I Keep Dancing on My Own (Dance with Me),
Live Performance, 2013

Marrickville Garage Gallery - “Some Rooms”
Performed on the 4th November 2013.
5 hour duration work

This live performance work examines the nuance and subtleties of gender, sexuality and identity: self and other. We all move to a beat, whether it is to the music or our own sound. Others mirror this experience when they interact with that movement and are within our space. The performance took place in the bedroom. This private space made visible by a mirror, situated in front of an ajar door, allows me to be viewed through the reflection. I danced behind the door without music, creating my own rhythm through the beat of my steps.

The performance postulates an internalised longing for another’s reflection. As I dance behind the door, I am internally perpetuating the idea of self within an intimate setting, longing for another to connect with my reflection. The projection and reflection are inextricably linked: one cannot exist without the other. The viewer’s reflection is offered to connect with mine, but we never physically meet: only our reflections dance.