Dash

Dash Che (they/them) is a trans masc post-Soviet immigrant performance artist and a performance educator based in Helsinki. They practice as a solo artist as well as in a performance duet called Mean Time Between Failures. In their teaching they work across disciplines bringing together social sciences, somatics, dance, critical and queer theories, clowning, activist and community practices. In their performance they explore personal histories, contradicting aesthetics, heavy political topics, and conflicting concepts through materiality of the body, objects and humor. Dash has BA from UC Berkeley in Interdisciplinary Studies and Performance Studies and MA from Uniarts of Helsinki in Live Art and Performance Studies. Additionally Dash completed a 6-month dance intensive at Outokumpu dance school.