Rosana Cade is a Glasgow-based live performance artist. They are known mainly for their queer, feminist and activist approaches to work. They are notable for winning the

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Awards 2016, for Physical/Visual Theatre with Cock and Bull, and has toured work to The National Theatre,

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and international venues including

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and

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Theatre,

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Life

Cade studied BA (hons) Contemporary Performance Practice at The

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, class of 2011. Rosana co-founded //BUZZCUT//, a collaboration creating experimental events for live performance. In 2016 Cade was announced as Artist in Residence at The Marlborough Theatre in

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Key Works

''Walking:Holding''

Commissioned in 2011, ''Walking:Holding'' is an experiential live performance that involves one audience member at a time. An audience member is guided through a planned route, holding hands with different people. The performance was created through 'holding hands experiments' in

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with couples, of different ages, sexualities and races, and aims to challenge

prejudices Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived (usually unfavourable) evaluation or classification of another person based on that person's perc ...

, with the experience of walking in someone else's shoes — or hands. Cade's performance roots lies in the experience of

lesbian A lesbian is a Homosexuality, homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate n ...

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...

and

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

people. ''Walking:Holdings audience members are local participants who range in age, gender, race, sexuality and background. Walking: Holding foregrounds their sexuality and strives to align their work with both the terms ‘queer’ and ‘lesbian'

''The Making of Pinocchio'' (Cade & MacAskill)

Cade collaborated with their partner Ivor MacAskill to create ''The Making of Pinocchio'', which was described by ''The Guardian'' as "a funny, clever and thoughtful two-hander, rich in playful imagery and direct-to-camera asides, about identity, definition and acceptance." The performance was featured in festivals such as LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre) and Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow).

Academic articles

''Walking:Holding'' has been discussed in academic articles and book chapters, including: * *

Other works

''Sister'' has been developed in association with The Arches, and with support from the

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and

. It premiered at Behaviour 2014 and is part of the Made in Scotland Showcase.

Awards

* Athena Award via New Moves International for ''Walking:Holding'' in 2011 * (2016) Edinburgh Festival Fringe Awards Physical/Visual Theatre Winner Cock and Bull, Athena Award for ''Walking:Holding'' 2011 *Artsadmin New Work Award 2014

References

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