Exquisite Noise
Dam Van Huynh
About Exquisite Noise
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"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change.
I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis
Van Huynh Company return to The Place with their brand-new show, following their powerful performance of Re:birth in 2023.
Honouring the art of assembly, choreographer Dam Van Huynh explores alternative methods of dissent, drawing on noise to embody defiance and celebrating the power of coming together.
Sounds of protest against inequalities take centre stage, creating a unique sensory experience through music, lights and movement. This is a dance between disruption and communion, an invitation to wake up our collective spirit in an act of solidarity and care.
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a highly captivating, emotional and explicit work that challenges how we situate ourselves within(out) our society.
Dance Art Journal on In Realness, 2022
This is a performance which pushes at the boundaries of what dance can be (...).
To Do List on Re:birth, 2023
About the artist
Originally from Southern Vietnam, Dam Van Huynh is a UK based dancer/choreographer. As a child refugee, his family and he fled Vietnam after the war and settled in the USA, where Dam was raised. He founded Van Huynh Company in 2008, then becoming a resident company at Centre 151 – a hub for culture, arts and community in Hackney - in 2016.
His work is an implicit and ongoing attempt to synthesize the most dynamic and revolutionary facets of the dual aspect of his Vietnamese heritage and Western influences. His latest touring productions include Moving Eastman, Exquisite Noise, Re:birth and In Realness.
Cast & creatives
Concept: Dam Van Huynh
Choreography: Dam Van Huynh in collaboration with the performers
Composer: Ian Tang
Lighting Design: Patricia Roldán Polo
Costume Design: Emma Lyth
Sound and Re-lighter: Michael Picknett
Rehearsal Director: Tommaso Petrolo
Performers: Paul Davies, Laura Kenyon, Ieva Navickaite, Tommaso Petrolo, Marely Romero, Neil Yuen
Created with input from: Wai Shan Vivian Luk, Divija Melally, Marc Krause, Kin San Lo, Elaine Mitchener, Giacomo Pini, Marley Seville, MORUA, Dance Bridges Festival
Texts by Jenny Holzer, Jayne Cortez, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Mitsuye Yamada, Walt Whitman, bell hooks, Thich Nhat Hanh, Audre Lorde, Alan Moore, United States Declaration of Independence.
Credits
Supported using public funding by The National Lottery through Arts Council England.
With further support from The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University, Pavilion Dance South West and Centre 151.
