Performing in a variety of locales, often challenging and always unexpected, demands a heightened sense of awareness and adaptability. It is interesting to note how the act of dance, when presented outside its traditional context, can become a puzzle to onlookers, sometimes unrecognised as dance altogether. The red dress performances have often been interrupted for various reasons when performing in some of these locations: police intervention due to traffic disruptions caused by onlookers in Ahmedabad, India; medical concerns when a bystander in Brixton, London, mistook my expressive movements for a medical emergency; queries from concerned passersby across Europe, offering assistance; confrontations with security personnel in privately-owned spaces mistaken for public areas, with particularly forceful encounters in London’s financial districts; spiritual interpretations from a spectator in Trafalgar Square, who saw visions of the Virgin Mary during my dance; and cultural misreadings in Salvador, Brazil, where my actions were viewed as religious offerings.