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This performance explores the body as a canvas and medium for transformation. My work is based in contemporary dance improvisational practices similar to butoh or gaga with costume used as a strong influential tool in generating characters. I employ materials such as organic matter, found objects, clothing, paint, and makeup to distort/ mask/ magnify/ expose aspects of my form that work together to exemplify the fluidity of the identities.

I would build upon myself to create a living sculpture that exudes character, from here I would explore this character further through movement.
My improvisational practice is entirely immersive entering a deep trance state that allows me to detach from my ego and exploit the limits of my body’s potential for transformation. Once I have become this new being entirely and I feel I have explored all there is to explore I will shed and start over to the next character.

The characters will be based on influential people and moments in my life, for example, I relate to my mother, interpreting her and my childhood self in this performance.

Throughout the performance, I will identify and disseminate the many personalities I have found to build my sense of self, therefore identifying myself as fluid and multiple rather than static and singular.
This piece celebrates transformation and ever-changing identities while challenging the pressures to strongly self-identify or categorise oneself and stick to it. This pressure is often felt very strongly within the trans community.