Bhenji Ra

Her work is often concerned with the dissection of cultural theory and identity, centralizing her own personal histories as a tool to reframe performance. With an emphasis on occupation and at times collective action, her work plays with the multiplicities of spectacle while offering strategies to disrupt normativity and Western dance convention.

Collaboration is key to her work as she regularly accesses her own community as an essential critical voice to activate material and form. She is currently occupied with being the ‘Mother’ of the House of Sle, Australia’s first ballroom house founded in western Sydney. Through this collective she has been able to host events, workshops and critically engaged spaces that speak to the live experiences of queer and trans folk of colour.