Contemporary performance «BEAUTY, STILL»

   Contemporary life moves fast, and this show asks the audience to slow down and read culture through the body instead of words. «BEAUTY, STILL» brings dance, music and a wider vocabulary of contemporary performance into the raw, unfinished-looking space of Saigon Art Hub.

   The programme is staged jointly by Arabesque Vietnam Dance Company, STORII and Ben Thanh Theatre, and leans into experimental work — where Eastern artistic material meets Western movement language and the two talk to each other on stage. It isn't built as a linear story: it's a sequence of moving images that each viewer is free to read their own way.

   It suits regular contemporary-art audiences as much as anyone simply curious how Vietnamese dance can tell a story outside tradition. Three performances over two nights — 20:00 on 26 September, then 16:00 and 20:00 on 27 September — leave room to pick whichever slot fits your evening.

   Tickets are e-tickets sold only through official Ticketbox channels, non-refundable, with seats assigned by the system based on availability at the time of purchase — book early for a seat closer to the stage.

   If contemporary dance still sounds like something that happens elsewhere, «BEAUTY, STILL» is the chance to test that in Ho Chi Minh City.