Diasporic Wounds
This is the band-aid my body was given to carry
Diasporic Wounds is held as a durational ceremonial unfolding through performance. It begins at a set time; please arrive on time. Re-entry is permitted. Refreshments will be available.
Program
- 12 May at 19:30-21:30 (120 min)
- 17 May at 19:00-21:00 (120 min)
Venue: MDT Moderna dansteatern, main stage
Credits
Choreography: Moving Through Stillness (MTS) through embodied transmission by Luusi Kateme
Performance Artist: Luusi Kateme
Co-creators: My late father, Mukuuta Kisadha-Kybeene Pison Moses, who lives through my breath, movements and every decision. Spiritual presences rooted in my lineage. Divine source that governs what cannot be named. My inner child who dreams, envisions and persists with creative force.
Set and costume design: Moving Through Stillness (MTS) realized by Luusi Kateme
Vocal coach: Catherine Hansson
Photographer: Klaudia Rychlik
Light, sound and technical assistance: Olle Axén and Freja Forsström
Music: TBC
Supervisor and guiding light: Maipelo Gabang. Thank you for being a source of care and deep inspiration. Your insights and wisdom, together with your integrity, have supported me in carrying this work forward as an Afro-diasporic artist reaching beyond institutional frameworks.
Supervisor and artistic support: Linda Adami
Artistic and creative mentor: Peter Mills
Certified Klein Technique™ Instructor and Studio Angel: Karin Munters Jameson. Thank you for holding and supporting me within the somatic practice of Moving Through Stillness (MTS).
Video Installation 1: En Danskonstnärs Dröm, ongoing documentary archive & Moving Through Stillness - The Practice short documentary. Produced and edited by Luusi Kateme. Cinematography contributions by Jutta Sulkala, Nidler Productions, Fast Life Productions, and Vesna Dukic.
News and archival footage from BBC News: “Would you wear clothes made from bark?” (World Africa), 19 August 2016 & UNESCO: “Barkcloth Making in Uganda”, 2009.
Video Installation 2: Ancestral Lineage Archive, curated and edited by Luusi Kateme.
Special thanks to: Jennifer Lacey, Gwen Rakotovao, my therapist, MAKOR cohort and close friends who have been present in this process, as well as UrbanApa for supporting the development process.
A deep and sincere thank you to Moving Through Stillness (MTS) for sustaining me throughout this MA process while working full-time. The unthinkable became possible.
Bio Luusi Kateme
Luusi Kateme is a Stockholm-based interdisciplinary artist and choreographer of Ugandan heritage. Her spiritual practice, Moving Through Stillness (MTS), is rooted in embodied presence and mindful awareness, honoring the intelligence of the present moment. Drawing from somatic practice, performance and film, she approaches choreography as a field of attention grounded in surrender, trusting felt knowledge as she moves through the guiding presence of her lineage.
