Burning Skin - 1992
Many different forms of movement have influenced the choreography in Burning Skin - the martial arts, ballet, modern dance, Bharata Natyam as well as Roger Sinha's own unique gestual vocabulary based on improvisation. They all contribute to the theme of Burning Skin, which is a response to the choreographer's interest in that part of him that is Indian.
The choreographer rediscovers his youth in "The Rainbow Sign" by British writer Hanif Kureishi (author of the film My Beautiful Laundrette): an autobiographical essay reflecting the author's Pakistani experiences in London, England. Dance interacts with theatre as the choreographer, in adapting Kureishi's text to his own experiences, reveals his own turbulent past shadowed by violent racist confrontations.
"It's immediately exciting to watch, stimulating to reflect on afterwards, because of the way Sinha evokes the blistering realities of racial prejudice."
- Mary Brennan, The Herald Glasgow − March 23, 1995
