Pay Salutation Performance at Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts

Performance by the Chrysalis Kali Collective: Katrina Cabanban, Kristen Cabildo, Caroline Garcia, and Princess Manuel
13:18 mins

Choreographed by Caroline Garcia; with support from the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Audio: Ana Roxanne Recto(from~~~: Slowness; Immortality; It’s a Rainy Day on the Cosmic Shore)

Pay Salutationis a somatic exploration of Kali - the national martial art of the Philippines, also known as Arnis/Escrima/Eskrima. It is a system that emphasizes weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons, as well as "open hand" techniques.

Performed by members of theChrysalis Kali Collective, “a group of Filipina/x women redefining power, reclaiming ancestral wisdom, and restoring resilience through the practice of Kali, Filipino Martial Arts” with whom Garcia trains - this performance opens up a deeper dive into the potentials of Kali when one is not operating in the reactive modes of fight, flight, or freeze. It offers slowness as an aesthetic platform for somatic curiosity and assessment, as well as offensive drills and combinations to demonstrate the importance of repetition and practice, all useful techniques in the spectrum of healing collective trauma.

Excerpt from: https://carolinegarcia.com.au/Pay-Salutation