You are warmly invited to join an open dialogue space where we can challenge conventional norms in dance and performance art.

The talk BEAUTY OF IRREGULARITY is not only a conversation, but also a journey to redefine the beauty of the human body through an unlimited language of movement.

The program will present, for the first time, excerpts from the work “Precarious Moves”, an outstanding dance/performance piece that has gained international critical recognition and received the prestigious Nestroy Prize for Best Off-Production in 2021.

Guests:

• Artist and theorist Michael Turinsky: Bringing profound insights into the intersection between the uniqueness of the body, the beauty of irregularity, and artistic practice.
• Producer Anna Gräsel: The driving force behind inspiring inclusive art projects.
• Master Nguyễn Văn Cử: An expert with 20 years of experience in promoting the potential and inclusion of people with disabilities in Vietnam.
• Interdisciplinary artist Đức Hạnh will moderate the discussion.

Time: Monday, March 30, 2026 at 7:00PM (guest reception from 6:30PM)
Location: Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Deutsches Haus, 33 Lê Duẩn, Saigon Ward, HCMC.

Participants:
The talk is suitable for art practitioners, social activists, people with disabilities, and anyone interested in inclusive art and the diverse beauty of humanity.

Accessibility:

• The venue meets accessibility standards (elevator, accessible restrooms, wheelchair ramps).
• Volunteers with professional experience supporting people with different disabilities will be present.
• Participants with disabilities whose registrations are accepted will receive transportation support.

Registration (free): https://forms.office.com/e/e45k5zu5LR
Registration deadline: 11:55AM on March 26, 2026.

About the Speakers

MICHAEL TURINSKY
Artist and theorist

Michael Turinsky is an artist and theorist living and working in Vienna (Austria) and is physically disabled. His practice lies at the intersection of contemporary dance, performance art, disability studies, as well as political and aesthetic theory.

Academically trained as a philosopher at the University of Vienna, Michael began working in inclusive dance in 2006. Later, he critically examined the very concept of “inclusion” and proposed his own term, “crip choreography”, to describe his unique artistic practice: an approach that engages with the materiality of the body, which is distinctive and resistant, through processes of overturning, deconstructing, and reorganizing dominant forms of movement.

Known for his distinctive aesthetic language, ironic references to popular culture, musical qualities in his works, and intellectual rigor, Michael’s major choreographic works include:

Heteronomous male (2012), My body, your pleasure (2014), Reverberations (2018), Precarious Moves (2021), SOILED (2022).

His solo piece “Precarious Moves” received the prestigious Nestroy Prize for Best Off-Production in 2021.

In 2024, Michael Turinsky was honored as an “Outstanding Artist” by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts and Culture.

Website: michaelturinsky.org

ANNA GRÄSEL
Producer and international tour manager

Anna Gräsel, born in East Germany, studied creative writing and has published works in several literary anthologies and magazines. She has also worked as a dramaturg for independent theatre projects.

Since 2020, she has worked as a producer and international tour manager, primarily in dance and performance art, and has served as head of production for several inclusive theatre festivals in Germany. She currently lives in Vienna.

MASTER NGUYỄN VĂN CỬ
Director of the social enterprise Đời Rất Đẹp – DrD Vietnam

With more than 20 years of experience, Nguyễn Văn Cử has led and developed strategic solutions to empower people with disabilities and collaborate with partners to promote inclusive and sustainable development.

As a person with a disability, he brings a practical and empathetic perspective on the barriers that people with disabilities in Vietnam face every day. He holds a Master of Business Administration and serves as a corporate trainer, a member of the Management Board of the Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Fund (HPDF), and a member of the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Protection of Children (HCWA).

He actively uses his knowledge and dedication to advise and collaborate with businesses, educational institutions, local partners, and other stakeholders. Through training and consulting on diversity, inclusion, reasonable accommodation, and accessible environments, he contributes to promoting an inclusive society that respects diversity and supports sustainable development.

LÊ THỊ ĐỨC HẠNH
Interdisciplinary artist (discussion moderator)

Lê Thị Đức Hạnh is an artist based in Ho Chi Minh City. Since 2019, she has worked deeply with movement and the body. Her artistic approach emerges from graphic design practice and a background in psychotherapy, combined with experimental projects that have shaped her perspective on movement, emotion, and spirit.

From 2023 to 2024, Hạnh received a scholarship to study Creative Dance using the Mettler method in Arizona. She sees the potential for recovery, identity reconstruction, and co-creation through organic movement.

The projects she participates in stem from personal expression within contexts of internal migration and global integration. Her practice views the body as a vessel of consciousness, using movement as a reflective tool and a way to question society.

In 2025, after graduating in Psychology, she continues her academic path, researching performance art as a critical practice and applying dance and movement to social development.

During this visit, Michael Turinsky will meet audiences and artists in Vietnam through workshops and talks in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City initiated by the Goethe-Institut.

Activities in Ho Chi Minh City are organized through collaboration between the Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City and the social enterprise Đời Rất Đẹp (DrD Vietnam), with support from EMASI Nam Long.

For inquiries about the program, please contact: thanhtoan.doan@goethe.de

Cover photo: Performance “Precarious Moves” by Michael Turinsky, photo by Loizen Bauer.