Viet Nam – USA Collaboration Contemporary Dance Tour

Hanoi: Fri 25 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Youth Theater
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Halong: Sun 27 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Vietnam Japan Theater
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HCMC: Tue 29 Sep 2015, 8 pm
Ben Thanh Theater

From the organizer:

Come to the Vietnam – America collaboration contemporary dance program, which will be performed in three different cities in Vietnam: Hanoi Sept. 25th – 2015, Ha Long Sept. 27th – 2015 and Ho Chi Minh City Sept. 29th – 2015. This project will feature the work of two artists-choreographers: Le Vu Long with “A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS” and Robin Becker with “Into Sunlight”, both express about individual and societal response to the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

This projects itself is a bridge for the cultural exchange for the people in America and Vietnam. Beyond that, it is also an unique way of nonverbal communication, using the motions of body languages to express the sophisticated emotions in contemporary dance.

Dance Works to Present

“GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS” is a contemporary dance work created as a part of a project “70s Vietnam”, by hearing-impaired dancers of Together Higher dance company. The piece portrayed to the audience the deep emotions of people and society in Vietnam in the 70s. The range of thinking and philosophy of the dance takes the audience not only on a historical journey of the time, but also leads the way to new experiences of the torn, and struggle of a person in the selection to be an independent individual or as an individual in a group, or merely a group of individuals.
– Choreographer: Le Vu Long
– Music: Tri Minh

“Into Sunlight” is an evening-length dance inspired by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best selling author David Maraniss’s book – “They Marched Into Sunlight”. The performance by Robin Becker Dance constitutes a model for dance’s fundamental role in addressing the individual and societal devastation of war by offering a medium for healing and dialogue. Through the universal language of movement, this dance has the unique capacity to generate a deeply felt experience of healing. “Into Sunlight” demonstrates how dance can help us bear witness to life, awakening us to our state of being, and to our shared humanity.
– Choreographer: Robin Becker
– Composer: Chris Lastovicka

For more information regarding this project, please contact: [email protected] or fb.com/togetherhigherdancecompany

This is an invitation only event, if you are interested in our dance projects please send you tickets inquiries to:

– Ha Noi: Luu Lan at [email protected] or fb.com/togetherhigherdancecompany
Free invitations in Hanoi available from September 15, 2015 at the Vietnam Dance College, Ho Tung Mau Str.

– Ha Long: Nguyen Bich Tram at Vietnam – Japan theather, 16 Le Thanh Tong, Ha Long, Quang Ninh. Tel: 0333825431
Free invitations in Ha Long available from September 17, 2015 at Vietnam – Japan Theater

– Ho Chi Minh City: Pham Thi Lien Mai at Dance School of Ho Chi Minh city, 155Bis Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Ward 6, District 3. Tel: 0839303492.
Free invitations in Ho Chi Minh City available from September 19, 2015.