Paul Maheke
Taboo Durag, 2021

HD Video, 30 minute performance for the camera
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Created during the 2020 lockdown, ‘Taboo Durag’ is a performance work that explores the interface between vulnerability and resilience. Through the performance, the dance solo unfolds different narratives and choreographic registers with a score of heavy ambiance and vocals. Conveying a narrative around violence and acts of violence over bodies, ‘Taboo Durag’ utilises sound, text and movement to speak to themes of trauma and, in turn, healing both as personal catharsis and as a way of reaching out to establish a form of touch, without physical contact.

Written and performed by Paul Maheke

Music by Simon Maheke

Voice by Paul Maheke

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