RESIDENCIES

RESIDENCY PROJECT

The residency project this year continues with dance led by choreographer Dam Van Huynh (UK) working with a group of artists from different cities in India as well as dancers from the United Kingdom. The residency will take place from 22nd July to 3rd August 2024 at The Creative Arts Academy in Kolkata, leading to performances by at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the International Management Institute. Dam will be working to recreate his acclaimed work DEP, which you can read more about in our performance descriptions here.

Additionally for this 10th anniversary edition we are hosting a sound arts residency for musician Artur Vidal supported by Accion Cultura Española. This includes a workshop series at Chaitown Community, B-CAF studio and The VLS Workshop (in collaboration with Buoyant Performing Arts). Artur will also be performing at the jam session, Chaitown Community showcases and at Alliance Francaise du Bengale.

Visit our workshops and performance pages for more information, entry is free, donations in cash welcome at the door. You can also support us through an online transfer, please visit our support section.

DAM VAN HUYNH

Dam Van Huynh is a UK based Dancer/Choreographer. Dam was raised and educated in the United States, and graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music. He is currently Artistic Director of Centre 151, home base of his own dance company – Van Huynh Company. Dam graduated from The Boston Conservatory and has worked as a performer with various companies and choreographers including The Nevada Ballet, Merce Cunningham, Portugal’s Companhia de Dança Contemporânea – CeDeCe, Richard Alston and Phoenix Dance Theatre. He was appointed Artist-in Residence at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts – HKAPA in 2010/12. Dam is the recipient of awards from The Place Prize, Zawirowania International Choreography Competition and Gdański Festiwal Tańca. His latest work ĐẸP has toured widely and received the Asian Arts Awards for Best Directing 2018. His company has performed at renown festivals in Spain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, India, China, Korea, Singapore.

ARTUR VIDAL

Artur M. Vidal is a London/Paris-based and Spanish-born sound artist and saxophone player who grew up in Paris where he studied music, philosophy, and history of Art. His work involves field recordings, sound walks, dance, and improvisation. He has been doing academic research on improvised music and environmental sounds and has become a certified teacher of Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening practice. He has published two collections of text scores: The Hum in the Valley (2021) and Friendly Algorithms (2018).

website: www.arturvidal.com

RESIDENCY PROJECT

DAM VAN HUYNH

DANCERS

ARTUR VIDAL