Katrīna’s residency at Kanuti Gildi Saal is the continuation of her artistic research which delves into queer tango as an attempt to liberate the body of binary categorisations of gender, class, and identity. In her ongoing project, Queer Tango Club, Katrīna together with a group of dance-enthusiasts aim to (re)discover Argentine tango through their own lens of acceptance, respect, cooperation, and non-sexualized eroticism. While rehearsing the dance steps, the group also envisions queer futurities and social structures that transcend current norms and limitations placed on all bodies. After the first work-in-progress presentation at Homo Novus festival in Riga this September, Katrīna will be sharing her methodology with the local community in Tallinn at TantsuRUUM, and continuing research for a solo work at Kanuti Gildi SAAL.
Katrīna Dūka (1992) is a Latvian theatre-maker, researcher, and creative producer working with non-professionals, communities, and participatory practices. She’s been researching queerness in a Post-Soviet landscape and creating work that offers intimate and delicate encounters with the Other. She graduated from ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL) with an MA in Performance Practices (2022). Her work has been presented at the International Festival of Contemporary theatre “Homo Novus”, Ģertrūdes ielas Theatre, and Dirty Deal Teatro, and she performs in drag with the Baltic Drag King collective.
