Sunken Works

In Sunken Works, Ghaliah Conroy switches between soft, flowing and more raw and intense movements. She uses the Krump dance form as a way of accessing a certain anger she feels as a result of experiences of discrimination and stereotyping.   

She shows how the public displays of black bodies in the past have influenced our relationship and perception of them. Like Sarah Baartman, a woman who was captured and exposed to thousands of people because of her body type. How does that affect a black dancer and choreographer on stage, nowadays? Ghaliah uses strong imagery, movement and voice to disassemble, reclaim and heal parts of her body. Sunken Works is a way to explore how the past shapes a Western view of black women and how we can heal from it.    

Ghaliah Conroy is an emerging dance maker/performer born in Dublin. She comes from a family of artists and has a background in dance, music and theatre that influences her work and creative process. Being half Irish and half French Guinean, growing up in two drastically different cultures has given her a unique perspective that has really shaped her into who she is as an artist.    

The performance Sunken Works va Ghaliah Conroy