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Choreographer: Tony Tran
Country: Norway
Age: 14 years and above
Duration: 60 minutes
Love Tenderly
Can we inherit trauma over generations? This is the question posed by Norwegian Vietnamese dancer and choreographer Tony Tran. In Love Tenderly, he goes on a voyage of discovery through his family history, not least in his fathers’ experiences of prison camp and refugee life. But it’s also about growing up in an environment where identity is said to not matter, while at the same time struggling to fit in. Here, Tony uses his own upbringing as a homosexual boy in Norway, in a catholic family hailing from Vietnam, as the starting point. The performance becomes a story of trauma as a transformative power and about bringing your body to share what it carries. Gradually, a universal story about emancipation emerges: who am I? And if I am, how many am I then?
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About the performance
Choreography and dance Tony Tran
Research with dancer Benjamin Windborg
Dramaturgy Thomas Schaupp
Music Espen Reinertsen
Costume design Shiva Sherveh
Lighting design Yasin Gyltepe
Photo Andreas Daugstad Leonardsen
Outside eye Loan Ha, Linh Le
Creative producer Andreas Daugstad Leonardsen
Co-producers BIT Teatergarasjen, SPRANG, Kloden Teater
With support from Art Council Norway, Audio and Visual Fund, Nordic Culture Fund, Nordic Culture Point, SPENN, Buskerud Fylkeskommune
The performance is presented in collaboration between Teater Halland, Varbergs Riksteaterförening and Rum för Dans.
About the choreographer
Tony Tran is educated at Kunsthøgskolen in Oslo and at Den Danske Scenekunstskolen in Copenhagen. In his work, he has often focused on masculinity, especially how it’s communicated as a bodily language and a constructed, inherited identity. His works have toured in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. Tran has also been artistic advisor for the festival Lyse Netter and a member of Dansens Hus Oslo’s artistic advisory board.