performances

Song

rajni — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 02:11:59 +0000

Song

2016

rajni Tue, 30 Aug 2016, 4:11am

Song was performed by Sheila Ghelani, Omikemi, Kazuko Hohki, Collin Clay-Chase and Emma Frankland as part of Independent Dance's What Remains festival in May 2016. Five monologues were co-written by each of the artists working closely with Rajni, reflecting responses to a series of questions Rajni asked the performers about what it was like to inhabit their particular body during this lifetime.

When on stage, bodies stand in for something; they allow readings to pass through them and to be projected onto them. But they are not still, they are moving. They too are passing through, or being passed through, as we inhabit them during our lifetime. In the end they are vessels carrying stories for a short amount of time, until they break open and the stories pass through to another vessel.

This series of short monologues are scattered throughout the festival. Like a song that is passed between people, each performance echoes the others but is defined by the voice and body of the performer. Together, they attempt to reflect the complex histories of bodies and the simple beauty in noticing someone for a moment.

Image credits: above, documentation of monologues by Stephen Wright Photography; below, publicity image by Meredith Evans

'Song' at What Remains

rajni — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 06:12:48 +0000

'Song' at What Remains rajni Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 7:12am

Wishful Wednesdays - talk

rajni — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:17:42 +0000

Wishful Wednesdays - talk rajni Thu, 28 Feb 2013, 2:17pm

Glorious in Lancaster

helena — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:02:24 +0000

Glorious in Lancaster helena Tue, 4 Sep 2012, 4:02pm

Glorious in Mons, Belgium

rajni — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:45:34 +0000

Glorious in Mons, Belgium rajni Thu, 22 Mar 2012, 3:45pm

Serpents, Stars and Lovers

rajni — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:01:52 +0000

Serpents, Stars and Lovers rajni Tue, 9 Aug 2011, 8:01pm

Serpents, Stars and Lovers

rajni — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:00:57 +0000

Serpents, Stars and Lovers rajni Tue, 9 Aug 2011, 8:00pm

Performing 3 new songs at the Errollyn Wallen Song Club!

rajni — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:54:45 +0000

Performing 3 new songs at the Errollyn Wallen Song Club! rajni Sun, 24 Oct 2010, 12:54pm

Performance and Cocktails at Duckie

rajni — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:51:18 +0000

Performance and Cocktails at Duckie rajni Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 12:51pm

Hope

rajni — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:17:38 +0000

Hope rajni Sun, 22 Nov 2009, 4:17pm