Interview with Dancer Preeti Vasudevan
Stories by Hands: photo by Maria Baranova
Vasudevan describes the sensation as being naked on stage, being watched, and yet feeling incredibly powerful and refusing to cover up and apologise. It begins in the studio, where everything is stripped down. These are the most private moments, which no one else has access to. It is fragility and strength all at once. A raw space. It is where she says she finds the mask with which she can then come out and perform. “The mask is key to feeling powerful. It makes you the other, a powerful channel of communication. You become everyone suddenly. But when you reveal that studio self to the outside world, I feel you’re allowing that vulnerability to be seen.”
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