A blog of my journey and experience as a performer recovering from a double hip replacement
I spent many years as a performer and director, working in theatre, dance, movement, yoga, and martial arts. In 2001 I began experiencing pain in my hips which got steadily worse. This was diagnosed as osteoarthritis caused by dysplasia and Ehlers Danlos hypermobility type. Over the next 18 years I became increasingly immobile, in severe pain, and changed from being a physical performer, to living with a disability. In August 2019 I am having a double hip replacement, and this blog will chart the journey of my recovery as I learn to live with a different body. This will be a personal journal of reflections on my embodiment and experience, charting the progress of my recovery, and exploring a creative way to write and present my changing body and life.
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Walking on Knives
In 2000, I choreographed a piece of dance theatre based on themes and ideas from the story of the Little Mermaid. I called the performance ‘Walking on Knives’, as in the story, when the mermaid gave up her tail to get legs, she experienced terrible pain through her middle, and ‘every step she took was… Read more
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Lockdown, Isolation, Distancing
I haven’t written a post here for three months, and what a strange three months it’s been. After the last entry, when the second operation was postponed due to a test that told me I was pregnant, but after more tests showed I am actually in menopause (how the same result leads to opposite outcomes),… Read more
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All Is In Change – Solstice Reflections
Today is the Winter Solstice, a time of change, shift, turning, as the planet tips on its axis, affecting light, heralding return of the sun. On the longest night of the shortest day, people in Iran celebrate the festival of Shab-e Yalda, where family and friends come together to share food, and read poetry. In… Read more
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