Pre-registration encouraged (please sign up by sending an email reserving a spot to goldiepeacockinfo AT gmail.com) $25 (payment accepted via paypal to goldiepeacock AT gmail.com or in cash/check at workshop) Goldie Peacock is a Brooklyn-based genderblending drag king who has been called "the most flamboyant, regal bird in the menagerie" [Johnny Blazes]. A two-time winner of Oberlin Drag Ball's notoriously fierce runway competition, as well as the recipient of the Portland Phoenix's "Best Dance Performer" Award, Goldie frequently appears in NYC and nationally, performing and emceeing. Goldie has served as a guest celebrity judge for NYdragU, the Mr. Philadelphia King Competition, The Miss Alternative Maine Pageant and Boston's "Traniwreck". Goldie has taught at Oberlin College (Ohio), Pure Movement Portland (Maine), the Cultivate Contemporary Dance Festival (New Hampshire), the Garrison Institute (New York) and Chez Bushwick (New York). In the past year, Goldie co-hosted Tufts Drag Ball with Jujubee of Rupaul's Drag Race, was named one of DapperQ.com's "100 Most Stylish Dappers", walked the runway for NYC Fashion Week and was introduced into the consciousness of thousands by the Huffington Post and cult-blog-tunrned-sensation Humans of New York. Goldie was recently selected as an artist-in-residence at Chez Bushwick (Brooklyn, NY), Earthdance's E|MERGE Interdisciplinary Collaborative Residency (Plainfield, MA), Asylum Artist Retreat (Garrison, NY) and The White Page Gallery (Minneapolis, MN). Get more info and stay in the fruit loop by visiting www.goldiepeacock.com.