Foreign and domestic tourists to the former imperial city of Hue from June 3-11 will have a chance to view various performance art, street art and installation art-suspension gymnastics fusion shows by artists from Britain, France, Japan and Russia.
On June 4, 5 and 7, British dancer Matilda Leyser will bring to Hue Festival goers a show entitled "Life passage and death point," telling a story of a conversation between a woman and a rope, her lifetime companion.
British artists will also present the very special street art of their home country. They will make use of over 200m of sidewalk along the southern banks of Huong (Perfume) River to stage music shows and contemporary dances, displaying road graffiti, human statues and object arrangements by Vietnamese and British artists.
Meanwhile, a French art troupe plans to perform the drama "Circle of sand," which is a fusion of Vietnamese classical drama (Tuong) and contemporary theatrical art of France.
"Peter Orins," a joint music show by Vietnamese and French artists, will entertain music lovers with a combination of American and European free Jazz music and traditional court music of Hue.
Particularly anticipated is a performance of installation art combined with dancing by French sculptor Remy Polack from Poitou Charentes region. The show is expected to enthrall viewers with images of a get-together between humans and animals staged against the backdrop of an open, spacious area in the Imperial Palace of Hue City.
Russian artists will contribute to various shows during this year's festival with special folk dances of Russia and the Far Eastern region. Noteworthy among art shows will be performances of a unique type of art by the Chinese Yunnan Theatre which combines drama, singing, dancing and martial arts into one.
(Source: VNA)
