Published on 12, July, 2020
Hiya! I am autistic studying certHE in dance. I have 7yrs stagecoach performing arts training and 2yrs doing a btec in circus. I hopefully will be doing my BA in performing arts next year.
I am 22 and a care leaver living with my doggo(luna) and 2 cats (kida and storm).
I am greatly inspired by DV8's "can we talk about this?" regarding my own work and projects. During lockdown, I created a verbatum theatre and dance piece on Body Dysmorphia as I also suffer from it. I wanted to raise awareness of the subject and to those who suffer from it, to know they aren't alone. This year I am considering working with a few of my autistic circus friends to create a short performance piece on masking and individuality. My working title is "A Gaudy Old Raincoat".
I don't know what else to say. Pronouns: she/her
Dance is my favourite thing in the world.
I danced Ballet for 15 years, and studied DV8's Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men in college (where I studied performing arts.)
I'm glad there are other autistic girls who love all things theatre!
Ive been struggling at uni. The others don't understand autism at all and the other day i started thinking, i was losing my mind because i genuinly thought they said something completely different to what they said they meant. I tried to explain that i was scared and confused, not trying to start anything but they just didnt get it. i felt so alone and cut off. And it keeps happening. It's like, why bother speak at all. I doubt everything i read or hear and i feel im losing it and im scared. There's no support system in place like they claim there is. I had to take the day off uni today because im not coping.