Katherine Leung

‘Roots’ is an ongoing research project about representing multicultural identities through dance. Being of mixed origin, the importance of one’s identity becomes one of the more frustrating themes to express. This project aims to explore the traditional dances/movements which exist in Katherine’s ancestry, which includes Hong Kong Chinese, Scottish and Irish. By exploring and merging elements/rudiments of these styles of dance (classical Chinese 古典舞 and Celtic dance) within her choreography, she has pieced together a representation of her identity in motion.

This research project was made possible by Dis-tanz-solo funding program, sponsored by BKM, NEUSTART KULTUR and Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.

Premiered at GlogauAir on 30th September, 2022, as part of Alice Morishita and Kensuke Saito’s exhitibition PEOPLE, EVOLVE, TRANSFORM.
Performed as part of #88 Unfinished Fridays at Lake Studios Berlin in March, 2023. (Pictured)