LIPSTIQUE focuses on the feminine and individual ways of expressing one's own connection with femininity. While being predominantly within the streetdance theatre genre and showcasing styles such as House, Waacking, and Hip Hop through freestyle and choreography, the work also integrates concepts and movements from jazz, ballet, and contemporary vocabularies, illuminating the diverse strengths within the collective. In signature Mix Mix style of being bright, bold and extravagant. we celebrate women, the feminine, and the various essences and influential ideas they bring. Not only within the streetdance styles, but also art, music, fashion, and culture. We ask what is the future of the feminine? Where are all the women in the history of art, music, popular culture and dance, more specifically where are the women of colour?

Directed and choreographed by Emily Law & Ashley Colours Perez, who both perform in the show, LIPSTIQUE featured a talented Toronto-based group of dancers including Jasmyn Fyffe, Kristine Flores, Sze-Yang Ade-Lam, Jelani Ade-Lam, Sarah Tumaliuan & lighting design by Alaina Perttula-Anderson.

LIPSTIQUE is the collective's second dance theatre show and was performed at the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival. 


LIPSTIQUE received funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and was produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council. Mix Mix Dance Collective was also selected for a creation residency at Toronto Dance Theatre from June 26th- June 30th 2017 to support the development of the show.