"As a background to my practice and how it has developed, I use my first full -length theatre dance work, Mindimi (1999) as an example. Mindimi (Directed by Sally Richardson with sound composed by Cat Hope and the script written by myself), demonstrates how I manipulated sacred Hindu iconography to depict secular narratives of my great-grandmother, grandmother and mother. "
An excerpt titled Mindimi Trek was a 15 min dance solo presented in Toronto, Tokyo, New York and Melbourne 2003- 2007
Excerpt from my exegesis, Urban Kali, from sacred dance to secular performance, 2018.
Images :
Left: Tokyo Next Wave Festival 2002
Right: My grandmother in traditional Burmese ceremonial dress, inspiration for my costume.
And in your breast
the day shines forth
in which three shrines
stand on a marble pillar
in the city of God
Hildegard of Bingen
Journal paintings, Madonna series 2018
"O great is the strength of man's side
from which God took the form of woman
and made her the mirror of all adornments,
the clasp of his entire creation."
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Journal: Madonna series 2018
Kali's smallest fan matching in her little red frock, beautifully captured by Fiona Winning.
Urban Kali, Gallery Art in the heart of Haymarket
Photo @waterloowinning October 2022
Produced by @intimatespectacle@4a_aus
