The Female Vessel
Created and Performed by Sarah Lisette Chiesa and Kristen Taylor
Body Casts by Sarah Lisette Chiesa
Produced by KT Collective
Little Boxes Theater, San Francisco CA
August 2021
Polaris
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Concept and interactive media by Chanhee Choi
Choreography by Sarah Lisette Chiesa
Music by Cameron Fraser
Oxbow Gallery Seattle, USA
April 13, 19 201
LORO SONO LORO/ THEY ARE THEM
(Video can be available upon personal request)
We are not defined by the biological (sex) linked to the identity of ‘woman’ or ‘man’ – like Adam and Eve – we are different and interchangeable. Through a playful, and experimental process, removing and trading parts of our gendered bodies, we hope to interrogate—through movement and visual performance art—the very structures and topography of the human form. The curve of a hip; the slant of a nose; the round breast in contrast to a flatter, more contoured chest; the shape and slant of the shoulder; and the scaffolding of more intimate structures all rendered transferable, physical objects. It is our goal that the viewer envisions our bodies—like gendered chimeras—in contrast to society’s normative perceptions of gender, and, then reconsider their personal relationship to body, spirit and identity.
In collaboration and creation with Brandon Whited and University California Santa Barbara Research Grant. Music Dom Bouffard, Casting Sarah Lisette Chiesa, Costume Monica Salsi.
Mutty Gallery and Bibliotecca Italy
December 17, 2017
promo for ETC Lights and Lighting Boards
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Created in collaboration with Jazz Band in Rome and AJWeissbard Lighting Designer
As part of a Commercial Event Rimini Live in 2017, Italy
Where Does the white go?
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Photography and Book by PierGriorgio Casotti
Text by Mario Vighi
Music by Luciano Bosi
Choreography by Sarah Lisette Chiesa
We created this collaboration as presentation of the new book of portraits based “Where Does the White Go?” that is based on the people living in isolation in the northern mountains of Reggio Emilia Italy.
Spazio Labo Bologna, Italy
Mutty Gallery Catiglione delle Stiviere MN
2017
Tenderly pushed aside
AS PART OF PUZZLE ME
Ryan Guzmon and I created this duet for the production of Puzzle Me for Fashion Week in Milan directed by Yang Jiang with costumes by Columba Leddi. We built a level of exchanging energy and trust to create a imbalanced relationship that plays with violence and tenderness at the same time.
Triennale D’Arte Milano, Italy
Milano Expo 2015