Cy Citlallin and Micaela Brinsley

Cy Citlallin is a Dissertation Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She writes across the fields of Aesthetics and Politics, Feminist theory, Queer and Trans- studies, Latinx and Latin American Studies and Critical Geographies. Her dissertation, “Staging the Interstice: Cartographies of Contemporary Trans- Performance in Mexico City,” theorizes the relationship between urban space and trans- embodiment by looking to performances that unfold in interstitial locations – such as the prison, the subway, the cabaret and the rooftop. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Trans Studies Quarterly, Women & Performance, and Gender, Place & Culture. Cy Citlallin is a Dissertation Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She writes across the fields of Aesthetics and Politics, Feminist theory, Queer and Trans- studies, Latinx and Latin American Studies and Critical Geographies. Her dissertation, “Staging the Interstice: Cartographies of Contemporary Trans- Performance in Mexico City,” theorizes the relationship between urban space and trans- embodiment by looking to performances that unfold in interstitial locations – such as the prison, the subway, the cabaret and the rooftop. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Trans Studies Quarterly, Women & Performance, and Gender, Place & Culture. Micaela Brinsley is one of the co-editors-in-chief of La Piccioletta Barca.