Tyra Wigg
Tyra Wigg (non-binary pronouns) works with choreography, dance, and performance. They moved their homebase from Stockholm, Sweden to Basel, Switzerland in 2020. In 2023 they obtained an MA in Expanded Theatre at Bern University of the Arts, HKB. Tyra’s works have been presented in venues and festivals such as ROXY Birsfelden, Kaserne Basel, Les Urbaines, far° Nyon, Schinkel Pavillon Berlin, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthaus Baselland, Joint Adventures Münich, Shedhalle Zürich, Weld Stockholm, BONE Festival Bern, and Black Forest Institute of Art. Their latest project SQUEEZE, co-produced by MDT Stockholm and ROXY Birsfelden, was selected for the PREMIO award for emerging performing artists, and Danse & Dramaturgie CH. After their dance diploma in 2013, Tyra has been working as a dancer and performer for Gisèle Vienne, Heiner Goebbels, Shu Lea Cheang, Marina Abramovic, Alexandra Pirici, Ernestyna Orlowska, Inga Gerner Nielsen, Pontus Pettersson, amongst others. In 2021 they participated in DanceWeb at Impulstanz. Season 2023/24 Tyra was a LAB-artist in residence at Kaserne Basel 2023/24 and is co-running the nomadic queer feminist reading platform Blasphemic Reading Soirées.
Works:
The Strokes
limb limb limb
SQUEEZE
LIFE OF PLENTY
Contacts:
Production / Moin Moin Productions / Caroline Froelich / caroline (at) moinmoinproductions.ch
Artist / Tyra Wigg / www.tyrawigg.com