A contemporary dance featuring hearingimpaired dancers from the Together Higher dance troupe will perform thedebut of Sigh Memory in Hanoi on Dec. 18.

Sigh Memory tells the story about man and memory. It begins with a manlooking into his past to confirm he exists in the present. But thememory he finds does not belong to him. It has a life of its own, andit doesn’t need him.

The show was put together by Le Vu Long, hailed as Vietnam’s firstindependent contemporary choreographer. In 2002 he established thedance company Together Higher for the deaf people.

In 2007, he became director of the UNESCO centre for cultural and sportdevelopment to support and organise cultural and sporting activities.Long’s works have been presented in Japan, Italy, the US, Thailandand Cambodia.

The Together Higher group has also participated in several artfestivals including the Hue, Bangkok, and Constate Combiamento; andconducted extensive workshop and training programmes and fund-raisingthrough their performances.

Together Higher uses the natural movement of the body to investigatethe interaction between people. By exploring the rhythm of the body,Together Higher forges a choreographic world full of emotional rangeand power that examines the miracle of human potential.

Funded by the Ford Foundation and the Culture Exchange Development Fundof Denmark, the Sigh Memory is a result of a four-month project.

“Eight workshops were held over a weekend with a view to bring the artof contemporary dance to the public,” said Luu Thu Lan, co-founder ofTogether Higher.

Training courses were also organised with the participation of different gro🔥ups of audiences.

The one hour-dance will be performed by 10 amateur dancers including six males and four females./.