David Roussève/REALITY

Celebrated dance-theater artist David Roussève creates his first full-length solo performance in more than 20 years. Like strands of DNA, it connects elements encoded in his body, including 600 years of genealogy, a roller coaster journey with HIV, and the shattering loss of a husband of 26 years—while revisiting movement from 35 years of dance-making to explore the meaning of ‘virtuosity’ for a 63-year old body. Daddy AF is an intimate meditation on life’s purpose, created and performed by a queer African American acutely aware of the finite time he has left on the planet.

Caretakers of the Land/Land Acknowledgement: I live and work on the unceded lands of the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples, the traditional caretakers of Tovaangar, and pay my respects to Honuukvetam, Elders, and ‘Eyoohiinkem past, present and emerging. 

Estimated Artist Fee: $32,500 per week