Warlé: A Multimedia Event Exploring LGBTQ+ Caregiving and Community
Sat, Sep 07
|Epsilon Spires
Andrew Ingall and dancers Mariana Parma, Walter Perez, and Leonardo Sardella illuminate the lives of a beloved Windham County couple with stories, tango, and conversation.
Time & Location
Sep 07, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Presented By: Epsilon Spires, Co-hosted by Valley Village and Friends of Argentine Tango. This event will be filmed and broadcasted live by BCTV on Comcast Channel 1078, on brattleborotv.org/live/events and on Brattleboro Community TV's YouTube Channel.
Using storytelling, archival documents, photography and tango, Warlé is a dance-theater performance that conjures the lives of long-lost gay relatives – who were partners in life and in business for 58 years – and opens a conversation about care for LGBTQ+ elders. The program includes Q&A and an introductory queer tango class.
The goal of Warlé is twofold: to encourage others to explore their queer ancestry and to generate conversations about how we care for LGBTQ+ elders and refugees today. Warren Kronemeyer and Leon Ingall co-founded Warlé, a small business on Manhattan's Upper East Side specializing in antiques, contemporary objects, art framing, restoration, and interior decorating. Leon was a Jewish refugee and fashion designer who fled Bolshevik…