Tyra Wigg (they/them) is a choreographer, performer and massage therapist from Stockholm, Sweden, living in Basel, Switzerland since 2020. They are interested in how artistic practices can expand cultural and personal perceptions of the body.
Tyra's work has been presented at Schinkel Pavillon Berlin, ROXY Birsfelden, Les Urbaines, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthaus Baselland, Weld Stockholm, BONE festival Bern, festival far°, Shedhalle Zürich, depARTures München, YUP Osnabrück, Black Forest Institute of Art, and SITE.
Tyra has worked as a dancer and performer for Gisèle Vienne, Heiner Goebbels, Shu Lea Cheang, Inga Gerner Nielsen, Ernestyna Orlowska, Pontus Petterson, Marina Abramovic, Alexandra Pirici, Marie Fahlin, Virpi Pahkinen, and others.
Tyra holds an MA in Expanded Theatre from the Bern University of the Arts, HKB. Since 2022 they are a driving member in the nomadic queer feminist reading collective Blasphemic Reading Soirees. 2023-24 they are "LAB-artist in residence” at Kaserne Basel. 2021 Tyra participated in DanceWeb at Impulstanz with Anne Juren and Frédéric Gies as mentors.
www.tyrawigg.com