Tanya Marquardt performs Creature at the U500 Fesztival, 2024. Photo courtesy of Tamás Szabó Sipos.
C R E A T U R E
Creature explores the link between my transmaculinity and Magyar-Hungarian lineage through personal story, folk dance, and the writings and trial of 19th century queer Count Sándor Vay. A lecture-performance, a dance, an ancestral calling — told through ethnography and queer history.
Conceived and performed by Tamás Marquardt, with co-creators gergö d. farkás, Bálazs Oláh, and Julcsi Vavra. Directed by Mallory Catlett with choreographic support by zavé martohardjono, sound design by Jaye Kovach, scenography by David B. Smith and dramaturgy by Gyula Muskovics.
Support for Creature includes the Canada Council for the Arts, Hunter College, PSC-CUNY, BrickAUX, Banff Centre for the Arts, U500 Fesztival, and Arts Quarter Budapest (AQB).
Production History:
July 26, 2025, Re/Venue @ Mabou Mines, Manhattan, New York
June 16, 2024, U500 Fesztival, Budapest, Hungary.
May 19, 2024, Parkside Lounge, Manhattan, New York.
June 4, 2023, Brick AUX, Brooklyn, New York.
May 13, 2023, Banff Centre for Art & Creativity, Banff, Alberta.