In Motion
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Movement is the opposite of death. When something is still, it is likely an object, or on its way to the next life. I move and study movement as a way of distracting myself from death. My favourite type of movement to practice is the kind that just allows me to go - to cycle, or swim, or spring from one side of the room to the other. My favourite types of movement to research and write about, are travel and dance. The conscious shaping and displacement of bodies in a studio, on stage and about the world fascinates me. What do the journeys mean? What do travellers carry with them, and what do they leave behind?
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Recently, I've been thinking about travel during the coronavirus pandemic. Never in living memory has journeying been so potentially harmful. If we travel we stand to infect and become infected, potentially brushing up against sickness and death. But this hasn't stopped us dreaming in journeys - of reunions and discoveries to be made. Since the summer of 2020, some of us have done everything within our power to be able to travel - taken PCR tests, quarantined, shielded with masks and vaccines and spent copious amounts of extra cash. I decided to document the joys and misadventures of Covid-era travel. Below you'll find a link to some of my travel diaries from the pandemic era in addition to an earlier reflection of my work on Russian ballet.
Those who leave: travel in a global pandemic
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