Dancenoise is an American performance art duo created by Anne Iobst and

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. Dancenoise entered the New York and Washington, D.C., art and club scene in 1983, performing at venues such as

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, the Pyramid,

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, Performance Space 122, Franklin Furnace, The Kitchen, La Mama, Danspace Project, and King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. Their work has also been presented around Europe as well as at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Dancenoise has also collaborated with other artists including

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, Mike Taylor,

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, and Yvonne Meier. In addition to their work under the title ''Dancenoise'', Iobst and Sexton, along with

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and Mimi Goese, were frequent collaborators with Tom Murrin, an East Village performance artist known for his monthly celebrations in honor of the full moon. Dancenoise is a recipient of National Endowment of the Arts Choreographic Fellowships and a Bessie Award for New York Dance and Theatre. In 2010, Sexton became the producer of the

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and, as of August, 2012, was overhauling the award to consider a broader range of dance genres, extend the award's notoriety, and offer a commissioned prize to artists. In 2015, the Whitney Museum of American Art featured Dancenoise in a week-long exhibition, "Dancenoise: Don't Look Back."

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External links

"Dancenoise: Don't Look Back" at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Issue #34: Dancenoise in the Movement Research Performance Journal
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