★★★★★
"This is a performance which pushes at the boundaries of what dance can be, and there is a thrilling sense of danger in the way the cast (...) allow their bodies to twist and turn with abandon."
"it is simply theatrical anarchism in its most beautiful form."
“Everything about my existence – the fact that I’m speaking through the form of dance and making artwork – is all political because I come from a displacement due to political implications."
"I think the most important lesson I have learnt through the years is the notion of narrative and re-narrative. To be able to find and narrate my own path and story rather than let others define me, has helped me to liberate my creative thinking, giving me a wider scope of approaches towards making work that interests me (...)"
Dam Van Huynh is interviewed on TV by London Live ahead of the London Premiere of Re:birth at The Place.
"The voice is a physical organ that sits somewhere between mind and body; Van Huynh choreographs for both with such force that Petrolo’s performance is exhausting and uplifting at the same time (...)"
"An exploration of resistance, queer sexuality, and gender politics performed with impressive range and energy by Tommaso Petrolo"
"A solo performed by Tommaso Petrolo and choreographed by Dam Van Huynh, a highly captivating, emotional and explicit work that challenges how we situate ourselves within(out) our society.”
"As a queer Vietnamese artist, I began the work commenting on gender politics and sexuality but as the work developed it became a larger symbol for inequality experienced by many other groups. I reflected further upon this with the understanding that gathering voices through the piece is to acknowledge the importance of strength in unity when faced with inequality."
★★★★
"We, and the dancers, are forcefully confronted with our frailty, but also, ultimately, with our capacity for regeneration. Life goes on."