Alex Crozier fuses dance and storytelling together to showcase the queer experience
Alex Crozier
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Alex Crozier is a New York based independent artist. He co-produced, directed, and choreographed a show called ‘MILLENNIALS’, which was then reformatted into an award winning film called ‘The Millennial Experience.’ The premise of the show and film is to focus on culture appropriation and gay culture within the Millennial generation.
What are you best known for?
I'm best known for my choreography and my storytelling in the work I make. I create a form of informative entertainment that crosses artistic disciplines and is made accessible to a wide demographic so that an audience can connect with the subject matter on a honest and visceral level. My work seeks to inform audiences about various social issues including race, gender, and sexual orientation. My storytelling is presented in a non linear format. The storyline is divided up by different topics which I describe as umbrellas that encompass various sub topics. All of the themes are connected through pop culture references, music, and gestural heavy movement. Typically I will choose a title that serves as the conceit for the production. For example, The Millennial Experience is about so much more than just Millennials. The film highlights interviews from fourteen people of different ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and genders. My reasoning for the title of my film is based on the belief that creating a strong focal point is important for an audience to have something to identify with right from the start of a presentation. I like to start with a simple idea and then begin to expand it as a way of taking an audience on a journey.
What is the first thing you directed?
The first thing I directed was a full length dance production called Disturbed Youth in 2007 as part of an end of year project my senior year of high school. The show focused on the emotional growing pains teens face in puberty and had two main characters at its focal point for the audience to identify with. That show was the catalyst for many more smaller projects where I continued to explore social issues. I’ve always been curious about human interaction and this high school show reflected how I was starting to investigate human behavior.
What are you working on that no one knows about yet?
The thing I'm working on that no one knows about yet is a show called Q Tour that will focus on BIPOC queer culture and how there is no one singular queer experience. It will be a dance event reminiscent of a pop concert with projection of pre-recorded interviews and animations to contextualize the dances. I will produce a filmed version of the show as well. I have a fascination with pop concerts and have studied them for years. Creating my own version of one while presenting complex topics feels like the most authentic thing for me. Right now I’m taking the time to dream big along with two producers that are helping me develop my creative concepts. My goal is to bring the mediums of dance, theater, and film together to create an immersive experience for the live audience as well as the audience that views the film.
