Onus

​

Onus explores what it is to be a person of multiple cultural identities. The work follows a woman as she finds ground between her Indian heritage and her experience growing up as a Western citizen - as she discovers who she is, and who she can can become, in a globalised world.

​

Reflecting the choreographer’s lived experience, the work uses non-traditional interpretations of classical forms of dance and music.

​

Onus premiered on BBC4 television in 2023 before its festival run.

​

 

Screenings:

​

BBC Dance Passion - Liverpool 2023. BBC4 television, UK

 

Dancinema 2023, US curation, Online

 

Exeter International Dance Film Festival 2023. Exeter, UK.

 

InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival 2023. Lisbon, Portugal.

 

Dançaemfoco International Festival of Video and Dance 2023. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 

Greensboro Dance Film Festival 2024. North Carolina, US.

 

The Indie Channel 2024. Independent Cinema Channel, UK

 

Brighton Screendance Festival 2024. Brighton, UK

 

Montreal Festival Quartier Danses 2025, Canada

​

​

Director: Jo Cork
Concept and Choreography: Sheetal Maru

Writers: Jo Cork and Sheetal Maru
Producer: Sheetal Maru
Filming, Editing and Post Production: Jo Cork

Sound Design and Score: Bartosz Szafranski Performer: Sheetal Maru

Creative Assistance: Maria Malone

Set Assistance: Pravinder Singh

 

With special thanks to
Thomas and Brenda Dwerryhouse, Balbir Singh Digpal, the team at Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters, Movema and Milap.

 

Shot on location at
Singh Autos, Rock Ferry Hydraulic Tower, Birkenhead

Commissioned by Milap Supported by Movema