As part of her doctoral presentation, Rakini Devi explored the sensory dimensions of the body’s narrative that focuses on the female form as ritual and artifact. By reconstructing female iconography, and by embodying both Indian and Western aesthetics, the ‘hybridised’ body became a site for artistic dialogue.Through her interrogation of contemporary cultural constructs of female identity, Devi situated Kali iconography within a secular urban landscape. Urban Kali follows on from Devi’s production of Kali Yuga (Riverside Theatres, 2004), which was part of a trilogy of dance productions based on the Hindu Goddess Kali, spanning 25 years.