Out-FRONT! Fest. curated by Pioneers Go East Collective

January 7-13, 2025

Radical Queer dance, film, and performance

Presented in partnership with Judson Church and JanArtsNYC/ APAP

A Radical Queer Art + Dance festival championing LGBTQ+ and Feminist artists for a lively exchange of art and culture. Curated & produced by Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte, Remi Harris, Joyce Isabelle, and Philip Treviño.

Press:
The New York Times "Out-FRONT! fills a gap in the dance calendar, showing incandescent works"
The Observer featured article 
TDF Festival Pick

Tickets (Sliding Scale)

A high-visibility platform for radical artists whose rigorous, playful, and fabulously outrageous creative practices speak to our community in new, unexpected, and beautiful ways.

Out-FRONT! Festival 

Ian Andrew Askew! 

Alexa Grae!

Dominica Greene!

Corentin JPM Leven!

Johnnie Cruise Mercer!

Suzzanne Ponomarenko!

Owen Prum!

Sugar Vendil!

Jo Warren!

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Out-FRONT! Films 
Stephen Shynes! Eleonora Privitera! Carrie Hawks! Cari Ann Shim Sham*!

Program Schedule:
Saturday, January 3, and Monday, January 5, at 7pm (Split Bill) Suzzanne Ponomarenko in Selections From: Tapestries & Dominica Greene in ENUF

Tuesday, January 6, and Wednesday, January 7, at 7pm (Split Bill) Sugar Vendil in Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia & Alexa Grae in Tone Pillar

Thursday, January 8, and Friday, January 9, at 7pm (Split Bill) Jo Warren in MODEL HOME & Owen Prum in Slow Silver

Saturday, January 10, and Sunday, January 11, at 7pm (Split Bill) Ian Andrew Askew in SLAMDANCE punk lessons & Johnnie Cruise Mercer in Mercies of a Butterfly

Sunday, January 11, at 3pm Corentin JPM Leven in Birds Of Ill Omen

Saturday, January 10, at 4:30pm The Out-FRONT! Film Series moderated by Rem Harris

Location: Judson Church (Wheelchair accessible entrance at 243 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012).

APAP|NYC is a founding partner of JanArtsNYC, celebrating 12 years of partnership in 2025. Every January in New York City, more than 45,000 performing arts leaders, artists, and enthusiasts from across the globe converge for JanArtsNYC. A partnership among independent multidisciplinary festivals, indispensable industry convenings, and international marketplaces, JanArtsNYC is one of the largest and most influential gatherings of its kind. #JanArtsNYC. Promotional support provided by the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.

Photo: Dominica Greene. Photo Steven Pisano