Tyra Wigg

Are you curious about how massage therapy and dance can intersect? Welcome to SQUEEZE at Fachwerk Allschwil May 15-16. Book your tickets: https://www.fachwerk.site/events/tyra-wigg-squeeze Note: the venue is on the first floor, reached by stairs only. For more accessibility info, contact @tyrawigg SQUEEZE invites you to experience different dimensions of massage therapy. This ancient healing method is here carried out of the treatment room and translated into a social choreography and sensory soundscape for the public. SQUEEZE features five performers and one DJ who knead, press, shake, stretch and squeeze body tissues, thick textiles, and in-between spaces. From these actions, sculptural constellations emerge and dissolve, imbued with pleasure-pain and tension-relief. The audience is invited to join a 20 min massage workshop (in German, English or French) after the performance. Concept, choreography: Tyra Wigg Performance, development: Simon Fleury, Tejus Menon, Natascha Moschini, Yixuan Xiao, Tyra Wigg/Marie Popall Sound design, live DJ: Nya Buerki aka Graue Kreide Costume, scenography: Ernestyna Orlowska, Carolina Misztela, Tyra Wigg Dramaturgical support: Johanna Hilari, Sonja Jokiniemi Choreographic development: Mariana My Suikkanen Gomes Music development: Thy Truong, Nya Bürki, Tyra Wigg Production: produktionsDOCK, Moin Moin Productions, Paula Alonso Gomez(touring) Co-production: ROXY Birsfelden, MDT Stockholm, PREMIO award for emerging artists in performing arts Supported by: The committee for Dance and Theatre Basel-Stadt/Baselland, BLKB Jubiläumsstiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Jaqueline Spengler Stiftung, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Pro Helvetia, Danse & Dramaturgie(CH) Photo: Karin Salathé Video: Matthieu Moerlen

SQUEEZE invites you to experience different dimensions of massage therapy. This ancient healing method is here carried out of the treatment room and translated into a social choreography for the public. Driven by haptic desire and curiosity in anatomy, five performers knead, press, shake and stretch body tissues, thick textiles, and in-between spaces. From these actions, sculptural constellations emerge and dissolve, imbued with pleasure-pain and tension-relief. The audience is invited to join a 15-20 min massage workshop after the performance. Concept, choreography: Tyra Wigg Performance, development: Simon Fleury, Tejus Menon, Natascha Moschini, Yixuan Xiao, Tyra Wigg/Marie Popall Sound design, live DJ: Nya Buerki aka Graue Kreide Costume, scenography: Ernestyna Orlowska, Carolina Misztela, Tyra Wigg Dramaturgical support: Johanna Hilari, Sonja Jokiniemi Choreographic development: Mariana My Suikkanen Gomes Music development: Thy Truong, Nya Bürki, Tyra Wigg Production: produktionsDOCK, Moin Moin Productions, Paula Alonso Gomez(touring) Co-production: ROXY Birsfelden, MDT Stockholm PREMIO award for emerging artists in performing arts Supported by: The committee for Dance and Theatre Basel-Stadt/Baselland, BLKB Jubiläumsstiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Jaqueline Spengler Stiftung, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Pro Helvetia, Danse & Dramaturgie(CH) Created in residencies at ROXY Birsfelden, Dampfzentrale, MDT, Arsenic, Tanzhaus Zürich and Kaserne Basel Performances: 9-11.12.2023 Kunsthaus Baselland/ROXY Birsfelden 18, 19.11.2023 depARTures / ACCESS TO DANCE, Joint Adventures, Münich 2 - 3.12.2023 Les Urbaines Lausanne 17-18.8.2024 far festival Nyon 8 - 11.2.2024 MDT Moderna Dansteatern, Stockholm 15-26.5.2026 Fachwerk Allschwil Video documentation: Matthieu Moerlen Teaser ed: Tyra Wigg

MORE THAN A METAPHOR A performance by artist in residence, performance artist and choreographer Tyra Wigg @tyrawigg at Fundaziun Nairs last Saturday. Tyra Wigg gave us a glimpse into their current research focusing on relations between sleep, dream and artistic production. 🫧 Thank you for the insight into your work, @tyrawigg !

I spin further on these questions at Fundaziun Nairs’ open studio days March 21 and April 25, alongside my brilliant co-residents. On April 11, 18.00, I present a first performance pilot, open to the public. More info coming up on Fundaziun Nairs’ website. *excerpt from my latest newsletter, dm to subscribe*

Sound Bar 26.2.2026 is hosted by performance artist, choreographer, and dancer Tyra Wigg. They will share their passion for a wide range of music from the 1980’s, followed by a set dedicated to compositions for film and tv-series. Come join, have a drink and a bite! 18.00-22.30 Photo: Fabienne Bieri @lafabphotography

Tyra Wigg “The hand, the rock, your shoulder, and my mouth” performance at Museum Tinguely, as part of the exhibition Suzanne Lacy: By Your Own Hand. 14.8.2025. Photo: Ketty Bertossi

“Are the ghosts with us now?” by Persis Bekkering - Reflections on Tyra Wigg’s choreographic work “Lick Life Against the Direction of Its Fur” which premiered at Kaserne Basel 10.9.2025 👉Full text in bio “How could one gain a bit of time forward when faced with an acute shortage of future? The simple answer: by going a bit backward in time.” Haunted by a lost future, three performers summon dances and fashions of the 1980s: an era where former hippies put their hope into market liberalism, where bright colours, campy jazz dance moves, and eccentric individuals dominated. Where algorithms, doomscrolling, and neofascism were already ghostly present. The future might be lost, but with a tragicomical insistence, Lick Life Against the Direction of Its Fur states that “weird” is a powerful act of freedom and resistance. The piece unfolds in two chapters, like two sides of the same coin. On one side: a desire to retreat into the familiar territory of the past. On the other: the gut, screaming that the only place to live is now, in intimate friction with the shit that it entails. In between: a “metabolic rift” – the irreparable rupture between humans and nature that is inherent to capitalism. Credits: Concept, choreography: Tyra Wigg Dance, performance: Kihako Narisawa, Jessica Tamsin Alleman, Declan Whitaker Sound: Elischa Heller Light design, technical direction: Chiara Leonhardt Costume: Anne-Sophie Raemy, Tyra Wigg  Stage objects:  Ernestyna Orlowska, Tyra Wigg Dramaturgy: Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez Sound technician: Pam Meyer Production: Paula Alonso Gomez Pre-production & fundraising: Caroline Froelich, Moin Moin Produktion Production assistant: Lean Rüegg Co-production: Kaserne Basel Support: Fachausschuss für Darstellende Künste Basel-Stadt/Baselland, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), Stiftung Landis & Gyr Residencies: Kaserne Basel, Gessnerallée Zürich, CAMPO Gent Tour far° festival Nyon 2026 (more TBA). Contact @tyrawigg for details. Image 1+2: Michelle Ettlin Image 3+4: Timothee Nay

DO NOT MISS! 🚨 Our second to last symposium session is this Sunday October 26 on Zoom from 10am -12:30pm PDT / 6pm-8:30pm CET REGISTER for zoom link at touch-praxis.com Featuring: ⚫ Amon Elise, a community organizer, cuddle facilitator, consent guardian, and erotic communicator. They are reshaping Black queer spaces in Los Angeles through the revival of Decadence, a Black and queer-only play party, and LA Cuddle Club, a space for platonic intimacy. In this session, Amon will discuss cuddling as a revolutionary practice and share the structures they’ve developed for their gatherings. ⚫ Teddy Pozo Teddy Max Pozo is an artist, writer, and scholar exploring the sense of touch in aesthetics and technologies of video game design. In this session, Teddy will present their research “touchy-feely games: the haptics of trans game design.” ⚫ Tyra Wigg Tyra Wigg (Sweden / Switzerland) works with choreography, dance, and performance art. Tyra’s background in massage therapy and care work has stimulated a curiosity in how artistic and physiotherapeutic practices can intersect and expand subjective corporealities. Tyra’s session “phone massage” invites receivers to construct a virtual sensory anatomy, a collective body that they will massage at a distance. [visual descriptions in alt text] Slide 1: Tyra Wigg, performance documentation from “Physical Empathy” Slide 2: Amon Elise, photo from a Black-centering cuddle session Slide 3: Coleman Collins playing Teddy Pozo’s “Chest Simulator” at Human Resources last spring Slide 4: a pen drawing from Tyra Wigg’s phone massage session Slide 5: a portrait of Amon Elise in a field of sunflowers Slide 6: a close up of the touch-based controllers for Teddy Pozo’s “Chest Simulator”

𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐫 premiere at Kaserne Basel 10-14.9.2025 Tour: far° festival Nyon 2026 (more dates TBA) “How could one gain a bit of time forward when faced with an acute shortage of future? The simple answer: by going a bit backward in time.” Haunted by a lost future, three performers summon dances and fashions of the 1980s: an era where former hippies put their hope into market liberalism, where bright colours, campy jazz dance moves, and eccentric individuals dominated. Where algorithms, doomscrolling, and neofascism were already ghostly present. The future might be lost, but with a tragicomical insistence, 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐫 states that “weird” is a powerful act of freedom and resistance. The piece unfolds in two chapters, like two sides of the same coin. On one side: a desire to retreat into the familiar territory of the past. On the other: the gut, screaming that the only place to live is now, in intimate friction with the shit that it entails. In between: a “metabolic rift” – the irreparable rupture between humans and nature that is inherent to capitalism. Credits: Concept, choreography: Tyra Wigg Dance, performance: Kihako Narisawa, Jessica Tamsin Alleman, Declan Whitaker Sound: Elischa Heller Light design, technical direction: Chiara Leonhardt Costume: Anne-Sophie Raemy, Tyra Wigg  Stage objects:  Ernestyna Orlowska, Tyra Wigg Dramaturgy: Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez Sound technician: Pam Meyer Production: Paula Alonso Gomez Pre-production & fundraising: Caroline Froelich, Moin Moin Production Production assistant: Lean Rüegg Co-production: Kaserne Basel Support: Fachausschuss für Darstellende Künste Basel-Stadt/Baselland, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), Stiftung Landis & Gyr Residencies: Kaserne Basel, Gessnerallée Zürich, CAMPO Gent Photos by the brilliant Timothée Nay @timoth.nrg

𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐫 premiere at Kaserne Basel 10-14.9.2025 Tour: far° festival Nyon 2026 (more dates TBA) “How could one gain a bit of time forward when faced with an acute shortage of future? The simple answer: by going a bit backward in time.” Haunted by a lost future, three performers summon dances and fashions of the 1980s: an era where former hippies put their hope into market liberalism, where bright colours, campy jazz dance moves, and eccentric individuals dominated. Where algorithms, doomscrolling, and neofascism were already ghostly present. The future might be lost, but with a tragicomical insistence, 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐫 states that “weird” is a powerful act of freedom and resistance. The piece unfolds in two chapters, like two sides of the same coin. On one side: a desire to retreat into the familiar territory of the past. On the other: the gut, screaming that the only place to live is now, in intimate friction with the shit that it entails. In between: a “metabolic rift” – the irreparable rupture between humans and nature that is inherent to capitalism. Credits: Concept, choreography: Tyra Wigg Dance, performance: Kihako Narisawa, Jessica Tamsin Alleman, Declan Whitaker Sound: Elischa Heller Light design, technical direction: Chiara Leonhardt Costume: Anne-Sophie Raemy, Tyra Wigg  Stage objects:  Ernestyna Orlowska, Tyra Wigg Dramaturgy: Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez Sound technician: Pam Meyer Production: Paula Alonso Gomez Pre-production & fundraising: Caroline Froelich, Moin Moin Production Production assistant: Lean Rüegg Co-production: Kaserne Basel Support: Fachausschuss für Darstellende Künste Basel-Stadt/Baselland, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), Stiftung Landis & Gyr Residencies: Kaserne Basel, Gessnerallée Zürich, CAMPO Gent Photos by the amazing Ann-Sophie Raemy @a__n__so

Premiere ✨ Lick Life Against the Direction of its Fur: Drei Performer*innen beschwören die Tänze und Moden der schillernd-zwiespältigen 1980er ... ✨ Lick Life Against the Direction of its Fur: Three performers summon dances and fashions of the dazzlingly ambivalent 1980s ... 10.-14. September 2025 💓 kaserne-basel.ch

𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐫 premiere at Kaserne Basel 10.9.2025 Tour: far° festival Nyon 2026 (more dates TBA) “How could one gain a bit of time forward when faced with an acute shortage of future? The simple answer: by going a bit backward in time.” Haunted by a lost future, three performers summon dances and fashions of the 1980s: an era where former hippies put their hope into market liberalism, where bright colours, campy jazz dance moves, and eccentric individuals dominated. Where algorithms, doomscrolling, and neofascism were already ghostly present. The future might be lost, but with a tragicomical insistence, 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐫 states that “weird” is a powerful act of freedom and resistance. The piece unfolds in two chapters, like two sides of the same coin. On one side: a desire to retreat into the familiar territory of the past. On the other: the gut, screaming that the only place to live is now, in intimate friction with the shit that it entails. In between: a “metabolic rift” – the irreparable rupture between humans and nature that is inherent to capitalism. Credits: Concept, choreography: Tyra Wigg Dance, performance: Kihako Narisawa, Jessica Tamsin Alleman, Declan Whitaker Sound: Elischa Heller Light design, technical direction: Chiara Leonhardt Costume: Anne-Sophie Raemy, Tyra Wigg  Stage objects:  Ernestyna Orlowska, Tyra Wigg Dramaturgy: Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez Sound technician: Pam Meyer Production: Paula Alonso Gomez Pre-production & fundraising: Caroline Froelich, Moin Moin Production Production assistant: Lean Rüegg Co-production: Kaserne Basel Support: Fachausschuss für Darstellende Künste Basel-Stadt/Baselland, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), Stiftung Landis & Gyr Residencies: Kaserne Basel, Gessnerallée Zürich, CAMPO Gent