Perpetual Tango is inspired by Jean Cocteau’s 1930 film “Le sang d’un poète” (“The Blood of a Poet”), a work that pays tribute to the artistic process. Through a series of poetic and abstract images, Cocteau presents an artist who gradually becomes obsessed with his creation, to the extent that it comes to life and takes control of the artist’s actions. What follows is a series of disappointments leading to a suicide of his artistic self. The artistic effort is portrayed as a dark, self-inflicting act of suffering. States of being, transformation, and liminality are guiding forces in Perpetual Tango as the dancer transcends from one state to another. The movements physicalize the space in between earth/spirit, mortal/immortal, and visible/invisible.