Love Tenderly is based on Tony Tran's own upbringing as a gay boy in Norway, in a Catholic family with a Vietnamese background. Through dance, sound and light, his experiences are made visible: desires and scars from prejudice and racism, and traumas that have accumulated over generations. The performance highlights both the psychological and social consequences - but also the liberation that gives the power to ask the big questions: Who am I? And if I am, how many?

The performance explores identity, belonging and self-understanding, and allows the audience to get close to an artist who uses the body as a tool to share experiences with universal resonance.

Contributing teams:

• Choreography, performer and concept: Tony Tran
• Co-creative dancer: Benjamin Windborg Larsen
• Dramaturg: Thomas Schaupp
• Musicians: Espen Reinertsen
• Set design and costumes: Shiva Sherveh
• Light: Yasin Gyltepe
• Outer eye: Loan Ha, Linh Le
• Artistic advisor: Ngo Thanh Phuong
• Creative producer/videographer: Andreas Daugstad Leonardsen

Co-production: Sprang, BIT Teatergarasjen, Kloden Teater
Supported by: Arts Council Norway, FLB, Nordic Culture Fund, Nordic Culture Point, Scenekunstbruket, Norwegian Embassy in Denmark, Buskerud County Council.

World premiere: 25 October 2025 at Suialaa Arts Festival, Greenland.