The ballet "Kieu" staged by the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera has just been honored with the A prize of the 2023 City Creativity Award. The Creativity Award is an award considered and awarded by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to organizations and individuals with creative projects, solutions, works, and topics that contribute to the city's development.
A representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Creative Awards Council 2023 commented: "The ballet "Kieu" not only ensures the artistic value and content of the work "Truyen Kieu" but also achieves high economic efficiency and promotion. Every performance at the City Theater is sold out. Many audiences, including many foreign tourists, who want to see it have to book tickets a month in advance. "Kieu" is also a creative combination of contemporary dance art and traditional national dance, creating a beautiful picture of a cultural poetry work of the Vietnamese people".
"The Tale of Kieu" by the great poet Nguyen Du is a monumental masterpiece of language (with 3,254 six-eight verses). According to insiders, this is the first time "The Tale of Kieu" has been performed in the language of ballet, but master - choreographer Tuyet Minh did not disappoint the audience. She painted a space imbued with poetry, lyricism and full of characters: Thuy Kieu, Dam Tien, Kim Trong, So Khanh, Thuc Sinh, Hoan Thu, Tu Hai, monk Giac Duyen... The audience was satisfied and delighted when they experienced "joy, anger, love, hate" with the language of dance in the ballet "Kieu".
A scene from the ballet “Kieu”. Photo: HO CHI MINH CITY BALL AND SYMPHONY THEATER
"When choosing ballet to tell the story of Kieu, female actors must perform in hard-toed shoes, and male actors must demonstrate the basic techniques of European classical dance. On the other hand, to express the Vietnamese soul and portray typical character traits, actors must be imbued with Eastern culture, the character, spirit and cultural identity of the Vietnamese people" - choreographer Tuyet Minh emphasized.
Many experts have highly appreciated the ballet "Kieu". With 15 performances, "Kieu" has combined ballet and hologram effects very impressively. Many performances used live music, creating a great effect when describing the depth of the characters' moods.
From 2003-2004, when she began staging ballets such as "Carmen" and "Don Quixote", choreographer Tuyet Minh cherished the idea of performing plays with Vietnamese identity. In 2014, after her contemporary dance "Con tao xoay" was highly appreciated by experts and warmly received by the public, she was determined to decode "Truyen Kieu" in the language of ballet.
Choreographer Tuyet Minh was moved: "Up to now, the ballet "Kieu" has been introduced, performed and received by the audience. It is wonderful that "Kieu" has received the Ho Chi Minh City Creative Award 2023. This is an honor, because the artistic work of the entire crew has been recognized."
Choreographer Tuyet Minh said her upcoming goal is to bring the ballet "Kieu" to perform nationwide and abroad.
“Foreign audiences are already familiar with the grandeur and elegance of classic ballets. However, they are still captivated by “Kieu”, a purely Vietnamese ballet, through a unique combination of contemporary dance and traditional national dance,” said Mr. Le Nguyen Hieu, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Dance Artists Association.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/van-nghe/vo-ballet-kieu-duoc-vinh-danh-20230910200358286.htm
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