I am currently researching and developing a new high-quality Hip Hop dance theatre work exploring the theme of coercive control, Second Guessing. Funded by Creative Scotland, my aims are to raise awareness, shine a light on victims’ experiences and advance the under-represented artform of Hip Hop theatre within Scotland.

I feel this is the right time to undertake this project not only in my breaking (breakdancing) career, but in the wider world. My mother is a founding member of Women’s Aid in Glasgow and Kilmarnock, and I would like to continue her legacy. On the 1st of April 2019 a groundbreaking new law came into force in Scotland. The Domestic Abuse Act “criminalises psychological domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour…” https://www.gov.scot/news/domestic-abuse-act-in-force/

Also, I support the Me Too movement and want to do my part as an artist to add to the conversation, being a woman in the male-dominated field of Hip Hop provides me with a platform to do this.

The project is supported by partnerships and is taking place in Scotland and Italy, strengthening my existing relationships that were built through previously funded Creative Scotland projects.

Photography by sara_tamburro_videoeditor