Below are notes for the submission I made to the Liminal Magazine Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize, entitled The Dances We Hold Close. In the submission, I focused on the dances ‘held’ close to me, including destabilising memories from childhood and cultural dances that have infiltrated global dance vernacular.
intergenerational thing that is not necessarily conscious
the body as an archive
the dance that belonged to the fridge, now belongs to me, to this choreographer, to a new place
dear father, dear ocean
My body is a guesthouse - come move things inside slightly, ever so slightly
nikkei people - Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have created communities throughout the world
Nikkei identity is not static. It is a symbolic, social, historical and political construction. It involves a dynamic process of selection, reinterpretation, and synthesis of cultural elements set within the shifting and fluid contexts of contemporary realities and relationship. These relationships have had a long history intensified within the current context of global capitalism.
transnational dimensions
https://www.liminalmag.com/prizes-fellowships/liminal-pantera-press-nonfiction-prize