Sri Lankan Blood, Manchester Born, Texas bred and Brooklyn steeped, YaliniDream is a Queer artist, activist, and facilitator. She conjures spirit through her unique blend of poetry, theater, song, and dance– reshaping reality and seeking peace through justice in the lands of earth, psyche, soul, and dream. One of the South Asian American community’s most prominent performance poets, YaliniDream has toured nationally throughout the US as well as performing in Canada, England & Sri Lanka. As a director & facilitator, YaliniDream works to bring under-represented voices to center stage through community based theater productions. Through experimental collaboration she seeks to build artistic work that reflects the strength of communities while cherishing difference. YaliniDream was the director and facilitator of Andolan’s Sukh aur Dukh ki Kahani–a storytelling project with Bangladeshi and Indian domestic workers in Queens, NY. She has been a long term volunteer with the Audre Lorde Project’s SOS(Safe Outside the System) Collective in Brooklyn working to address homophobic and transphobic violence against people of color. YaliniDream is also a trained aerial dancer in corde lisse who loves to fly– challenging notions of the seemingly impossible. (http://yalinidream.com/)
This event is a collaborative effort between Student Activities and OMA and cosponsored by SUSSA (SU Students for South Asia) & TrikoneNW (http://www.trikonenw.org/).
Seattle University – Wyckoff Auditorium @ 6:00pm!
901 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA
– Michael Strangeways
