September 9 -15: Art Project “Love for Mother Earth” in Hanoi

HANOI

PERFORMANCE

‘Lang Toi’ (My Village) by Lune Production

6pm, September 15

Vietnam Tuong Theatre

51A Duong Thanh Street, Hoan Kiem district

Lang Toi (My Village) is a delicate merge of tradition and innovation, where the poetic beauty of Northern Vietnam’s village life is presented through a new cirque approach.

Farming, building activities, traditional games, and the lifestyle of the Northern villagers are recreated through ancestral bamboo props, breath-taking cirque and acrobatics performances, and rhythmic dance, to distinct folk music from more than 20 musical instruments.

Ticket prices: VND700,000- VND1,050,000

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “Streets vendors and street cries of Hanoi”

Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace
24 Trang Tien Str, Hanoi

The exhibition presents a collection of sketches, drawings and watercolor paintings created by fifteen students from Indochina College of Fine Arts (now Vietnam University of Fine Arts) and their teacher – Ferdinand de Fénis. They skillfully sketched the small world of street vendors who criss-crossed the streets of the capital city, beginning their day from dawn, with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, sweets and dishes to offer.

A beautiful combination of old-fashioned photos, sound effects and graceful drawings that fill the air with nostalgia

Free entry

Art Project “Love for Mother Earth”

Lotte Department Store
1st to 6th floor, Lotte Center Hanoi
54 Lieu Giai, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi

This project is created in collaboration with young artist Ly Vu on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Lotte Department Store Vietnam, with the hope to bring to the public a unique experience, a harmonious connection with dear Mother Nature.

Through the beauty of visual arts, the project hopes to convey to customers the peaceful yet earnest love for nature with the image of gentle Mother Nature with the sky, trees, flowers, animals. Liberating strokes and a vibrant palette create the pristine beauty of nature right at the space of Lotte Department Store, appearing on gift sets and expressing gratitude towards what Mother Nature has given us human.

Exhibition “Turning into Butterflies”

Korean Cultural Center (KCC)

49 Nguyen Du street, Hai Ba Trung district

“Turning into Butterflies” is made up of installation works created with approximately 1,300 paper butterflies of nearly 1,300 children and young people including those with disabilities around the world – from the Republic of Korea (RoK), the US, to Africa, Indonesia, Europe; about 100 artworks of disabled and autistic students from Vietnam’s Binh Minh Special School; and nearly 20 artworks by Ahn Yun Mo and 5 RoK artists with disabilities.

The exhibition is part of the project “Turning into Butterflies” initiated worldwide since 2013 by RoK artist Ahn Yun Mo with disabled children and young people. Through the project, Ahn Yun Mo hopes that we – people who live in this world, can overcome all barriers of skin colours and languages, break the gap between people with disabilities and those without, creating new progress in promoting the fundamental role of art of bringing people closer together.

HO CHI MINH CITY

PERFORMANCE

Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture

6pm on September 10,13 and 15

Ho Chi Minh City Opera House

7 Cong Truong Lam Son, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1

‘Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture features a vibrant display of circus arts, aerial acrobatics, and tribal music within an hour-long performance.

The show highlights the lives of tribal families from the southwest highlands of Vietnam, using UNESCO-listed percussion instruments, such as Vietnamese gongs and buffalo horns, as well as vibrant costumes, and a stunning bamboo cirque depicting various landscapes and creatures from tribal folklores.

Price range: VND630,000 - VND1,470,000

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “Dancing with Cherry Blossoms”