Artist and filmmaker Graham Clayton-Chance presents Less Like Ourselves, More Like Each Other, a body of work rooted in queer country and western dancing in San Francisco spanning his multi-award-winning film Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede and immersive installation developed for Queer Contact. 

Described as “beautiful”, “joyous”, “life-affirming” and “transcendent”, the film documents the final gathering of Sundance Stompede, a legendary LGBTQ+ country-western dance weekend that, for over 27 years, created spaces of joy, care, and belonging. Through intimate portraits and moments on the dance floor, it captures queer social dance as both archive and lived experience.

Running alongside the film is an installation created especially for Queer Contact. Drawing from the same material and extending these ideas into an embodied encounter. Using original footage, sound, and movement, it reimagines what it must feel like to be on that dance floor in an immersive environment shaped by rhythm, proximity, and presence. Together, the works invite audiences not only to witness community, but to feel it, exploring how movement generates queer collectivity and shared joy.