British live artist, dance performer, choreographer and filmmaker
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Liz Aggiss
Aggiss at the British Dance Edition festival Liverpool in February 2008
Born
(1953-05-28) 28 May 1953 (age 70)
Dagenham, England
Occupation(s)
Live artist, Dance performer, Choreographer, Filmmaker
Years active
1982 to present
Website
www.lizaggiss.com
Liz Aggiss (born 28 May 1953) is a British live artist, dance performer, choreographer and film maker. Her work is inspired by early 20th century Ausdruckstanz (Expressionist dance), in particular the Grotesque dance of Valeska Gert, and by British Music Hall and Variety acts such as the eccentric dance performers, Max Wall and Wilson, Keppel and Betty. She is often described as the 'grand dame of anarchic dance'.[1][2]
From 1982 to 2003, Aggiss collaborated with the composer, writer and choreographer, Billy Cowie, making live shows and films under the name Divas Dance Theatre. After their partnership ended, due to artistic differences, she made a series of films and solo live works, Survival Tactics for the Anarchic Dancer, The English Channel, Slap and Tickle and Crone Alone.
From her earliest works, Aggiss has challenged conventional ideas of female sexuality and beauty[3] and questioned 'the social mores that pigeon-hole women of all ages.'[4] She describes her later live shows as a project to 'reclaim the stage space for the older woman.'[5]
Aggiss is Emeritus Professor in Visual Performance at the University of Brighton, where she taught for many years, and an Honorary Doctor at the Universities of Gothenburg and Chichester.
^Duncan Hall, 'The grand dame of anarchic dance celebrates 60 years in the world.' The Argus, 7 February 2014
^Sara Veale, 'Womanpower: 'Bloody Nora!' Nora's a riotous new work by Liz Aggiss', Fjord, 11 August 2019
^Kate Morrison, 'Ballet punks branch out', The Argus, 13 March 2006
^Laura Irvine, Review of Slap and Tickle, Glasgow, Exeunt, 25 April 2017'
^'Un po' di slap and tickle con Orlando' Filmed interview with Aggiss from the Orlando Festival, 2018
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participants: Forced Entertainment". Tate. Retrieved 20 November 2013. Aggiss, Liz; Cowie, Billy (2006). Anarchic Dance. Routledge. p. xv. ISBN 9780203016572...
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