Nesting Instinct: Re-imagining Alutiiq and Domesticity in Tanya Lukin-Linklater’s Performance Work
The first time I saw Tanya Lukin-Linklater perform, she ground up red clay, mixed it with water into a paste and spread it on her body. She made twig nests; she sang what seemed to be a lullaby; she made guttural sounds and repeated “suk suk.” At one point, she “became” bird woman, and when the perf...
| Published in: | Canadian Theatre Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2009
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.137.007 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.137.007 |
| Summary: | The first time I saw Tanya Lukin-Linklater perform, she ground up red clay, mixed it with water into a paste and spread it on her body. She made twig nests; she sang what seemed to be a lullaby; she made guttural sounds and repeated “suk suk.” At one point, she “became” bird woman, and when the performance settled into quietness, she entered the audience, and, speaking in words I did not understand, she seemed to bless each spectator individually with a smudge of clay paste — even my unborn child. I felt warm, welcome and like I had been a part of something significant. The vivid images were powerful, but I felt ill-equipped to interpret them. |
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