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 nuances and subtleties of gender, sexuality, and identity—self and other. We all move to a beat, whether it is to music or our own internal rhythm. Others mirror this experience when they interact with our movement and share our space. The performance took place in a bedroom. This private space, made visible by a mirror positioned in front of an ajar door, allowed 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 explores an internalized longing for another’s reflection. As I dance behind the door, I perpetuate the idea of self within an intimate setting, longing for another to connect with my reflection. Projection and reflection are inextricably linked: one cannot exist without the other. The viewer’s reflection is invited to connect with mine, but we never physically meet—only our reflections dance.