Venuri Perera is a choreographer, performance artist, curator, and educator. Exploring the power dynamics of visibility and opacity, she attempts to disorient how we perceive the "other."  She subverts frameworks of existing rituals to create alternate dramaturgies. She works with found objects and is curious about space and place. Perera’s solo and collaborative works deal with violent nationalism, patriarchy, border rituals, colonial heritage, and class. They have been in festivals and biennales across Europe, South and East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa since 2010.  

Perera is a graduate of DAS (Arts) Theatre and has an MA in Clinical Psychology from Pune University, India. She has collaborated in multi-disciplinary performance projects locally and internationally since 2004. Perera was a member of the Chitrasena Dance Company and a founding member of The Packet Collective. She conceived and curated the programs of the Colombo Dance Platform at the Goethe-Institut (2016-20), and is committed to creating support networks for the independent dance scene in Sri Lanka.