The Southern Theater presents Keith Hennessy in CROTCH, 1/21-1-23

San Francisco artist Keith Hennessy, award-winning performer, choreographer, teacher, organizer, and member of Sara Shelton Mann's legendary Contraband, makes a rare Minneapolis appearance with his solo performance piece 'Crotch.' On the surface, with references to the images and actions of artist Joseph Beuys, Crotch is about art, its histories and heroes. Deeper, a sadness grows, a queer melancholy where chaos through play becomes form. 'Crotch' be staged at the Sourthern Theatre from January 21-23, 2010.

"Keith Hennessy's stage presence burns: he ignites any subject he tackles." – San Francisco Weekly

'Crotch' will run from January 21-23, 2010. Thurs. at 7:30pm, Fri. & Sat. at 8pm. Tickets: $22 and can be purchased by calling Southern Theater box office at 612.340.1725. The theatre is located at 1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis.

For more information on the Southern, please visit www.southerntheater.org or call 612.340.0155

Keith Hennessy was born in a mining town in Northern Ontario, Canada, lives in San Francisco, and works regularly in Europe. He is an award winning performer, choreographer, teacher and organizer. Hennessy was a member of Sara Shelton Mann's legendary Contraband (1985-94), is deeply steeped in improvisation practice and theory, and has been queering bodies and stages for over 25 years. Circo Zero Performance and Keith Hennessy make live performance that defies genre and expectation. Inspired by both ancient and pop, Zero Performance is neither. Imagine a laboratory for cross-disciplinary experiments in dance, circus, performance art, music, text, design, ritual, spectacle, and action.

Hennessy directs Circo Zero Performance and is a PhD student at UC Davis. He was a member of the collaborative performance companies CORE (1995-98) and the France-based Cahin-caha, cirque bâtard (1998-2002). His work is featured in several books and documentaries, including How to Make Dances in an Epidemic (David Gere, University of Wisconsin: 2004), Gay Ideas (Richard Mohr, Beacon: 1992), and Dancers in Exile (RAPT Productions, 2000). Hennessy is a co-founder of 848 Community Space/CounterPULSE a thriving performance and culture space in San Francisco. Recent awards include two Isadora Duncan Awards (2009) for Sol niger, a Goldie (2007), and the Alpert/MacDowell Fellowship in Dance (2005). Recent commissions include Arsenic, Lausanne (Crotch, 2008), Centre Chorégraphique National, Belfort (Sol niger, 2007), Les Subsistances, Lyon (Sol niger 2007, Homeless USA, 2005), Les Laboratoires, Paris (American Tweaker, 2006), FUSED (French-US Exchange in Dance), and Lower Left Performance Company, San Diego (Gather, 2005). Keith's 2008-09 teaching includes USF, UC Davis, Zipfest/Italy, imPulsTanz/Vienna, TSEH/Moscow, Circuit Est/Montreal, IDA/Toronto, Columbia College/NPN/Chicago, Trans-Contact/Romania, & PRISMA/Mexico. For more information, please visit www.circozero.org.

The Southern Theater cultivates artistic exploration by providing a vibrant home for performance, fostering a multiplicity of voices and catalyzing connections among artists and audience. The Southern presents and produces performance characterized by innovation and originality. We value connections to the local community and celebrate artwork that holds potential for transformative exchange. On stage, we are unyielding in our commitment to the highest levels of professionalism and artistic integrity.

 

 

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