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Keith Hennessy
Keith Hennessy is a performer, choreographer, teacher, and activist. Born in northern Ontario, he lives in San Francisco and tours internationally. His interdisciplinary research engages improvisation, ritual, and public action as tools for investigating political realities. Hennessy directs CIRCO ZERO, and was a member of the collaborative performance companies: Contraband (with Sara Shelton Mann), CORE, and Cahin-caha, cirque bâtard. Recent awards include the USA Kjenner Fellowship (2012), a NY Bessie (2009), two Isadora Duncan Awards (2009), and a Goldie (2007). Recent works include Turbulence (a dance about the economy), Almost a duet with Jassem Hindi, and Bear/Skin a dance rite impaired by selective amnesia. Recent teaching includes Ponderosa (Germany), Impulstanz (Vienna), AEx-Corps (Dakar), UBC (Kelowna), UC Davis, Texas Women's University, and La Alternativa (SF). Hennessy has an M.F.A. in choreography and is a Ph.D. candidate in performance studies at UC Davis.Browse all performers