Dance of the Nine-Colored Deer
Artists Andrew Thomas Huang and Kyoko Takenaka collaborate on a live performance telling a tale of the afterlife and reincarnation, transformation and return.
This live performance collaboration extends Huang’s video work, The Deer of Nine Colors, bringing it into new dimensions.
The Buddhist sci-fi tale tells the story of a human spirit travelling through the afterlife to reincarnate as a wild deer.
A dreamlike experience of transformation and return, Dance of the Nine-Colored Deer explores themes of Asian mythology, animism and queer ancestral futurism.
Andrew Thomas Huang is a visual artist and film director known for his music videos for artists including Björk and FKA twigs, including the Grammy Award-nominated video for ‘Cellophane’.
Kyoko Takenaka is an anti-disciplinary visual and performance artist – a butoh dancer, collaborative curator, producer, choreographer, performer, musician and composer.
Co-produced by Onassis ONX.
Creative Intelligence is commissioned and produced by the Southbank Centre. Curated with PACT – Planetary Art Culture Technology.
Need to know
Interactive lighting design: Jay Suwen
Music: OHYUNG
Costumes: Lindsey Mortensen-Hirway
Puppet fabrication: Sarah Sitkin
Originally curated by Susie Ferrell
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Dates & times
13 Sep 2026, 4pm
Run time
30 minutes (approx)
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Free – ticket required
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