Anh Vo
Anh Vo | |
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 Anh Vo in Brower Park, Brooklyn, June 2024. Photo by Kyle b. co. | |
| Born | 1995 (age 29–30) |
| Alma mater | Atlantic College, Brown University, New York University |
| Website | https://www.anhqvo.com |
Anh Vo (born 1995) is a dancer, choreographer, and writer based in Brooklyn, New York and born in Hanoi, Vietnam.[1] Vo's work has related to themes of conceptualizing wandering ghosts in Vietnamese metaphysics, queer performance, and decolonial engagement with ritual.[2][3]
In 2012, Vo went to United World College (UWC) Atlantic College in Wales, England, graduating in 2014. In 2014, Vo went to Brown University, for a bachelor in Performance Studies. Vo went to New York University for a Masters of Arts in Performance Studies, graduating in 2019.
Selected works and performances
[edit]- Possessed by Capital (10 June, 2025), Downtown Brooklyn (public space), Brooklyn, NY[4]
- Common Fetish (2024), as part of the Means of Production exhibition, Shisanwu Warehouse, Glendale, NY[5]
- Introjective exhibition (2024), as part of the Queer Durations symposium, Brown Arts Institute, Providence, RI
- non-binary pussy (2023), as part of the Test Pattern series, Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Yellow for Love (2022), as part of the Octopus series, Performance Space New York, New York City, NY
- BABYLIFT (2021), Target Margin Theater, Brooklyn, NY[6]
- 69 Views from the Bottom (2017), Brown University, Providence, RI
- Interbeing (2016), Production Workshop, Providence, RI
Selected publications
[edit]- “Some Hypotheses on Being Possessed: The Body as a Vessel.” TDR:The Drama Review 68, no. 3 (2024): 2-3.[7]
- “A Força Aparicional da Dança." (2023). Translated by João Dos Santos Martin. Coreia #08.
- “A Love Letter to Dance—A Sacrificial Practice.” (2022) Imagining: A Gibney Journal, Issue #9.
- “Secreting the Dreamscape of Capitalism.” (2021) Recess Art.[8]
- “Choreographing Trauma: Abstraction and Awakening in Juliana May’s Folk Incest. Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, 31(1), 84–87.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Mathews, J. Alex (February 2021). "ANH VO with J. Alex Mathews". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
- ^ Wu, Jenny (June 18, 2024). ""Means of Production" Exposes the Seams of Art and Commerce". Asian American Arts Alliance. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Nguyen, Vinh. "Cultural Labor and its Discontents" (PDF). ArtRepublik.
- ^ Philbrick, Ethan (July 2025). "Possessed by Possession". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ Thieu D'Amico, Sofia (June 26, 2024). "Means of Production". Office Magazine.
- ^ Nguyen, Benedict. "Swaying into Diasporic Voids: On Anh Vo's BABYLIFT" (PDF). Vol. #69: Remote Intimacies. The Archive. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ Vo, Anh (Fall 2024). "Some Hypotheses on Being Possessed: The Body as a Vessel". TDR: The Drama Review. 68 (3): 2–3. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Vo, Anh. "Secreting the Dreamscape of Capitalism". Recess Art. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ^ Vo, Anh (March 28, 2022). "Choreographing trauma: abstraction and awakening in Juliana May's Folk Incest". Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory. 31 (1). doi:10.1080/0740770X.2021.1985284.