Selected Work
A record of my work.
Seeing
Into the Void
Whoops
Confined
Tradition
(not) Black Hole
Musing
Mirrors
Pakistan Truck ArtDigital illustration rooted in South Asian and Islamic visual traditions, also used as a teaching tool in community workshops.
An immigrant youth performing art showcase I directed through The Fourth Space, bringing together theatre, movement, spoken word, and multimedia by young artists raised between cultures, with mentorship from working performers.
Patricia A. Whelan Hall, Calgary · April 19, 2026
An evening of untold Cuban stories told through spoken word, co-produced for Calgary Culture Days with Spanic Arts.
Spanic Arts · Calgary Culture Days · September 27, 2025
A large-scale dance production exploring Muslim diasporic stories in Canada, filmed at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto and released Canada-wide in 2025.
Aga Khan Museum, Toronto · National virtual release, 2025
A commissioned spoken word piece for the SEEN virtual exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum.
Aga Khan Museum · SEEN · Virtual Exhibition, 2022
A spoken word production created with six Muslim women artists exploring Islamophobia.
Kingston, ON · 2020
Most of my poetry is written to be heard, not read. It lives in performance, in breath and voice and people gathered together. A few pieces are gathered here to read on the page.
The droplets don't fall, They slither down through The crevices of cracked hearts Indifference shrouding sensitivity Teetering on a needle's point A syllable tips the scale and The cascading waterfalls become A reminder of the intentions Upon which we could not deliver The droplets don't fall, They slither. The droplets don't fall They slither.
aasun means tears in Urdu.
We are the silhouettes of our mother's dreams. Traversing terrains they could only visualize Holding their hearts in our hands like glass Gazing into the abyss ahead. We are seeds in the soil of broken dreams Rooted by responsibility Watered with love. Our sprouting carries their hope The life they wanted but never had They give what they didn't get And perhaps we will too. The world is only round after all.
Read more of my writing on Medium.
I've trained in Bharatanatyam, Bollywood, and contemporary dance for over a decade, including three years at Kala Bhavan of Calgary. I tell stories through movement on stages from the Aga Khan Museum to the UK National Jubilee Arts Festival in London.
Selected highlights include Passages: Stories of Migration, first place at the Calgary Indian Folk Festival, and the theatrical production Devdaasi with Kala Bhavan of Calgary.
Passages · UK National Jubilee Festival · Devdaasi · Aga Khan Museum
Dance clips from Instagram. @saramayakaba