The ___
Tra Mi Dinh
The ___ explores the duality and complexity of endings in a duet caught between harsh and slippery edges. Two dancers oscillate through shifting scenes that challenge the finality of “endings” and what it means for something to come to a close. In their attempts to navigate the interchanging framework that shapes each experience against the next, multiple timelines converge to show that while some endings are final, others linger.
Performer and Choreographer: Tra Mi Dinh
Performer: Claire Leske
Sound Design: Robert Downey
Read more about the 2022 Keir Choreographic Award
Read interview with Ari Tampubolon for Performance Review
Book a KCA Half Pass [Week 1] to see just 4 of the 8 KCA works (23—25 June) including:
Evaporative Body / Multiplying Body — Alan Schacher and WeiZen Ho
The ___ — Tra Mi Dinh
What’s Actually Happening — Alice Will Caroline
Wet Hard — Jenni Large
Tra Mi Dinh is a dance artist and emerging choreographer interested in movement that is surprising, absurd, rhythmic and presentational. As a dancer she’s worked with artists and companies including Lucy Guerin Inc., Chunky Move, Victoria Chiu and Michelle Heaven. Her choreography has been supported through residencies at Tasdance’s On the Island Program, Sydney Fringe’s Art in Isolation, Critical Path and March Dance. Her current choreographic curiosities lie at the “edge” of things – blurring the lines between random and deliberate, significance and insignificance. Dinh graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance).
The Keir Choreographic Award 2022 Commissions:
The Keir Choreographic Award is a partnership between Dancehouse, The Keir Foundation and the Australia Council for the Arts, with presenting partner Carriageworks.