Several music and dance performances will be held in
HCM City to celebrate National Theatre Day, the 12th day of the eighth
lunar month [which falls on Thursday this year].
Three famous Vietnamese cheo (traditional opera) plays will be staged in September as part of an art tour named Tieng Trong Cheo
(The Sound of Cheo Drum), d by the project Toi Xe Dich (I Move) –
a cultural media project aimed...
L''Espace will stage a cheo (traditional opera) performance entitled To
Nu Dan Ca (literally means "the young ladies sing folk songs") from 8pm
this Saturday.
A night of Vietnamese folk music featuring ca tru (ceremonial singing), cheo (popular theatre), chau van (spiritual singing) and xam (blind buskers'' singing) will take place in Ha Noi on January 6.
Eight theatres have registered to join the first Ha
Noi Theatre Festival, to be held between September 25 and October 5. The
event celebrates the 60th anniversary of Ha Noi''s liberation from the
French invaders (October 10, 1954).
Twice a week, a group of more than 20 young people gathers together to learn and practise Ly Truong Me Dop (Village Head and Mrs.Dop) – an excerpt from the famous cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) repertoire Quan Am Thi Kinh.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Ba
Ria-Vung Tau Province is drafting plans to link up professional art
troupes with travel companies as it strives to new tourism
products.
As many as 60 students at three junior high schools in the northern
province of Ninh Binh have been taught how to perform four excerpts of cheo (traditional opera) and the five ancient melodies.
Hundreds of artists from 17 cheo (traditional opera) troupes throughout
the country have flocked to the northern coastal city of Hai Phong for
the National Professional Traditional Opera Festival.
The Viet Nam Cheo (Traditional Opera) Theatre has just staged a play
that the theatre bought the copyright to from the first online play
market (www.chokich.vn).
