One Foot in the Dark
by Divija Melally & Saili KatebeFri 27 February 2026About One Foot in the Dark
‘One Foot in the Dark’ is an exploration of our known and unknown experiences of identity, culture and change through text and movement. The answers we are often looking for are waiting on the other side of discomfort, challenging norms and old stories from the past.
It comprises a double bill of a solo ‘The Skeleton is White’ and duet ‘Six Degrees from Home’, both honest explorations of two artists understanding what it means to navigate through life, questions and unknowns.
Divija Melally is a trained Contemporary and classical South Asian dancer. Her creative practice revolves around combining these two styles with text and theatre. She is interested in creating works that explore human themes, and strives to offer new perspectives and stories to her audience.
The show explores themes of migration, colonialism, displacement and identity.
There will be a Q&A with the artists after the show.
Melally has managed to encapsulate an overwhelmingly huge topic into something beautiful, powerful and cool. The image of Melally’s dancing among a mass of white balls of differing sizes – each movement sending the balls rippling to the edges of the stage – is an enduring one that will stay with me for a long time.