The first ever series featuring the musical heritage of Vietnam's ethnicgroups will kick off on March 21 night, according to Hoang Xuan Binh,head of the Ethnic Music and Dance Troupe of the Vietnam Music and DanceTheatre.
The first show at Au Co Theatre, in Hanoi's Huynh ThucKhang Street will feature around 50 artists from the theatre and willlast 90 minutes.
"We plan to perform such a show regularly togradually introduce the music forms and dances of Vietnam's 54 ethnicgroups," Binh the English language daily told Vietnam News.
Thesame shows will be available at State conferences, official receptionsof the government and foreign affairs agencies, he said.
Binhfurther said that the theatre would invite ethnic music artisans andresearchers to perform and to help stage music items. At the first show,People's Artist Xuan Hoach has been invited to work as an artconsultant in hat xam (ballads once sung by wandering blind musicians)and hat van (northern traditional folk art combining singing anddancing). He will also perform as a xam singer and as an instrumentplayer in a ca tru (ceremonial singing) item.
Musician LuongNguyen has helped stage a hat xoan (another form of northern folksinging) and artist Van Chien from the northern province of Ha Giang hashelped stage hat luon and hat coi (folk singing of some ethnic groupsin northern mountainous region).
"I hope with the help of artisans and researchers, the show closely follow the original folk ways of singing," Binh said.
Hefurther said that artists in the theatre were not that familiar withthe folk singing and dances of all the ethnic groups in the country, butwith the cooperation of local artisans and researchers, the artistswould be able to do the show.
The theatre will be subsidised by the culture ministry and sell tickets, besides issuing invitations.
Tickets for the show can be obtained at the theatre's ticket booth at 8 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Hanoi./.
The first show at Au Co Theatre, in Hanoi's Huynh ThucKhang Street will feature around 50 artists from the theatre and willlast 90 minutes.
"We plan to perform such a show regularly togradually introduce the music forms and dances of Vietnam's 54 ethnicgroups," Binh the English language daily told Vietnam News.
Thesame shows will be available at State conferences, official receptionsof the government and foreign affairs agencies, he said.
Binhfurther said that the theatre would invite ethnic music artisans andresearchers to perform and to help stage music items. At the first show,People's Artist Xuan Hoach has been invited to work as an artconsultant in hat xam (ballads once sung by wandering blind musicians)and hat van (northern traditional folk art combining singing anddancing). He will also perform as a xam singer and as an instrumentplayer in a ca tru (ceremonial singing) item.
Musician LuongNguyen has helped stage a hat xoan (another form of northern folksinging) and artist Van Chien from the northern province of Ha Giang hashelped stage hat luon and hat coi (folk singing of some ethnic groupsin northern mountainous region).
"I hope with the help of artisans and researchers, the show closely follow the original folk ways of singing," Binh said.
Hefurther said that artists in the theatre were not that familiar withthe folk singing and dances of all the ethnic groups in the country, butwith the cooperation of local artisans and researchers, the artistswould be able to do the show.
The theatre will be subsidised by the culture ministry and sell tickets, besides issuing invitations.
Tickets for the show can be obtained at the theatre's ticket booth at 8 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Hanoi./.
