July 29 8pm
The Art Room Studio
July 29 8pm
The Art Room Studio
July 29 8pm
The Art Room Studio
STUDIO WORKS
November 14th 2025 ⎯ 7:30 pm ⎯ The Art Room Studio
Featuring: Miss Gender, Kayliani Sood, and Cierra Woods
OCTOBER 14th
doors at 7:15pm
show at 7:30pm
The Art Room Studio: 2329 s 3rd st. - 2nd fl
$15 - $35 • pay at door
no one turned away for lack of funds
Studio Works is an informal performance series for local artists to share work in any stage of their process. Artists are given studio space and complete full agency over how and what they share.
Artists are given a fixed rate and all proceeds go into a Studio Works pool that support future Studio Works programs.
Special thanks to our production manager Christina Gesualdi and our programming organizer Shannon Brooks.
Accessibility:
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We ask audience members to wear a mask and to not come to show if they are sick. Performers may or may not be wearing masks while performing. LIMITED N95 masks will be provided at the door.
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All performances will take place in The Art Room Studio. The Art Room Studio is located in a building with a 4-step stoop and is on the 2nd floor of the building. There is no elevator.
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There is a single stall gender neutral bathroom in the basement of the building.
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There is no onsite parking! Please give yourself extra time to find street parking. The studio is close to the 57 bus route, and about a 20 minute walk from the BSL Snyder stop.
Miss Gender dances lit by a blue green projection of clouds, partially in silhouette. Her arms are folded up by her ears with her elbows pointed to the sky, as her braids float out in the air from the force of her spinning. She is free. photo by Shosh Isaacs
Miss Gender sits on the floor in an ivory slip and a sparkly and translucent floral dress. She tosses her head back, laughing with her eyes closed, with long blonde box braids brushing the floor. She is joy. photo by Wide Eyed Studios
Miss Gender dances lit by a blue green projection of clouds, partially in silhouette. Her arms are folded up by her ears with her elbows pointed to the sky, as her braids float out in the air from the force of her spinning. She is free. photo by Shosh Isaacs
Miss Gender
(yes/and)
this is: a prayer, a conjuring, a remembering, a desire embodied, a story your grandmother tells you, from her rocking chair, rambling on sweetly (and you let her, even though you've heard it all before), a reason(ing), a demand to the universe, a glimpse of hope, stretched into living being, a song, a dance, a wish, a dream ... and ...?
Content Warning: Miss Gender is a transgender african-american, that alone feels like a potentially sad and scary thing to be (even though it does not eclipse the joy and the beauty). Please be mindful that who she is shapes what she says, the ways you (mis)understand her, and the pain she may (or may not) share.
Artist Bio:
Colby Calhoun
(she/her)
Miss Gender (yes/and/also) is a wish and a wish granted, a local star, a state of being. She invites you to witness her in witness of herself, in practice/in process, and hopes that through that we all learn how to see/do/be more of that which is close to us - always already a part of us - but may often feel far away. Both rooted in her before and wayyy too forward thinking, she is painstakingly and imminently (inevitably) "in the moment"; Miss Gender is a dream come true.
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A white woman with read hair stands in front of a colorful quilt and looks up. Her hands are raised, beside her head. credit: James Malloy
A white woman with long red hair stands beneath a colorful quilt. Her arms are raised, as if she is holding it up from falling on her. credit: James Malloy credit:
A white woman with long red hair stands in front of a colorful quilt background. She is bent to the side with a mauve scarf draped across her face and along her arm. credit: James Malloy
A white woman with read hair stands in front of a colorful quilt and looks up. Her hands are raised, beside her head. credit: James Malloy
Kayliani Sood
This is a little piece of reverence for a connection to god that I might've had. This is the ache and creak and sway of legacy oak in a muddy, hay-strewn field. For the slowness, the distance, and the quiet of Missouri. Where the dust settles, gone to seed.
Artist Bio:
Kayliani Sood is a white, femme dance artist from Saint Peters, Missouri, currently based in Philadelphia. Their multidisciplinary work spans movement, songwriting and visual arts to articulate rich, personal narratives of neurodivergence and femmehood. Sood is a passionate teacher— whose practice ranges from the realm of early childhood to adult dance education. They hold a BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts, and have performed with Chloe Marie, Curt Haworth, Vincent Johnson, among others. Sood’s recent choreographic works have featured in the 20/92 film festival, Cannonball Festival, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and Philadelphia Dance Projects’ DANCE UP CLOSE series.
Kayliani will be joined by collaborator Franny Lane.
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credit: Wright Eye Visuals
credit: Wright Eye Visuals
Cierra Woods
The enliving of soulfully, melodic rituals that call into question, how can we ignite spells of protection in an era of stark reformation? Community and sisterhood have tenderly woven secrets of rhizomatic wisdom, beckoning the facilitation of grounding, resilience, and humility to see us through the lowest to highest tides.
Artist Bio:
Cierra Woods is a Philadelphia-based dancer, choreographer, and DJ born on the unceded land of the Susquehannock people, now Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She has refined her craft at Temple University, earning a BFA in Dance. Her artistry has been showcased on prominent stages, including the Kennedy Center, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Judson Memorial Church, and the Brooklyn Museum. Recently, Cierra served as a 2024-25 Mascher Space BIPOC Artist in Residence. Her mission is to inhabit sustainable systems that foster environments for diasporic communities to thrive.
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