Monday, March 25, 2024 - Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join visiting artist and U.K. choreographer Dam Van Huynh in a 3 day workshop adapting choreography for many bodies.  Please make note of different time ranges listed below.

Read/see more about Dam’s work here: https://www.damvanhuynh.com/

Originally from Southern Vietnam, Dam Van Huynh is a UK based dancer / choreographer / director. As a child refugee, his family and he fled Vietnam after the war and settled in the USA where Dam was raised. Dam founded his own company in 2008, Van Huynh Company – a vibrant, cutting edge contemporary dance company with a growing national and international reputation. 
His work is an implicit and ongoing attempt to synthesise the most dynamic and revolutionary facets of the dual aspects of his Vietnamese heritage and Western influences harmoniously informing a personal and creative expression.

The company was formed in 2008 as a creative base to support Dam Van Huynh’s work and collaborations. Located in Hackney – East London, it is also the creative driving force of Centre 151, promoting arts, culture and community inclusion.

Developing his own methodology of torso division, Dam has carved out a unique choreographic voice. Selecting moments of everyday life, Dam transfers these elements in his work, expanding gestures towards new potential imagery. The result is a physically innovative dance creating a sense of surrealism, where the capacities of the human body are explored to their extremes and infinite details become prominent.

Schedule for the week is as follows:

Monday, March 25 – 10am – 1pm
Tuesday, March 26 – 10am – 1pm
Wednesday, March 27 – 10am – 12pm

You may sign up for one or all workshops. This is a chance for Somerville dance artists to meet Dam with the prospect of working with him again in the fall for a potential performance engagement.

Van Huynh Company in rehearsal for Black God. Concept and Choreography: Dam Van Huynh
Performers: Paul Davies, Marc Krause, Marta Masiero, Elaine Mitchener, Ieva Navickaite, Tommaso Petrolo, Marley Seville. Photo – © Foteini Christofilopoulou