It was a canoe outing gone wrong when a speedboat crashed into choreographer Raymond Liew Jin Pin, its propeller slicing through muscle and sinew. He survived, but dancing was out of the question. He had to undergo more than 10 reconstructive surgeries and could barely walk.

But the Hamburg, Germany-based Malaysian dancer/choreographer eventually got back on his feet, sharing his journey of recovery with Dear Raymond, a solo performance, and a Polaroid installation called Dear Butt, which premiered in Germany in 2015.