I have a mission.  My mission is to remind us, humans, that we exist empirically, that our body has significance, and that there is no substitute for our bodily presence. Our presence is connected to the immediacy of the present. The English word ‘present’ holds the spectrum of my performative practice: the present time of performance, the presenting artist, the present of sharing an artistic experience with the audience while actually being there - present in body and attention.

 

I was raised into dance from a very young age, and that’s where I discovered the inseparable connection between three anchors that have since been my superpowers: the expressive body, an amplified charismatic presence, and the ability to influence others. Back then, I didn’t realize that I was training for my future mission. I couldn’t have guessed that the world would transform from analog to digital, from tangible to virtual, and from biological to technological. How could I have  foretold that the body would gradually lose its prominence? I didn't know that my dancing skills, human mechanism exploration, and love for the performative event would  prove  to be valuable assets in need of preservation.

 

So, this is what I do. I fight for the bodily human presence to exist in a technological virtual world, and I do it through my enhanced bodily senses, with the help of any needed  additional means. I do this through live performances, pre-enacted videos, where I converse and address the viewer, and immersive installations focusing on the visitor's presence and experience. These methods of celebrating the present body and pondering its potential or absence echo the longing I’d like to share with the members of the audience: be-longing.