February 3-8: Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture show by Lune Production in Ho Chi Minh City

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

February 3-8: Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture show by Lune Production in Ho Chi Minh City

HANOI

PERFORMANCE

‘Lang Toi’ (My Village) by Lune Production

6pm on February 3,4,5,6,7

Hanoi Opera House

1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District,

6pm on February 8

Vietnam 'Tuong' (Classical Drama) 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, as well as rhythmic dancing, performed with distinct folk music from more than 20 musical instruments.

Ticket prices: VND 700,000- VND 1,050,000

EXHIBITION

Exhibition: “Green river, blue mountain”

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L’Espace

24 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district

You are invited to an exhibition – installation “Nuoc xanh non biec” (Green river, blue mountain) by visual artist Le Giang, the winner of the resident artist program “Tuong ho” Villa Saigon 2019.

The exhibition is an attempt by the Hanoi-based artist to identify painful obstacles in dealing with a region of conflicting memories, as well as the need to face the myths about Indochina in the current Vietnam context.

Exhibition “The Foliage 3”

December 20, 2019 – February 23, 2020 (Tuesday – Sunday), 10 am – 8 pm

Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA)

B1 – R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City

72A Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District

The exhibition brings together young and talented Vietnamese and international artists: Quynh Lam, Phan Ah, Nguyen Van Du, Nguyen Dinh Phuong, Luong Trinh and Tristan Jalleh (Australia), the duo Caleb Stein & Andrea Orejarena (Colombia).

Continuing to support diverse creative activities, “Foliage 3” introduces the public to more than 50 artworks of various art languages: painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation and concept, a daring experiment in medium and expressions of promising artists.

HO CHI MINH CITY

PERFORMANCE

Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture

6pm on February 6,7,8

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: VND700,000 - VND1,150,000