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Hue to host 3rd International Dance Festival

The 3rd International Dance Festival will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from March 31 to April 5, 2020.
Hue to host 3rd International Dance Festival ảnh 1A performance by a dance troupe of the Republic of Korea at the 2nd International Dance Festival in 2017 in Ninh Binh province (Photo: dantri.com)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA)- The 3rd International Dance Festivalwill take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from March 31 toApril 5, 2020.

The festival will include solo, duet, trioand group performances in folklore, classic and modern styles.

The international works need to show theunique culture of each country and be suitable for Vietnamese culture.

The organisers encourage new performanceimbued with the national cultural identity of each territory and countrydepicting the colours of daily life.

The best performances will pick up gold andsilver medals at the festival’s closing ceremony on April 5.

The 1st International Dance Festival was heldin Hue city in 2014 as one of the main activities for the biennial HueFestival. This year, the Hue Festival will take place from April 1-6.

The 2nd International Dance Festival tookplace in the northern province of Ninh Binh in 2017 with the participation ofmore than 500 dance artists of 24 art troupes from 15 different countriesincluding China, Egypt, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, thehost Vietnam, among others.

Vietnamese artist Nguyen Van Nam from theVietnam National Opera and Ballet, together with dancers Nicole Barroso fromthe Philippines and Lu Peng from China took the Best Dancer title at thefestival.

The festival is jointly held by the Ministryof Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Performing Arts and the Vietnam DancingArtists’ Association to provide a venue for dance artists to show off theirtalents and learn from their colleagues while introducing their cultural valuesto international friends.

It also aims at introducing the uniqueidentity of dance arts from other countries to Vietnamese audiences andartists, giving them a chance to learn from their peers./.
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