Hello, my name is Sarah Bellugi Klima. I’m a dancer with a long career in the repertoire company Skånes Dansteater in Malmö, where I am currently based. I have also freelanced mildly here and there, especially in the years before I had children. I am currently interested in exploring clown practice, sci-fi ideas as catalysts for movement and the theatre as a social space. For this assignment we were asked to put a few questions each in a common pool and to chose up to three of these questions to respond to through this audio segment. We didn’t know who posted which question.My choice has been to simply answer three of these questions in an somewhat informal musing tone, offering my ideas to you who might enjoy listening to them. Hopefully these ideas can be the source of future conversations and thinkings, for you and/or with others and/or between us, should we ever meet. Please let me know if you have any responses or questions by emailing me at sarah.bellugiklima.01@student.uniarts.se

• What are the hierarchies between somatic, aesthetic, and theoretic work?
• What is “honesty” on stage? Can you perform honesty? Is it important?
• How can my work be “useful”? What does that mean?

People and bibliography mentioned:
Anna Adeniji
Melanie Demers
Laura Simi
Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Sower” and the Patternmaster series, aka the Patternist series or Seed to Harvest
Martha Nussbaum, “Not for Profit: why democracy needs the humanities”

A huge amount of gratitude goes to my dear NPP cohort, who’s feedback, support and interactions have been enriching and life changing, as well as to the lecturers who have accompanied us, sharing their insights and knowledge during these two years together.

The last lines are for my close family: Martin, Frida and Sofia, who have encouraged me to follow my path and supported me throughout. And for my mother, Rebecca, who has spurred me onward with generosity, artistic rigour and playfulness.