Welcome
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What does it mean to miss someone?
When I first came to Abu Dhabi, I found a city full of foreigners; almost 9 out of every 10 people here are expatriates. "Guests" come for work, higher wages, a change of place, for safe surroundings, a new lifestyle, and the rare opportunities growing in a rapidly developing city.
Four years ago, I left a home to come to Abu Dhabi to study. In that time, I've moved thirteen times through nine cities in seven countries. Now as I'm preparing to go once again, I need to know:
Do I miss where I've been?
Do I miss all those who shared these places with me?
If all of these relationships were transitory, what remains?
What happens between noticing their absence and feeling it?
Four years ago, I left a home to come to Abu Dhabi to study. In that time, I've moved thirteen times through nine cities in seven countries. Now as I'm preparing to go once again, I need to know:
Do I miss where I've been?
Do I miss all those who shared these places with me?
If all of these relationships were transitory, what remains?
Rather than finding one definition or expressing only my experience of missing, I wanted to explore what it means as a feeling, an action, a choice, an emptiness, a loss, a reminder, a remnant, a response to mortality, an open wound and an old scar.
Using performance as research, I set out on three separate projects throughout Abu Dhabi. From this page, you can either explore the results of the Performance Actions, learn about the development of my Audio Piece on Saudade, or get a sneak peak of my Devised Theater Piece, "between 7 and eight," performed May 5th and 8th at 9pm at the NYU Abu Dhabi Down Town Campus. After that, you can read my reflections on the piece and learn more about its origins in the following essay.
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