Currently finishing her degree in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage, Master in Dance Anthropology, Marita is a Lebanese pole dancer whose researches are inspired by the work of activists. This stems from both her work with Palestinian, Syrian and Kurdish refugees as well as her fieldwork with queer artists in Colombia. She also obtained her Modern Languages and Translation degree alongside her Modern Dance Training Diploma with Al Sarab Alternative Dance School.
Marita will be presenting alongside Anisha Anantpurkat & Ana Hernandez.
'Sick of Periods … let’s talk about cycles'
"Our project aims to reframe the often blood-centric discourses around menstruation and bring attention to wellness through critical discourse around hormones and bodies of all genders. Inspired by feminist and queer activism from our contexts, which are healing from different types of colonialism, we consider spaces of knowledge transmission around periods as heritage sites. By weaving together our historical memory of our cycles, we create a durational, interactive, and site-specific performance, involving narrations and movement from actors and audiences. We would like to use lightning talks as a way to gain input on the movement component of the performance."