crush 58 is a dance performance in seattle by kelly langeslay. it is the sixth crush and not the 58th.

crush is a fantasy and i promise it is real. it has something to do with queer ghosts and the politics of shrek 2 and impact and maybe roland barthes.

there have been crushes before crush 58 and there will be crushes after crush 58 but none of the other crushes will happen here which i think makes this one special. if you have been to another crush there might be overlap because like i've mentioned to repeat may seem like to stay in the same place, but staying in the same place with a difference, such as by staying obstinately horizontal, can, in fact, spur new lines of connections, ways of being and resisting. Neither moving forward or backward, it is through repetition that space and time for thinking sideways occurs ¹ . also some things will be new because as we repeat, things accumulate and shift & these delusions start to come to life and grow of their own accord since i've been feeding them for so long. i will probably feed you too so please let me know your dietary restrictions when you buy a ticket. 

Wednesday – Friday: Performance will begin at 8pm.
Saturday – Sunday: Perfromance will begin at 2pm and 8pm.

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¹ Paisid Aramphongphan, Horizontal Together: Art, Dance, and Queer Embodiment in 1960s New York (Manchester University Press, 2021), 155.