In Deviant Octopus, dancer Jasmine Yadav invited audiences to witness the emergence of a shape-shifting creature. Through a choreography built around clothing - slipping into it, getting tangled in it, removing it - the body moved through states of exposure, concealment, fear, and release.

At the centre of the piece was a question: what happens when a body stops trying to be appropriate? As movement grew more instinctive and expansive, Jasmine's body became something unstable and alive: part human, part animal, part monster.

Oddlab was a home for experimental work at Oddbird, intended to connect artists and audiences in various stages of a piece: early life, work-in-progress sharings, and evolving practices.

Photo credit: Kasturi Dev Choudhury