VIDEO PERFORMANCES

POSITION

Position is a solo Practice as Research (PaR) performance that interrogates the intersections of intercultural aesthetics, digital embodiment, and autoethnographic inquiry. Drawing from Bharata Muni’s Natya Shastra, this performance explores the rasa of fear (Bhayanaka) through an embodied critique of cultural appropriation, surveillance, and neoliberal complicity. Each gesture and movement is layered with the complexities of self-reckoning, exposing the tensions between personal narrative, academic inquiry, and digital platforms.

In the final performance, the body becomes both the site and subject of research, navigating the ethical terrain of intercultural exchange in a world increasingly shaped by digital technology. As you watch Position, consider how the very medium of performance—the digital stage—shapes the dynamics of engagement, facilitating a new form of rasic knowledge and embodied critique. 🎪

POSITION REHEARSAL FOOTAGE

This rehearsal of Position offers a raw, unfiltered glimpse into the creative process behind the performance. Captured from the same angle as the final show but without the stage lights, this version strips away the theatricality, allowing the viewer to focus on the movements, gestures, and nuances of the choreography in their most essential form.

The rehearsal is a critical part of the Practice as Research (PaR) methodology, providing insight into how the body navigates and experiments with intercultural aesthetics and the rasa of fear (Bhayanaka). Without the full production elements, the embodied critique of appropriation, surveillance, and complicity becomes even more pronounced, offering a candid reflection of the research process that underpins the final performance.

Watch as Position takes shape, and witness the early stages of a work that interrogates the digital mediation of intercultural performance, personal narrative, and scholarly inquiry. 🌹