KLISELAMEF

Choreography & Art direction | Nguyễn Tấn Lộc
Dancers | Chika Tatsumi, Trần Vân Thịnh
Vũ Minh Thư, Lê Thị Phương, Phạm Thị Hoài An
Music | Tôn Thất An
Costumes | Kiều Việt Liên

Premiere at the Salerno Danza Festival ad Ascea in Italy, August 2023.
Subsequent performances:
Umbria Danza Festival in Perugia, Italy (August 2023).
Arko Art Theater, Grand Theater, 29th Changmu International Art Festival, South Korea (August 2023)

After a six-year hiatus from contemporary dance, Tôn Thất An’s new stage work is KLISELAMEF (Female Silk) a dance piece choreographed by Nguyễn Tấn Lộc for his Saigon based company Arabesque. Tôn Thất An wrote the music especially for dancer Tatsumi Chika, a beautiful dancer and mesmerising performer, for whom he had previously composed the music of her dance duet Seeking in 2015.
KLISELAMEF finds its inspiration in the figure of the Vietnamese woman, her resilience and her strength behind her frail appearance.

Listen to the music (click on thumbnail to open):