Program Series on Inclusive Dance and Performance with Michael Turinsky

March 21–24, 2026
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học Street, Ba Đình District, HN

What do we mean when we talk about inclusive art? About accessibility in the arts? About the experiences of individuals and communities when a disabled body must live in a world not designed for them? Or might these conversations extend to other issues – ecology, mobility, and displacement?

To encourage diverse discussions on inclusive art in relation to contemporary issues, as well as to foster collaboration between disabled and non-disabled art practitioners, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi organizes the program series "Thiên / Địa / Thân" with Austrian choreographer Michael Turinsky, in collaboration with Kinergie Studio.

PROGRAM
WORKSHOP "BODYSCAPES" | March 21–24, 2026
1:00PM – 6:00PM daily
English with Vietnamese and sign language interpretation.

Participants:
Open to anyone interested in movement, including both disabled and non-disabled participants. No prior experience in dance or movement is required. The workshop welcomes participants who are open, willing to challenge themselves, and ready to explore new territories.

What would happen if we moved beyond conventional ways of understanding and perceiving our bodies, imagining them as mountains and valleys, rivers and trees, stones and pebbles, lakes and seas? What if the stage were not simply a stage, but a canvas where "nature" moves in harmony?

The Goethe-Institut Hanoi invites artists and movement practitioners – both disabled and non-disabled – to participate in an intensive three-day workshop exploring the relationship between body and environment or landscape.

Drawing from his own artistic practice as well as Sunaura Taylor’s recent book Disabled Ecologies, physically disabled choreographer Michael Turinsky invites participants to explore the relationship between body and landscape – both literally and metaphorically – across diverse sensory and ethical dimensions.

Through improvisational movement exercises, we will deepen sensory awareness and explore fundamental aspects of bodily engagement with the environment: breath, gravity, giving and receiving weight, vibration, and oscillation.

From these physical foundations, participants will be guided to incorporate other elements such as sign language or voice into the creation of their own movement language.

Throughout the workshop, participants will practice basic skills in live composition, ultimately working toward developing a short performance of approximately 10 minutes at the end of the workshop.

Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/6Xz1qrPyJD
Registration deadline: 11:59PM on March 9, 2026.
Applications can be submitted in text, video, or audio format.

WORKSHOP SHARING PERFORMANCE | Evening of March 23, 2026

A presentation of workshop outcomes alongside additional performances.
Detailed information on time and registration will be announced soon.

TALK | March 24, 2026, 6:30 PM

A conversation with Michael Turinsky and local artists about the potential of inclusive art in Vietnam.
Detailed information on time and registration will be announced soon.

ABOUT MICHAEL TURINSKY

Michael Turinsky lives and works in Vienna as a choreographer, performance artist, and theorist. His work explores the specific phenomenology of bodies labeled "disabled" – their particular ways of existing in the world, their relationship with temporality and rhythm, emotion and affect production, gender and sexuality, visibility and invisibility – while engaging seriously with discourses surrounding the productive tensions between politics and aesthetics.

From 1998 to 2005, he studied philosophy at the University of Vienna.

As a performer, he has collaborated with many artists including Bert Gstettner – SCargo, SolimanRevisited; TanzHotel AllInclusive; Barbara Kraus – Fuck all that shit; Legitimate Bodies/Robin Dingemans/Mick Bryson – The point at which it last made sense; and Doris Uhlich – Ravemachine.

His major choreographic works include heteronomous male (2012), My body, your pleasure (2014), as well as later works Second Skin – Turn the beat around (2016), Second Skin – Master of Ceremony (2016), and REVERBERATIONS (2018).

His collaboration with Doris Uhlich in the work Ravemachine received the Nestroy Special Award in 2017.

Michael Turinsky has lectured and conducted workshops at the universities of Linz and Salzburg, at the College Art Association in New York, at Tanzquartier Wien, and within the ImPulsTanz Festival, and has published in various journals.

ABOUT KINERGIE STUDIO

Kinergie Studio&Collective, formerly Kinergie Studio, was founded by dance artists Đỗ Hoàng Thi Ngọc and Trần Hoàng Long with the aim of bringing contemporary dance and ballet closer to the community while nurturing young artistic talent through training programs, workshops, performances, and collaborations with Vietnamese and international artists.

Kinergie believes that movement is for everyone; regardless of physical limitations, profession, or experience level – whether you have years of practice or have never stepped onto a dance floor. This belief drives the studio to organize weekly classes with specialized curricula, produce contemporary dance and ballet performances each quarter, and invite both local and international artists to conduct intensive workshops.

All these efforts are dedicated to bringing the art of movement closer to the community, nurturing emerging artistic talents, and creating a safe space where people can freely express themselves.

ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORT

We are committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can participate in cultural activities and encourage disabled artists to apply. If you require support to attend, please contact us. All accessibility-related costs will be supported.

CONTACT

Phạm Đức Minh
Email: ducminh.pham@goethe.de
Phone: (+84) 24 32004494

The program is organized by the Goethe-Institut HN in collaboration with Kinergie Studio.