Performing fluid identities: Hetain Patel's Be Like Water

By Katja Vaghi, 30 November 2012

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 27 November 2012

Be Like Water (Hetain Patel)

Hetain Patel, Dancer

Yuyu Rau, Dancer

Ling Peng, Erhu

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.