September 2024

Choreographer and Dancer: Vishnu Arunasalam

Mentor: Martin del Amo

Music: Aditya Prakash, Vishnu Arunasalam, Lauge

Lighting: Blake Williams

Producer: Anthea Doropoulos

MUGAVARI (Tamil: Identity, literally: address) explores various facets of my identity in relation to the cultural and social spheres I belong to. Combining movement with text, I hope to offer poignant insights into my unique experience as a Tamil Sri Lankan Australian, who works as an end-of-life nurse, and who happens to be trained in the Indian classical dance form Bharatanatyam.

Thank you DirtyFeet and in particular Anthea for this invaluable opportunity that has gone towards shaping my journey into art "making". The support and warmth has made it easier for me to tread these new waters.

Thank you also goes to my Bharathnatyam Guru Chidambaram R Suresh and Shobana Suresh, DirtyFeet, Martin del Amo, Raghav Handa,, Justine Shih Pearson and Carl Sciberras.