My Dear Skeleton
Audiovisual performance featuring projected animation, animatronic sculptures, music, and movement.
My Dear Skeleton
2025
Duration: 25 minutes
Concept, story, performance, projection, animatronic sculptures and costumes by Yuliya Lanina
Music and sound design for the animation by Nina Young
Stage Director: CB Goodman
In “My Dear Skeleton,” my character's dissociated personality manifests as a horned, battered monster. She recounts her turbulent past that caused her to run away, weaving a tale of immigration, sexual violence, addiction, homelessness and loss in the form of a fairy tale, enhanced by projections and animatronic sculptures. At the end, she leads the viewer into the fantastical world inside the Big Wise Cat she calls her mother.
Photos by Jose Lozano and Scott David Gordon
Premiered at OUTsider Festival, Vortex Tent, Austin, TX
Next performance March 22nd, 7:30pm at Ivester Contemporary, 916 Springdale Rd, Bldg 2, Suite 107, Austin, TX