and taught in Brazil at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas in São Paulo. Coming to Tucson in 1989, Tessler has choreographed modern dance and dance theater works through the Zenith Dance Collective/Body Prints Theatre. Tessler is Artistic Associate of Borderlands Theater where she choreographs and directs, and is a member of Bloodhut Productions, a group of women who write and perform their own stories.
Highlights of Tessler’s work include choreography for the World Premiere of Old Matador (Milcha Sanchez Scott, Arizona Theatre Company), and movement for the film Roosters directed by Bob Young. Borderlands credits include: choreography for Blood Wedding and Yerma (Federico Garcia Lorca); Fuenteovejuna (Lope de Vega); A Tucson Pastorela (Max Branscomb); Barrio Hollywood (Elaine Romero). Directing: Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Piñata Woman and Other Super Hero Girls like Me (Luis Alfaro), and The Sins of Sor Juana (Karen Zacarias).
Tessler also co-wrote the play, The 13 Days/13 Dias: How the New Zapatistas Shook the World, which was toured nationally by the award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe in 1996.
