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B.Louryk is known for his collaboratively generated solo performance work, which often incorporates multimedia elements and gender reversal in the exploration of its subject matter. This, along with the "intellectual and linguistic complexity" of his work, has led to comparison to Charles Ludlam and Charles Busch, though Louryk has historically received consistent praise for his portrayals of male characters, as well. He is also known for his deeply entrenched and quirky sense of style: "Louryk, tall, dark and handsome in his boho black clothes and colourful bandana - has, at 26, been voted one of New York's most eligible bachelors."

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  • B.Louryk is known for his collaboratively generated solo performance work, which often incorporates multimedia elements and gender reversal in the exploration of its subject matter. This, along with the "intellectual and linguistic complexity" of his work, has led to comparison to Charles Ludlam and Charles Busch, though Louryk has historically received consistent praise for his portrayals of male characters, as well. He is also known for his deeply entrenched and quirky sense of style: "Louryk, tall, dark and handsome in his boho black clothes and colourful bandana - has, at 26, been voted one of New York's most eligible bachelors." (en)
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  • B.Louryk is known for his collaboratively generated solo performance work, which often incorporates multimedia elements and gender reversal in the exploration of its subject matter. This, along with the "intellectual and linguistic complexity" of his work, has led to comparison to Charles Ludlam and Charles Busch, though Louryk has historically received consistent praise for his portrayals of male characters, as well. He is also known for his deeply entrenched and quirky sense of style: "Louryk, tall, dark and handsome in his boho black clothes and colourful bandana - has, at 26, been voted one of New York's most eligible bachelors." Beginning in July 2005, Louryk garnered critical acclaim (including a half-page profile in The New York Times) for Christine Jorgensen Reveals, a painstaking recreation of a circa 1958 long-form recorded interview with Christine Jorgensen, one of the first American recipients of gender reassignment surgery, in which "both performers lip-synch, with uncanny precision, to the actual recording... at the same time providing visual counterpart to every phoneme, snort, scratch, or hesitation." Following its critically heralded New York premiere, Christine Jorgensen Reveals played to great acclaim in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Festival Fringe; in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Boston Center for the Arts; and in Dublin, Ireland, at The Project Arts Centre. In 2006, at the age of 28, Louryk was nominated for and awarded the Drama Desk Award in the category Unique Theatrical Experience, the same category in which Robert Wilson was also nominated. The production also received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Best Off-Broadway Play in America, in addition to awards and nominations in Dublin and Boston. In addition to his work as an artist, Louryk served as the founding Artistic Director of Studio 42 from 2001 until 2010, and its philanthropic offshoot, The Starving Artists Award Fund. He has also been listed among New York City's 100 Most Eligible Bachelors by the society publication Gotham Magazine. (en)
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