Solo Artist 2

Annie Sprinkle

'I'm an artist, sexologist, ecosexual, author, lecturer, educator and thespian.' (Sprinkle.A, 2002)

Annie Sprinkle used to be a sex worker in NYC and was involved in the business for 20 years until she discovered performing along side sex and she strived to make sex beautiful. She is also the first porn star to earn a Ph.D and her work is studied at high end universities internationally. 

Annie Sprinkle went through three stages of her life under different names. Her original name was Ellen Steinberg.  She believed that 'Ellen' was 'Excruciatingly shy, afraid of men and sex, boring and is a nobody' This persona of Annie was Annie in her younger days before she became a sex worker.

Annie felt that during her younger years she was very much a recluse and that any part of the sexual world she would stay away from it. However when she turned 18 she became sexually aware and began to grow with curiosity. She began working as a popcorn seller at a theatre in NYC until she was witness for the prosecution of an obscenity trial. She then worked in a massage salon for two months where she discovered that she was in the early stages of the prostitution business before it was taken to the streets. This was when Annie began to find her way to being a successful sexologist and artist.

A Public Cervix Announcement

A public Cervix Announcement was when Annie decided that everyone should know about the cervix and that everyone needs to have the pleasure of seeing a mystical thing as a cervix. 

Annie toured round several countries with this performance to enlighten anyone who came to see her cervix. ' Audiences who stood in line by the hundreds in over a dozen countries' (A,Sprinkle,1990)

Annie brought a new type of performance to the theatres and she brought a new confidence that audiences hadn't really seen before on live stage. Her performances were very open and had very interesting motivations behind them. She believed that the human body should be explored and embraced rather than hidden and not spoken about. 

Dirty Sexecology- 25 Ways to Make Love to the Earth

This piece is in collaboration with her partner Elizabeth Stephens. They now do collaborative performances together to show that they are powerful together and that together they are open as ecosexual which means that they openly discuss how some of their findings of nature turn them on. 

During this presentation Beth sings about the destruction of earth and how it is being destroyed while Annie is dancing ballet while nude. 

The purpose of the presentation is to establish the environment as sexy and fun. It teaches people how to talk dirty to plants it opens the audiences eyes to how the earth could be treated.

Reviews

'sexuality's spiritual leader' - The Globe and Mail

'sprinkles overall effect is surprisingly sweet and refreshingly mature' - San Francisco Bay Guardian