Looking at three of Mike Bourscheid’s performances—Goldbird Variations (Pas de deux) (2017), Ledgers (2019), and Idealverein (2020)—Karina Irvine homes in on the artist’s sensitive interrogation (and often subtle ridicule) of constructs of masculinity, heteronormativity, and competition—offering humility, self-effacement, and play as promising antidotes.