Crotch

What does conceptual dance look like coming from the West Coast? It must be ironic, all over queer and critical. As he proves in his solo “Crotch (all the Joseph Beuys references in the world cannot heal the pain, confusion, regret, cruelty, betrayal or trauma…)”, Keith Hennessy from San Francisco fulfils these criteria. He is interested in references to references: it is not without reason that the famous mask from the much parodied US horror film “Scream” appears. Parody is the most salutary of the many possibilities to establish references, and so Hennessy parodies: for example the Beuysian Fat Corner, in a refreshingly disrespectful manner, i.e. by pasting it between his legs in the crotch.

Duration: 65 minutes

Keith Hennessy - "A brief history (of my life in performance)" - ImPulsTanz WildWalk