How Can We Provide a Space Today for
Beautiful Vulnerability?
Join a One Day Festival Celebrating Alternative Masculinities
21st November 2026 ‣ Rushcutters Bay, Sydney
Mascu*lines Program
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Tony Yap
Dancer Choreographer Director
Animal/God: A Journey into Trance & Kinjiki - Forbidden Colours
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Simon Copland
Journalist & Researcher at ANU
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Danica Lani
Founder. Artist. Visionary. Community Builder.
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Sonic Horizon
with Joe Ramen & James Adcock
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Taichi Ishii
Dancer Performance Artist
There have always been men* who have lived beyond the hegemonic idea of masculinity that governed their era.
There have always whose who showed themselves to be different—who refused to go to war, who refused the game of status, money and power, who did not want to drive, who loved other men, who showed sensitivity, who managed their frustrations in non-violent ways, who created art.
Perhaps it is time to reclaim this history, this memory, and understand that there is no single masculinity, but rather one for every man, woman and non-binary person who inhabits this planet.
And what alternatives are there today to traditional masculinity - both for those who have been socialised as men and for those who have not?
Reimagining Masculinity is a day of workshops, performances and play spaces, exploring psychological, embodied and erotic facets of this question. In addition to talks and discussions, you will have experiences, which do justice to the full spectrum of what is at stake in reimagining today what is called masculinity.
We welcome all genders and orientations to our playground!
We’ll explore
➤ How to connect with vulnerability and find the strength in vulnerability.
➤ How to partner with your body and your nervous system.
➤ How to grow your capacities to trust and manage conflict with others.
➤ How to be attractive to others and express yourself beyond traditional masculine role models.
➤ How to be in a space of permission together with others with a reimagined idea of what masculinity is.
Investment
We don’t want price to be a barrier to attending, so we offer four ways to attend. Please choose the one that feels true for your situation right now.
Masc*lines - Performance Night Only
$40.00
Book a Ticket for the Performance Night Only with Tony Yap, Danica Lani and Lian Loke
When? 21st November at 7pm
Where? Drill Hall, 1c New Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay
Behind the Festival
Peter Banki, Ph.D is the Founder and Director of Erotic Living and the Festival of Death and Dying. He is an entrepreneur and scholar, who specialises in dreaming up highly innovative events and concepts.
For many years, he has wanted to address the topic of masculinity, as it is such a lightening rod in our culture at this time.