ABri - ARTIST INTRODUCTION
Serena Thomas is a model and dance artist whose work focuses on restriction and loss of innocence. She delves into these themes through mixed mediums and lived experiences. In her latest work she will be exploring the connection between self-worth and beauty.
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Welcome to ABri!
Felicity 2025:
I haven’t posted any clips from my performance back in June as I still don’t enjoy how watching the footage back and thinking about the creation process/outcome makes me feel.
Truthfully I am not happy with what I made, however I think sometimes it’s important to showcase ‘failure’, especially in the performance industry, where comparing yourself to others’ success is so common.
Even more truthfully I am not happy with who I was when I made Felicity. I was so caught up in comparing myself to others, that I was sabotaging my own success. I was hanging onto such toxic feelings of jealousy and insecurity that it prevented me from making something truly meaningful that I could be proud of.
I remember telling people that it was like I had a demon inside of me and once I finally performed Felicity it would be released…And I was right. Once I sat with myself and admitted that I had ‘Failed’, I was free from the fear of ever failing again because life went on.
I didn’t die, my friends didn’t think any less of me and the world kept spinning. I failed and nothing happened.
Understanding that has given me such a gratitude for my time making Felicity because even getting the opportunity to fail in the first place is a pretty cool privilege. It has changed my approach to all aspects of my life, as I have a new found freedom of just trying things without fear of the outcome.
It’s not perfect though, comparison can still be hard especially in this industry but I’m getting there. I also understand that one person’s failure is another person’s success.
Now to the next hurdle that I am tackling now: sharing my failures with others.
Dance and social media go hand in hand and I know I’ve definitely held back from posting dance content for a while for fear of judgement or ‘failure’, but literally who cares! So here’s a clip from Felicity, my ‘failed’ creation that I’ve learned to love so dearly. And hopefully the future brings many more opportunities to fail, succeed and everything in between.
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