Postcards from Vietnam
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In Postcards from Vietnam, Raimund Hoghe continues his collaboration with two exceptional dance personalities: Ji Hye Chung, with whom he worked for the first time in La Valse [The Waltz], in 2016, and Takashi Ueno, with whom he has created several pieces since 2010, including La Valse, Cantatas and Pas de Deux, which they recently performed in Singapore. A few years back, Raimund Hoghe discovered postcards from Vietnam depicting people and landscapes at a street vendor's stall in Paris. They seem very fragile and were produced in a country that Raimund Hoghe, like many others, has been associating with the Vietnam War since the 1960s. In his new piece, these postcards act as signifiers. They are mementos and projection foils and refer to history, its fugacity, but also to departure. The postcards reminisce at the same time about the longing for another life. Wenn keiner singt, ist es still [It is silent when nobody sings] is the title of Raimund Hoghe's new publication. As with all of his plays, music plays a central role here. Raimund interweaves protest 1960s songs with arias by Bach and Handel.
