• Van Huynh Company: Re:birth review – a swirling portrayal of the exhaustion of exile

    The UK-based Vietnamese dancer and choreographer stages a piece inspired by the horror and dislocation of war with experimental vocals from Elaine MitchenerChoreographer Dam Van Huynh was a child refugee from Vietnam and his latest work, Re:birth, draws directly on the experience of finding himself displaced in the aftermath of war. As is often the way in dance, a very specific inspiration can become a much more amorphous piece of choreography, leaving only traces and impressions, in this case a

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