Keith Hennessy is a performer, choreographer, teacher and activist. Born in Canada, he lives in San Francisco and tours internationally. His interdisciplinary research engages improvisation, ritual and public action as tools for investigating political realities. Hennessy directs CIRCO ZERO, and was a member of the collaborative performance companies: Contraband (with Sara Shelton Mann), CORE, and Cahin-caha, cirque bâtard. Recent awards include the USA Kjenner Fellowship, a NY Bessie, and two Isadora Duncan Dance Awards. Recent works include Turbulence (a dance about the economy), Almost a duet with Jassem Hindi, and Negotiate a collaboration with dancers from Togo, Senegal, DRCongo. Recent teaching includes Ponderosa (Germany), Impulstanz (Vienna), AEx-Corps (Dakar), UBC (Kelowna), UC Davis, Texas Women's University, Sidestep Festival (Helsinki), and La Alternativa (SF). Hennessy is a PhD candidate in Performance Studies at UC Davis. www.circozero.org