Course Experience Level: All 

Course Description: Balancing the many aspects of producing can already appear like a balancing act. From working with production staff and sponsors to working our way through logistics, every piece of a show brings its own life and spirit to the final show that leaves audiences inspired going "WOW!" How can producers inspire and care for their performers, audiences, and selves while deconstructing standard colonial practices that we often see in show production? By approaching burlesque with a decolonial lens, Cherry Cheeks breaks down colonial constructs in producing that often restrict the ability to create safer spaces, and instead look at relationship first. Participants should arrive ready to hear some hard truths and reflect on their own unconscious bias and privilege.