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Updated 10/17/2023

Maggie Cee

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Maggie Cee is an artist, activist, dancer, writer, and educator committed to community and social change. She is the founder and artistic director of “The Femme* Show”, a ground-breaking touring variety show about queer femme identity and femininity.

Maggie's current project, “Ladies at a Gay Girls' Bar, 1938-1969” premiered at the Providence Fringe Festival in 2019 and made a post-pandemic comeback with sold out shows at the Philly Fringe in 2022 and the Dance Complex in Cambridge, MA in 2023.  

Ladies at a Gay Girls’ Bar, 1938-1969 brings audiences into the lives of working-class lesbians who fought to create space for themselves and became a powerful force for queer visibility. Maggie Cee uses dance, music, historical text and original monologues to explore her years as a teenage gay rights activist, her own identity, and fem history.

The Hartford Courant's Christopher Arnott called it a "major highlight" of the Hartford Fringe Festival, saying:  

"'Ladies at a Gay Girl’s Bar: 1938-1969,' written and performed by Maggie Cee, sweetly explored the femme/butch dichotomy in lesbian bars over half a century ago. Cee is a graceful, down-to-earth performer who’s passionate about her subject...and tells it through dance, pre-recorded voices, oral histories, fictional characters and well-chosen jazz music that softens standards like 'Tuxedo Junction' and 'Que Sera Sera.'"

Maggie is an accomplished teacher and is available for workshops on LGBTQIA+ history, classroom residencies, as well as ballet and modern dance for all ages. She is passionate about age-appropriate dance education, dance for all genders and bodies, and a holistic approach to ballet. She currently teaches students ranging in ages from 3 to adult at Mass Ballet in Framingham, MA.

*”femme” or “fem” is a culturally-specific term describing a lesbian or queer identified person who chooses a feminine gender presentation.

Fee support for Maggie's work may be available to nonprofit organizations through the New England States Touring (NEST) program of the New England Foundation for the Arts.

Find Me

Maggie Cee (she/her/hers)
Job Title: artist, dancer, writer
Address:
258 Chestnut St
Hudson, MA 01749

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2007

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2007

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Community Arts
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 12

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Teens

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Accessible website and/or multimedia for people with sensory disabilities

My goal is to offer wheelchair accessible venues, captions and visual descriptions for media, and ASL interpretation.

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I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • New England Dance Fund Grantee/Alum Network
  • Live Arts Boston Grant recipient for Dancing Queerly Festival, 2018
  • Creator-In-Residence, Earthdance, 2018
  • Lavender Rhino Award for an emerging LGBT history maker, The History Project, 2011
  • “Future Gay Rights Leaders,” The Advocate magazine, 2006
  • Mutchnick Scholarship for LGBTQ activism, Emerson College, 2001-2005

Awards

Awards:

  • New England Dance Fund Grantee/Alum Network
  • Live Arts Boston Grant recipient for Dancing Queerly Festival, 2018
  • Creator-In-Residence, Earthdance, 2018
  • Lavender Rhino Award for an emerging LGBT history maker, The History Project, 2011
  • “Future Gay Rights Leaders,” The Advocate magazine, 2006
  • Mutchnick Scholarship for LGBTQ activism, Emerson College, 2001-2005

Education

Education:

  • a MAKE iT / SHARE iT / SHOW iT (aMaSSiT): MENTORING LAB at the Dance Complex, 2018
  • BFA, Dance/Theatre, Emerson College
  • BA, Political Communication, Emerson College
  • American Ballet Theater Certified Teacher, levels Pre-Primary through 5

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Communications

Certifications and Training:

  • American Ballet Theater certification to teach National Training Curriculum Levels pre-primary through 5
  • Progressing Ballet Technique certified instructor

Fee range:

$40 - $100

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Communications

Certifications and Training:

  • American Ballet Theater certification to teach National Training Curriculum Levels pre-primary through 5
  • Progressing Ballet Technique certified instructor

Fee range:

$40 - $100

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • 20'x20' space or more with wood, marley, or other material that is safe to dance on.
  • Lighting needs are flexible
  • ipad onstage connected to house sound system

Accessibility Accommodations Needed:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Accessible website and/or multimedia for people with sensory disabilities

Fee Range:

$600 - $2,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

1