The 8th Ho Chi Minh City Open Dance Festival - 2024 has just officially closed with the opening performance and award ceremony taking place on the evening of October 21, at the Ho Chi Minh City Army Theater.
Experts highly appreciate the work "Phận ngọc", the A prize of the 8th Ho Chi Minh City Open Dance Festival - 2024, expressing the hearts of the dancers in protecting the precious heritage of the nation.
This proves a new face of dance art in Ho Chi Minh City when going into cultural depth, exploiting the concerns about fate, human life and the life pressures of artisans and artists in the face of many changes.
The dance performance "Phan Ngoc" won the A prize at the 8th Ho Chi Minh City Open Dance Festival - 2024. Photo: THUY TRANG
The 8th Ho Chi Minh City Open Dance Festival - 2024 organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Dance Artists Association (taking place from October 18 to 21) has created a wide spread, continuing the success of the 7 previous festivals held in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2020 and 2022.
Assessing the quality of the festival, Dr. - People's Artist Ha The Dung - Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh City Dance Artists Association, Chairman of the festival's Jury - said that the number of works participating this time did not increase compared to previous festivals, but the quality of many works gave the festival a new look.
The creative team is gathered, the participating actors are professional, the entries all have practical themes, and the regional colors are quite clear.
In addition, the layout, stage design, appropriate costumes, tight investment in content ideas, the structure of the song closely following the theme along with the skillful choice of music brought many emotions to the audience.
In addition to traditional and ethnic folk dance, contemporary dance is still widely used by authors.
However, there are still some signs of lack of professional skills in stage techniques; connecting content, coordinating dance according to ideas. Many works are still performed in a rut, not daring to eliminate thoughts, safety...
According to the organizers, with the theme "HCMC - 50 years of proud heroic epic", this festival is also an opportunity for artists of the City Dance Artists Association to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025) and carry out the construction of "Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space" as set forth in the Resolution of the 11th Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress (2020-2025).
The festival also aims to create an environment to reveal and develop the talents of actors and choreographers; an opportunity to exchange, learn, improve skills, improve the quality of artistic services, and meet the increasing enjoyment needs of the public.
As a result of the festival, the organizers awarded 42 prizes, including 13 prizes for works and 29 prizes for actors. The total prize value is over 600 million VND.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/nghe-thuat-mua-tp-hcm-tao-dau-an-voi-dien-mao-moi-196241022203627734.htm
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