How do we begin to understand how refugees feel?

The principal performers in SK!N - a staging by TerryandThe Cuz and Ashley Dyer on human trafficking and refugees - are (from left) Suhaili Micheline, RenXin Lee and JS Wong. Photos: The Star/Raymond Ooi

It almost goes without saying that the performing arts is, at its heart, about telling stories. Sometimes, however, whose stories they are and how they are told can be as essential as the story itself.

This notion of stories “belonging” to particular people is very important to the creators of SK!N, an upcoming contemporary dance production based on human trafficking, by local performing arts company TerryandTheCuz and Melbourne-based performance-maker Ashley Dyer.