KEITH HENNESSY'S TOP 10 LOCAL DANCE EVENTS OF 2005
(In no particular order)
1. Cunning & Guile , Chris Black & Ken James, Cartoon Art Museum
2. House of LaBeija dancers, Jack Ya Body Dance Series, curated by Traci Bartlow for Hip Hop Theater Fest 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
3. everything by Fauxnique aka Monique Jenkinson, at Trannyshack, Tuesdays at midnight at the Stud...
(In no particular order)
1. Cunning & Guile , Chris Black & Ken James, Cartoon Art Museum
2. House of LaBeija dancers, Jack Ya Body Dance Series, curated by Traci Bartlow for Hip Hop Theater Fest 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
3. everything by Fauxnique aka Monique Jenkinson, at Trannyshack, Tuesdays at midnight at the Stud.
4. ButterFLEE , Jose Navarette, performed at ManiFestival, Dance Mission Theatre.
5. Solo , Amara Tabor-Smith, excerpt from Urban Bush Women directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zolar, performed at Greening New Orleans Benefit, Brava Theatre.
6. Limerance , Twincest (aka Jez Kuono'ono Lee & Shawn Tamaribuchi), performed at Passing - Less Than Satisfactory, CounterPULSE.
7. Dear Fidel , The Dance Brigade, Dance Mission Theatre.
8. Flyaway Productions/ Jo Kreiter 's retrospective, Zaccho Studio.
9. Susan Voyticky on aerial hoop and Emily Leap on trapeze, various sites.
10. Touched , Jess Curtis/Gravity, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
*BONUS And the best dance of the year was by Keriac (RIP March 17, 2005) dancing in her bed a few days before she died.
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2014
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- May 23, 2014 Notes on the T-word Debates of 2014
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2013
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- 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)
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2011
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- 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
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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
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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!
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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
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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)