Bessie McDonough-Thayer

Bessie McDonough Thayer is an independent dance artist living in Brooklyn. Her solo work has been shown at Roulette, Danspace Project's Food for Thought curated by Stacy Szymaszek, CPR New Voices in Live Performance Series, AUNTS at Arts & Renaissance, AUNTS PS122 Launch Party, Movement Research at Judson Church, BRINK at Dixon Place, and most recently at Mana Contemporary in collaboration with Michael Di Pietro as part of the Movement Research Festival Spring 2017 curated by Laurie Berg, Monstah Black, and Amy Khoshbin. As a performer, she has worked with Jen Rosenblit, Sam Kim, Elena Demyanenko, Rebecca Brooks, Catherine Galasso, Diana Crum, Vanessa Anspaugh, Molly Poerstel, Emily Wexler, Laurie Berg, and robbinschilds.