Power to the Pause

This interview was conducted with Jess Dobkin during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The interview focuses on the critical juncture of the pandemic pause and perimenopause, a career retrospective, a birthday milestone of fifty, and themes of aging, time, and performance-making in a period of intense uncertainty.

Keywords: aging ; aging pandemic career retrospective perimenopause time Jess Dobkin Performance Art ; career retrospective ; Jess Dobkin ; Menopause ; Pandemic Time ; Performance Art ; Perimenopause ; Queer Performance ; Toronto Performance