This weekend, Rotary Centre for the Arts is hosting PROX:IMITY RE:MIX, an interdisciplinary performance in dance, theatre, and new media that serves to challenge conforming representation of identity.

The project is the product of an intensive two-week creation process led by Vancouver-based contemporary dance company MACHiNENOiSY and features a group of local LGBTQ2+ youth and their allies.

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PROX:IMITY RE:MIX was created with and for LGBTQ2+ and allied youth to empower them with strategies and community support.

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PROX:IMITY RE:MIX will take place at the Mary Irwin Theatre in the Rotary Centre for the Arts on both Friday, July 19 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, July 20 at 2:00 pm and admission is by donation.

More information on PROX:IMITY RE:MIX can be found at or the for the event.

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