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Keith Hennessy wins a Bessie!

November 28, 2010 Keith Hennessy

2009 Bessie Award & Thank you speech
October 18, 2010
Symphony Space, NYC

After an intro by HT Chen and a short video of Crotch by Charles Dennis, Yvonne Rainer read this text written by Ishmael Houston-Jones...

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Mau: Lemi Ponifasio responds to Peter Sellars
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  • Essays
    • Aug 22, 2014 Cop killings in the SF Bay Area, a small list Aug 22, 2014
    • May 23, 2014 Notes on the T-word Debates of 2014 May 23, 2014
    • May 13, 2013 848: queer, sex, performance in 1990s San Francisco (article DRAFT) May 13, 2013
    • Sep 20, 2010 The Mission School (of Painting) Sep 20, 2010
    • Sep 16, 2009 WHY I READ MY TEXTS IN PERFORMANCE Sep 16, 2009
    • Jun 1, 2009 Joah Lowe, my first SF dance teacher Jun 1, 2009
    • Dec 21, 2008 DELINQUENT MUSINGS, a little about me Dec 21, 2008
    • Dec 21, 2008 ANOTHER QUEER, CRITICAL OF THE EXPENSIVE AND MISGUIDED FIGHT FOR GAY MARRIAGE Dec 21, 2008
    • Oct 31, 2008 Tracing the Roots of Contact Improvisation in the Bay Area 1972-1982 Oct 31, 2008
    • Dec 31, 2005 KEITH HENNESSY'S TOP 10 LOCAL DANCE EVENTS OF 2005 Dec 31, 2005
    • Dec 31, 2005 ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO? Homegrown trends and traditions (2005) Dec 31, 2005
  • Reviews
    • Oct 23, 2014 Hope Mohr Dance / Have we come a long way, baby? Oct 23, 2014
    • Oct 10, 2014 This Is The Girl / Funsch Dance Experience, Sep 2014 Oct 10, 2014
    • Feb 12, 2011 Deadly Disappointing Eonnagatta Feb 12, 2011
    • Jan 26, 2011 Top 10 Youtubes, Jan 2011 Jan 26, 2011
    • Jan 19, 2011 Dance.Eats.Money. - Ishmael Houston-Jones on The A.W.A.R.D. Show Jan 19, 2011
    • Dec 29, 2010 Tiara Sensation - avant-drag pageant Dec 29, 2010
    • Sep 20, 2010 Bay Area Dance - 2008 - The West Wave Dance Festival Sep 20, 2010
    • Jul 7, 2010 Jess Curtis / Gravity • Dances for Non/Fictional Bodies Jul 7, 2010
    • Mar 31, 2010 Kirk Read performance at Too Much! (Jan 2010) Mar 31, 2010
    • Oct 11, 2009 Passing Strange (The Musical / Film) Oct 11, 2009
    • Jun 4, 2009 Scott Wells & Dancers, Men Want To Dance Jun 4, 2009
    • May 20, 2009 Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Small Dances About Big Ideas May 20, 2009
    • May 19, 2009 Big Art Group's S.O.S. at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts May 19, 2009
    • May 18, 2009 Lizz Roman & Dancers AT PLAY May 18, 2009
    • Apr 19, 2009 Pichet Klunchun & Myself (Jerome Bêl) Apr 19, 2009
    • Apr 19, 2009 Penny Arcade BITCH! DYKE! FAGHAG! WHORE! Apr 19, 2009
    • Jan 13, 2009 DRACUL: PRINCE OF FIRE, A BALLET! (short review) Jan 13, 2009
    • Jan 11, 2009 DRACUL: PRINCE OF FIRE, A BALLET! Jan 11, 2009
    • Sep 3, 2008 Trannyshack Finale Sep 3, 2008
    • Jul 7, 2008 Friederike Plafki & Maria Francesca Scaroni in Berlin Jul 7, 2008
    • Jul 3, 2008 Castorf at Berlin's Volksbuhne, July 3 2008 Jul 3, 2008
  • Texts
    • Apr 2, 2014 I wanna daughter so I can kill cops Apr 2, 2014
    • Apr 1, 2013 10th Anniversary of the War & Occupation of Iraq (I Tried To Stop The War) Apr 1, 2013
    • Mar 28, 2013 10th Anniversary of the War Against Iraq (Illegal Bride) Mar 28, 2013
    • Sep 5, 2009 PERFORM THE KEITH SCORE Sep 5, 2009
    • Dec 31, 2005 Illegal Bride (2005) Dec 31, 2005
    • Dec 31, 2005 Mark Twain Preface (2005) Dec 31, 2005
    • Dec 31, 2005 The War Prayer by Mark Twain Dec 31, 2005

Archive by year

  • 2019
    • Aug 15, 2019 Taking to the Soil: A Reprise and Response to Spring Circle X
    • Aug 15, 2019 QUEERED CARE to hear INDIGENOUS VOICES SPEAK
    • Mar 20, 2019 Encounters through, around, and within Winter Circle X
    • Mar 20, 2019 Unsettling Cycle (Winter Circle X)
  • 2014
    • Oct 23, 2014 Hope Mohr Dance / Have we come a long way, baby?
    • Oct 10, 2014 This Is The Girl / Funsch Dance Experience, Sep 2014
    • Aug 22, 2014 Cop killings in the SF Bay Area, a small list
    • May 23, 2014 Notes on the T-word Debates of 2014
    • Apr 16, 2014 Watch your mouth!
    • Apr 4, 2014 Paid Jobs I've Had
    • Apr 2, 2014 I wanna daughter so I can kill cops
  • 2013
    • Aug 28, 2013 The Lady Gaga Method Practiced by Marina Abramović
    • May 13, 2013 848: queer, sex, performance in 1990s San Francisco (article DRAFT)
    • Apr 1, 2013 10th Anniversary of the War & Occupation of Iraq (I Tried To Stop The War)
    • Mar 28, 2013 10th Anniversary of the War Against Iraq (Illegal Bride)
  • 2011
    • Apr 26, 2011 Mau: Lemi Ponifasio responds to Peter Sellars
    • Apr 4, 2011 Alexandra Wallace - Flashpoint - Race in USA
    • Feb 12, 2011 Deadly Disappointing Eonnagatta
    • Jan 26, 2011 Top 10 Youtubes, Jan 2011
    • Jan 19, 2011 Dance.Eats.Money. - Ishmael Houston-Jones on The A.W.A.R.D. Show
  • 2010
    • Dec 29, 2010 Tiara Sensation - avant-drag pageant
    • Nov 28, 2010 Keith Hennessy wins a Bessie!
    • Oct 4, 2010 Beuys, Queer, Circus
    • Sep 20, 2010 The Mission School (of Painting)
    • Sep 20, 2010 Bay Area Dance - 2008 - The West Wave Dance Festival
    • Sep 16, 2010 The Swedish Dance History (and my contribution to it)
    • Jul 7, 2010 Jess Curtis / Gravity • Dances for Non/Fictional Bodies
    • Mar 31, 2010 Kirk Read performance at Too Much! (Jan 2010)
    • Mar 31, 2010 Dance Barter for Artist Breath - Yva Jung
  • 2009
    • Oct 11, 2009 Passing Strange (The Musical / Film)
    • Sep 16, 2009 WHY I READ MY TEXTS IN PERFORMANCE
    • Sep 5, 2009 Photos from The Keith Score
    • Sep 5, 2009 PERFORM THE KEITH SCORE
    • Sep 5, 2009 QUEER! a workshop
    • Jul 5, 2009 Prisma Forum, Oaxaca & DF, Mexico
    • Jun 4, 2009 Scott Wells & Dancers, Men Want To Dance
    • Jun 1, 2009 Joah Lowe, my first SF dance teacher
    • May 30, 2009 How To Die, 2006
    • May 30, 2009 How To Die, 2006, Photos
    • May 24, 2009 Dada Fest, Davis CA
    • May 20, 2009 Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Small Dances About Big Ideas
    • May 19, 2009 Big Art Group's S.O.S. at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
    • May 18, 2009 Lizz Roman & Dancers AT PLAY
    • Apr 20, 2009 CROTCH - Keith Hennessy in NY
    • Apr 19, 2009 Pichet Klunchun & Myself (Jerome Bêl)
    • Apr 19, 2009 Penny Arcade BITCH! DYKE! FAGHAG! WHORE!
    • Jan 13, 2009 DRACUL: PRINCE OF FIRE, A BALLET! (short review)
    • Jan 11, 2009 DRACUL: PRINCE OF FIRE, A BALLET!
  • 2008
    • Dec 21, 2008 DELINQUENT MUSINGS, a little about me
    • Dec 21, 2008 ANOTHER QUEER, CRITICAL OF THE EXPENSIVE AND MISGUIDED FIGHT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
    • Oct 31, 2008 Tracing the Roots of Contact Improvisation in the Bay Area 1972-1982
    • Sep 9, 2008 West Wave Dance Festival 2008
    • Sep 5, 2008 Laugh Scream
    • Sep 5, 2008 Gus Van Sant MILK trailer
    • Sep 3, 2008 Trannyshack Finale
    • Sep 2, 2008 Performing Improvisation / Improvising Performance
    • Jul 7, 2008 Friederike Plafki & Maria Francesca Scaroni in Berlin
    • Jul 3, 2008 Castorf at Berlin's Volksbuhne, July 3 2008
  • 2005
    • Dec 31, 2005 Illegal Bride (2005)
    • Dec 31, 2005 Mark Twain Preface (2005)
    • Dec 31, 2005 The War Prayer by Mark Twain
    • Dec 31, 2005 KEITH HENNESSY'S TOP 10 LOCAL DANCE EVENTS OF 2005
    • Dec 31, 2005 ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO? Homegrown trends and traditions (2005)

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