Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The Krossing Over Arts Festival (KOAF) will feature a series of interdisciplinary and collaborative performances along with a plethora of artist talks, dance workshops, and international film screenings on April 16-22 in HCM City. In its second edition, the festival will offer art lovers an exciting week-long programme on the theme “Home, City and Architecture”. The site-specific works presented at this year’s festival examine the intimate relationship between people and their ever-evolving surroundings. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s classic novel Invisible Cities, KOAF’s artists view themselves as “travellers” sharing stories of the cities they know or have been to from their own perspectives, using different methods of expression. Together these performances unveil different facades of HCM City, which invoke a conversation between these travellers and their audience about the degree of disconnection from the … [Read more...] about Arts festival brings performance to new spaces
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European Art of Living exhibition to open in May
A representative of EuroSphere – European Art of Living speaks at a press conference. — VNS Photo Van Chau The 2nd EuroSphere - European Art of Living exhibition will open on May 18 at the White Palace Convention Center in HCM City’s Phu Nhuan District. EuroSphere is the only premium exhibition of its king in Viet Nam and the region. The three-day event features 150 exclusive European brands in fashion and accessories, gourmet food and beverages, perfumery and cosmetics, interior design and automotive goods. The highlights of EuroSphere include the presentation of the EU delegation to Viet Nam about the recently signed EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, and a conference on fashion and the luxury headed by Donald Potard, chairman of the fashion department at the Paris College of the Art. The organizer expects around 650 meetings between European businesses and local partners. Organised by the EU-Vietnam Business Network, Eurosphere is expected to attract around 4,500 … [Read more...] about European Art of Living exhibition to open in May
Fine art composition camp launched in Vinh Phuc
(Photo for illustration) The camp saw the participation of 15 painters. The outstanding works will be selected to be honored with the Fine Arts Awards of the Ministry of National Defense and at the "Armed Forces and Revolutionary War" exhibition in 2019. The camp aims to foster and create an opportunity to exchange creative activities among generations of artists and promote the creation of cultural, literary and fine art works on the themes of the armed forces and the revolutionary war of the country. Translated by Lam Anh … [Read more...] about Fine art composition camp launched in Vinh Phuc
Art project preserves folk singing in southern region
A project to preserve “dien xuong” (singing and talking), a folk singing genre which originated in Vietnam’s southern region, will be launched this week in Ho Chi Minh City. Dien xuong, a folk singing genre of the southern region, is still performed by State-owned traditional art troupes in the area - Photo: ngheanvannghe.vn “Dien Xuong Nam Bo” (Folk Singing Genre of the Southern Region) is organized by the Soul Music and Performing Arts Academy’s Soul Live Project, a long-term cultural program that aims to expand Vietnamese traditional music and theatre. The project includes a series of performances, talk shows and seminars featuring the history of “dien xuong”, including folk songs, dances and plays of different styles created and performed by southern farmers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Theo VNA … [Read more...] about Art project preserves folk singing in southern region
New art project preserves folk singing of South
Diễn xướng, a folk singing genre of the southern region, is still performed by State-owned traditional art troupes in the area. — Photo ngheanvannghe.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — A project to preserve diễn xướng (singing and talking), a folk singing genre which originated in the country’s southern region, will launch this week in HCM City. Diễn Xướng Nam Bộ (Folk Singing Genre of the Southern Region) is organised by the Soul Music and Performing Arts Academy’s Soul Live Project, a long-term cultural programme that aims to expand Vietnamese traditional music and theatre. The project includes a series of performances, talk shows and seminars featuring the history of diễn xướng, including folk songs, dances and plays of different styles created and performed by southern farmers in the 18th and 19th centuries. The project has received … [Read more...] about New art project preserves folk singing of South