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M_N 

Carmen Yih in collaboration with Giuliano ‘Gino’ Hammal aka 24 and Kihmo Quintela.
Bowery Theatre 16 - 17 February 2024

M_N is a new street dance-theatre and community outreach project dissecting the relationship between masculinity and mental health. M_N tackles how rigid socio-cultural notions of masculinity stigmatise male emotional vulnerability, exacerbating the national youth mental health crisis. The project draws from the lived experiences of emerging street dancers, Giuliano ‘Gino’ Hammal and Kihmo Quintela, who, as diverse young men from Melbourne’s West discovered a means of authentic self-expression within the city's street dance circles.

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Media and Listings
Creative Brimbank
https://creativebrimbank.com.au/m-n

Killdeers Magazine
https://www.killdeersmagazine.com/m_n

Beat Magazine
https://beat.com.au/m_n/

Triple R Radio
https://www.rrr.org.au/shared/broadcast-episode/27796/1820000

Dance Australia
https://www.danceaustralia.com.au/yafevent/m-n

Brimbank Northwest Star Weekly
https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/news/redefining-masculinity-through-street-dance/



Cred. Phillip Trinh, Ahrin Tapat, Nam Chops
Supported through the Bowery Theatre Residency Program, with support from The Iceberg Foundation, Critical Path Space Grant and VCA Choreography Development Award
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