Author: tessa
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Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ on war, community, bridges and roots
In Spring 2012, I had the honour of interviewing Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ about her work at the YBCA with the Kronus Quartet, her life and her practice. This article was initially produced by THEOFFCENTER. Vân-Ánh devotes her life-long passion and mastery of the Đàn tranh zither to the creation of distinctive music blended with a cultural essence that […]
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This Is What I Want: For You All to Have What You Want
Carol Queen gives her perspective from the Center for Sex and Culture on how artists’ work in TIWIW connects (or not) with the legacy of alternative sexual practice in the Bay.
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MAN LIBS
by Chase Joynt This is an article reprinted from Dance Theatre Journal: Special Edition on Sex and Performance, an academic but user friendly publication by the Laban Centre in London, which Tessa Wills co-edited with Doran George in 2013. We used the festival THIS IS WHAT I WANT as a lens through which to reveal the field of the intersection between […]
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Psychic Waste Manager
by Eve Minax This is an article reprinted from Dance Theatre Journal: Special Edition on Sex and Performance, an academic but user friendly publication by the Laban Centre in London, which Tessa Wills co-edited with Doran George in 2013. We used the festival THIS IS WHAT I WANT as a lens through which to reveal the field of the intersection between […]
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Editing Dance Theatre Journal: Sex and Performance Special Edition
I co-edited Dance Theatre Journal, special edition on Sex and Performance, with Doran George in 2013. Dance Theatre Journal is an academic but user friendly publication published by the Laban Centre, London. We used the festival THIS IS WHAT I WANT as a lens through which to reveal the field of the intersection between radical sexual practice […]
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Editorial: Desire as a Force
photo by Pat Mazzera This is an article reprinted from Dance Theatre Journal: Special Edition on Sex and Performance, an academic but user friendly publication by the Laban Centre in London, which Tessa Wills co-edited with Doran George in 2013. We used the festival THIS IS WHAT I WANT as a lens through which to reveal the field of the intersection […]
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Dance Discourse Project #17: Sex and Performance in the Bay Area
We had fun discussing these articles and more at Dance Discourse Project #17: Sex and Performance in the Bay Area. Some photos by Jyrki Haapala here.
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Forget Provocation Let’s Have Sex
Editorial by Doran George This is an article reprinted from Dance Theatre Journal: Special Edition on Sex and Performance, an academic but user friendly publication by the Laban Centre in London, which Tessa Wills co-edited with Doran George in 2013. We used the festival THIS IS WHAT I WANT as a lens through which to reveal the field of the intersection […]
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Re-Imagining The Rite of Spring
You’re invited to an exclusive work-in-progress showing for an ongoing investigation of The Rite of Spring by Tessa Wills Wednesday, March 20th, 5:45 pm (Spring Equinox) Friday, March 22nd, noon (Silent Disco style as part of Dance Anywhere) Saturday, March 23rd, 11 am (bring a picnic, why not!) Featuring Cayenne on Wednesday and Saturday All […]
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‘I hope this article gets me laid”
An inconclusive ‘essay’ by Tessa Wills (editor) and Mica Sigourney regarding Sigourney’s piece “all this love…” presented at TIWIW 2012 This is an article reprinted from Dance Theatre Journal: Special Edition on Sex and Performance, an academic but user friendly publication by the Laban Centre in London, which Tessa Wills co-edited with Doran George in 2013. We used the […]