Venuri Perera

Venuri Perera is a choreographer, performance artist, curator and educator from Colombo, currently based in Amsterdam. Her work explores the dynamics of visibility and opacity, she attempts to destabilise how we perceive the ‘other.’ Venuri’s creations deal with violent nationalism, patriarchy, immigration, colonial heritage and class, and have been presented at festivals and biennales across Europe, South and East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. She has collaborated with choreographers like Geumhyung Jeong and Natsuko Tezuka. Venuri also conceived and curated the projects of the Colombo Dance Platform (2015–2020, Goethe-Institut) and remains committed to creating support networks for the independent dance scene in Sri Lanka.