Bloch Dance Australia – Win 1/2 Dp To Urban Kali On 23 Sep At Riverside Theatre Parramatta

contemporary multidisciplinary performance that integrates dance, installation and film.

Born in Kolkata and based in Sydney, Urban Kali creator and performer, Rakini Devi, is renowned for her work that challenges notions of race, culture, social issues and new technologies.

Urban Kali explores themes of female ‘shame’, a concept prevalent throughout Indian society and many other cultures. Through performing iconography of the Hindu Goddess Kali, Rakini creates a mythical persona to protest misogynist attitudes and atrocities. Drawing on her Kolkata origins, classical Indian dance forms and visual arts practice, Rakini showcases the female form as both ritual and artefact.