The unintentional language of movement driven by impulse and desire. An exploration of how multiple forms of art are able to interact, and incidentally inform one another. Her body as her creative source, existing among art that is visual, sonic, textural and naturally occurring.

Rikia’s movement practice is informed by the internal sensations of the body. She is interested in stripping away all known mechanics of the body and re-learning how to move in both a functional and instinctual way. How do you satisfy the urges that arise when stillness isn’t an option? Rikia aims to test the physical limitations of the body, moving and entangling it until the human body is unrecognisable. She uses internal visualisations of the bones, organs, veins, flesh and skin to achieve an external response. Using this method Rikia ponders the question of how our brains interpret movement. What meaning does an external eye give to essentially meaningless movements? How does the way in which we understand body language influence our interpretation of dance? As a female bodied dancer, Rikia’s femininity is another area of fascination. She is interested in the use of seduction as a powerful force and breaking the preconceived notions of femininity being soft and fragile.

Choreographically, Rikia’s main area of intrigue is that of the non-human. She utilises her abilities as an artist to attempt to understand the unknown. Her works create an alternative realm, immersing the audience in a reality vastly different to that of their everyday life. Rikia has a desire understand and investigate beings and entity’s of which we as humans are fearful. Our trepidation of empathising with anything that is different from us is an area in which humanity is failing. Creatures, monsters and myths translate to those outcasted by society, Rikia’s work aims to challenge this fear of the different. Queering reality, the audience is induced to see only what they want to see.

Rikia’s work is highly influenced by its interactions with other forms of art. Her work as a performance artist utilises her physical body to create visual and sculptural forms of art. The moulding of materials, the moulding of the body, the melding of their existence. Through visual art, movement and the body can be recorded, living far beyond when the dance stops. Rikia is intrigued by the unpredictable nature of improvised performance art, creating something with no predetermination. Allowing the authenticity of the movement creation to be seen by the audience.

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