Piece for 18 Performers
Duration: 20min
Premiered on 18 November 2016 at HKAPA Lyric Theatre – Hong Kong
Choreography: Dam Van Huynh
Music: Martyna Poznańska
Lighting: Alice Kwong
Costume Designer: Stacy Ip Wing-kwan
Set Designer: Stephanie Lee
Performed by: HKAPA Ensemble
Under this weight is part of Dam Van Huynh’s series of works in which he explores the many facets of the self: the physical form and the fragile self, stripped of inhibitions. This piece sees a shift in the artist’s choreographic language delving into universally shared themes on the human condition. Under this weight exposes human reactions when under pressure through expressionistic gestures and emotional form, be it a mental or physical pressure: endurance, resistance, surrender. The work displays a continuous shift between equal forces creating an intense and surreal atmosphere.
Commissioned by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Previous dates:
18-19 November 2016 – HKAPA Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong
9-10 February 2017 – The Place Theatre, London, UK
13 June 2017 – The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, UK
25 August 2017 – G.D. Birla Sabhagar, Kolkata, India
8-11 November 2018 – Boston Conservatory Theater, USA
9, 10, 16 November 2018 – Booker T. Washington HSPVA, USA
Under This Weight (Duet)
24 August 2017 – G.D. Birla Sabhagar, Kolkata, India
14 November 2017, Teatro OCampo, Festival Morelos Tierra de Encuentro, Cuernavaca, Mexico
15 November 2017 – Teatro Complejo Cultural BUAP, Festival Morelos Tierra de Encuentro, Puebla, Mexico
19 November 2017 – Centro Cultural Teopanzolco, Festival Morelos Tierra de Encuentro, Cuernavaca, Mexico
27 September 2018 – Shanghai Magnolia Theatre, Dance Stages Festival, China