Taja Will is a queer, Chilean adoptee, performer, choreographer, therapist and restorative justice facilitator based in the Twin Cities (MN). Her approach integrates improvisation, somatic modalities, text and vocals in contemporary performance. Will’s aesthetic is one of spontaneity, bold choice making, sonic and kinetic partnership and the ability to move in relationship to risk and intimacy. She explores visceral connections to current socio-cultural realities through ritual, archetypes and everyday magic. An an educator Will has been a guest teacher and adjunct faculty at several institutions locally and throughout the United States. Will also works in healing justice and as an advocate for artists especially serving as a liaison for artists in experimental forms, people of color and the LGBTQIA2+ communities.
A Review as Queer as the Work: Taja Will on Miguel Gutierrez's This Bridge Called My Ass
“May this review or commentary be as queer as the work. May it disrupt our normative ideas of ‘the review’ with humanity and the historical realities of viewing and commenting on brown (racialized) bodies.” Artist and writer Taja Will shares her perspective on last night’s performance of This Bridge Called My Ass by Miguel Gutierrez.