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Vietnam

• Michael Pearce (2005)
• Richard Jeziorny (2001)
• Duong Le Quy (1999)
• Peter Keelan (1999)
• Michael Pearce (1998)
• Mike Canfield (1997)
• Bruce Keller (1996/7)
• Kym Purling (1996)

Michael Pearce (2005), Vietnam

Michael Pearce is a theatre set and costume designer, visual artist and performer and has produced a large body of work with companies throughout Australia and internationally.  During Pearce's second Asialink residency in 2005 with the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema, he focused on teaching design for dance using three-dimensional models.  His students produced 55 set and costume projects based on a Vietnamese version of Romeo and Juliet which was exhibited as part of the Academy's 25th Anniversary.  Whilst there, Pearce was able to deepen dialogues and networks with Vietnamese artists and performers he had met from previous visits, all the while collecting drawings and photos of Vietnam for his studio work and a future Vietnam inspired exhibition.

Funded by the Australia Council.

Richard Jeziorny (2001), Vietnam

Michael Pearce is a theatre set and costume designer, visual artist and performer and has produced a large body of work with companies throughout Australia and internationally.  During Pearce's second Asialink residency in 2005 with the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema, he focused on teaching design for dance using three-dimensional models.  His students produced 55 set and costume projects based on a Vietnamese version of Romeo and Juliet which was exhibited as part of the Academy's 25th Anniversary.  Whilst there, Pearce was able to deepen dialogues and networks with Vietnamese artists and performers he had met from previous visits, all the while collecting drawings and photos of Vietnam for his studio work and a future Vietnam inspired exhibition.

Funded by the Australia Council.

Duong Le Quy (1999), Vietnam

Playwright Duong Le Quy is a recipient of degrees from Vietnam’s National Institute of Theatre and Cinema and NIDA. He has translated plays by David Williamson, Stephen Sewell and Alma De Groen into Vietnamese and was awarded the 1997 NSW Writer’s Fellowship for his play Meat Party. During his residency Le Quy worked with the Ho Chi Minh City Theatre Company on Meat Party exploring the interaction between Vietnamese body language and English text while also producing the play A Green Marigold In The Marsh by Luu Quang Vu. Meat Party won the 1999 Playbox/Asialink Asian Playwrighting Competition and was part of Playbox Theatre’s 2000 Season. Other awards include the 1999 Australia Council Literature Fellowship and a Churchill Fellowship to research traditional Vietnamese Theatre forms in 2001. 

Funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts and the Australia Council.

Peter Keelan (1999), Vietnam

Peter Keelan’s performance, direction and composition ranges from World Music through to experimental. His credits include film soundtracks, community music projects, music theatre and original recordings with instruments such as pan-flute, didgeridoo, percussion and drums. During his residency in Vietnam Keelan worked with the Hanoi Conservatory of Music to collaborate with Vietnamese composers and musicians to construct a multi-media sound sculpture as an installation at the Conservatory.

Funded by the Australia Council and Arts WA.

Michael Pearce (1998), Vietnam

Michael Pearce is a set and costume designer, visual artist and occasional performer. His designs for dance, theatre and opera include Australian Dance Theatre, Sydney Dance Co, the Australian Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theatre, Douglas Wright Co, NZ and many more. During Pearce’ four month performing arts residency he taught design at the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema assisting students to design a production of David Williamson’s Travelling North.  Upon his return, Pearce designed a cross cultural collaboration Through the Eyes of The Phoenix with the Dance theatre of Vietnam and again in 2000 of 7 new works by Vietnamese choreographers. 

Funded by Arts Victoria and the Australia Council.

Mike Canfield (1997), Vietnam

New South Wales based Artistic Director of the Australian Theatre of the Deaf, Mike Canfield split his two month residency between the Vietnamese Traditional Performing Arts Centre in Hanoi and the Hong Kong Theatre of the Deaf in 1997.

Funded by the Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts

Bruce Keller (1996/7), Vietnam

New South Wales based theatre director Bruce Keller spent three months at The Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi Theatre Schools and The Foreign Language Publishing House.

Funded by the Australia Council

Kym Purling (1996), Vietnam

The residency served as an opportunity for Kym Purling to visit Vietnam and return to his ancestral roots.  As a graduate from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz, Purling developed a relationship with the local musicians and performing arts administrators and practitioners.

Funded by the Cameron Macintosh Foundation.