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Performance Festival
August 6-16, 2026
Image of Tan Vu by Sam Gaetz, image of Kim-Sanh Chau by Kimura Byol Lemoine
Wandering Talks 2
Kim-Sanh Châu and Tan Vu
Venue
The walk will start at Spadina station at 1:45pm and end up at Cộng Cà Phê (Annex - 424 Bloor St W)
Wed Aug 13, 2:00 PM
Presented by CanAsian Dance
75 Minutes
“Wandering Talks” invites a pair of Asian diasporic dance artists to be in conversation as they lead a group of people through a neighbourhood of personal significance—for example, where they live or work.
Wandering Talks is a public series that allows us to learn more about artists in a casual setting, connecting a place and people to an artist’s creative process.
Reflecting on how one’s life and art weave together and how these two perspectives sit with each other. Our identities both influence and are influenced by the places we inhabit. Each wandering talk will “emplace” each programmed artist: They will weave place, life, and art together as they explore topics of interest to them, focusing on their relationship to the land and the communities that gather there. Being in conversation with another artist adds dialogue and sociality while reflecting that we are formed and reformed through our encounters with others.
Tan Vu (he/him)
A Fulbright Fellow, Tan Vu performed in theatre, musical theatre and opera in Vietnam before moving to New York to train, under a scholarship, at the American Musical & Dramatic Academy. He immigrated to Canada in November 2019 and has since performed with the Canadian Opera Company, City Opera Vancouver, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Aluna Theatre, Cahoots Theatre, Talk Is Free Theatre, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Small World Music and musical ensembles across Canada. Tan is a member of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and ACTRA. Tan Vu is also a creator of new works that weave together musical theatre and Vietnamese folk songs, folk tales and folk games. He has received grants and awards from Toronto Arts Foundation, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts.
CHÂU Kim-Sanh (she/her)
CHÂU Kim-Sanh is a choreographer-dancer, filmmaker, and cultural worker. Her stage creations have been presented at the MAI, Tangente, l’Arsenal, l’Écart (Canada), Krossing-Over (Vietnam), Performance Curator Initiatives (Philippines), and SIDance (Korea), among others. In 2023, she collaborated as a dancer with Ariane Dessaulles, Erin Hill, and compagies Katie Ward, Carpe Diem /Emmanuel Jouthe. From 2018 to 2024, Châu was an associate artist at Equivoc’. In 2024, she founded her own company *MIDLAND* which produces her artistic work. Châu is also the artistic director at Studio 303, a creation centre supporting independent dance/performance artists.
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