Venuri Perera

Venuri Perera is a choreographer, collaborator, performance artist, curator, and educator based between Amsterdam and Colombo. Exploring the power dynamics of visibility, anonymity and opacity, she attempts to disorient how we perceive the "other." She subverts frameworks of existing rituals to create alternate dramaturgies. Perera’s solo and collaborative works deal with violent nationalism, colonial heritage, patriarchy, immigration and class and have been invited to festivals/venues across Europe, Asia and Africa since 2010. Her recent collaboration with Eisa Jocson (PH) ‘Magic Maids’ is currently touring internationally. A graduate of DAS (Arts) Theatre ‘22, Perera has an MA in Clinical Psychology (Pune, India ‘06, ICCR Scholarship) and a PostGraduate in Dance In Community (Laban, London '08 - Michelle Simone award for Choreography). She was a member of the Chitrasena Dance Company for 15 years, a visiting lecturer in the University of Visual and Performing Arts and a member of the Dance Panel of the Arts Council in Sri Lanka (‘18, ‘25). Perera conceived and curated the programs of the Colombo Dance Platform (2016-20, Goethe-Institut Colombo), and is committed to creating support networks for the independent dance scene in Sri Lanka.