Tessa Hall
Bio
Originally from New Zealand, Tessa Hall graduated from the P.A.R.T.S. Training Cycle in 2019 and STUDIOS in 2021. Her versatile practice spans performance, research, and writing, which she considers interconnected motors of her work.
Since 2020, she has collaborated with Rosas as a researcher, writer, and dancer on multiple projects. She performed in Drumming (2021 revival) and Forêt (2022), and conducted dramaturgical research for Y (2024). She has also closely collaborated with Némo Flouret for many years, performing in 900 Something Days Spent in 20th Century (2021) and Derniers Feux (2025).
Currently, Tessa is a researcher within DanceMap, a European consortium funded by Horizon Europe dedicated to researching contemporary dance heritage and safeguarding the field for the future. Working with STUK and the University of Antwerp, she carries out research projects with a particular focus on oral history practices. In 2026, she co-created STUK’s Body of Work podcast with Katharina Smets.
Projects
Tessa Hall & Júlia Rúbies Subirós
COVEN
Starting from the European witch hunt, the project investigates how figures of alterity are constructed, how narratives circulate, and how forms of knowledge and social control become legitimised.