These images are from my latest rehearsal footage. As I near the end of the semester, I feel like my research is just beginning to evolve. Within the last month, I’ve decided to include another dancer in my work. Romana is from Switzerland and is fluent is German, English, Swiss-German and French. Her multi-cultural background and experiences are incredibly useful and provide a generative perspective for me on exposing and sharing multiple identities through space and language. Exploring the world of collaboration with another person who is familiar with the process of feeling tethered between two identities is so valuable. Romana and I have been discussing the challenges of fitting in and what it feels like to be made up of many different pieces throughout the rehearsal process.
Although the work is supposed to be a solo, I find myself desiring a duet instead. As the work continues next semester I hope to continue working with Romana and share my experiences with her as a way to further expose the liminal space between two worlds that we both inhabit.
