Dam Van Huynh has received the Artistic Innovation in Dance Award 2026 as part of One Dance UK Awards taking place at Bradford Live on 7th February 2026.
Dam Van Huynh has been commissioned by Certain Blacks to create a new work for their 2026 Festival 'Black Athena' and to be presented on Saturday 14 March 2026 at Rich Mix - London.
In this episode, Dam reflects on his background and experiences as a dancer and choreographer, grounding our conversation in his life journey as a child refugee who fled Vietnam with his family.
Following his artist residency at Wan Sha Performing Arts Center in Tainan (Taiwan), Dam Van Huynh reflects on what his has learnt and discovered.
Dam Van Huynh was invited to be the first resident artist at Wan Sha Performing Arts Centre in Tainan (Taiwan) as part of a new international collaboration with Centre 151
Dam Van Huynh is interviewed by The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen ahead of the performance of Exquisite Noise at The Place.
"Exquisite Noise is less about storytelling than about collective awakening. What emerges is an onto-epistemological choreography: a sensorial experience of bodies, lights, and sounds that redefines the essence of noise as a political gesture and a deeply human ritual."
"Van Huynh’s interest in the power, freedom, strength and solidarity of protest and its ability to allow people to find their political voice, resonates with the terrifying present when democracy across the world is under threat and people’s rights and liberties are gradually being eroded."
"Van Huynh manages something quite rare here: turning very real, visceral anger into a thing of beauty. It’s a political, sweaty mess, and utterly human."
★★★
"One saw an active body in peril, one of resistance and community, and all of this represents the power of dissent when used for a valuable cause."