13 art units participate in the 2024 National Music and Dance Festival

On September 1, news from the Department of Performing Arts said that the first phase of the National Music and Dance Festival will take place from September 7 to 16 at the Vinh Phuc Provincial Art Theater.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism assigned the Department of Performing Arts to preside over and coordinate with the Vietnam Musicians' Association, the Vietnam Dance Artists' Association, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vinh Phuc province, the Vinh Phuc Provincial Art Theater and relevant agencies and units to organize the Festival.

The first National Music and Dance Festival in 2021 was held in Hai Phong City. Photo: Department of Performing Arts

The first phase of the 2024 National Music and Dance Festival has the participation of nearly 1,000 artists from 13 units. These are professional music and dance art units; music and dance art units of the armed forces; symphony, music, and ballet art units inside and outside the public sector nationwide.

Each unit participates in the Festival with one program or play lasting from 60 to 110 minutes, with a variety of music and dance forms; Western art forms such as: symphony, musical, ballet, oratorio, Broadway, opera...

The Organizing Committee requires that the programs, performances, and plays participating in the Festival have clear themes and content; praise the country and people of Vietnam; not go against the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws; encourage the development of programs and works bearing the cultural identity of ethnic groups, regions, and areas, demonstrating the richness and diversity of art.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will award Gold and Silver Medals to outstanding programs, plays, performances and roles.

The National Professional Music and Dance Festival is an opportunity for cultural management agencies and leaders of art units to discover young talents, from which to have appropriate training and development plans.

This is also a big "playground" for artists and artistic talents to freely create, innovate, and diversify performance forms, bearing regional imprints as well as personal styles.

The 2nd phase of the 2024 National Music and Dance Festival is expected to take place at the end of September 2024, at the Binh Duong Provincial Convention Center.

Khanh Ngoc

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/13-don-vi-nghe-thuat-tham-gia-lien-hoan-ca-mua-nhac-toan-quoc-2024-post310185.html