Vietnam Dance Artists Association launches creative campaign to celebrate 50th anniversary of national reunification

On August 3, the Vietnam Dance Artists Association held a conference to launch creative works to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification and to select 50 outstanding dance works.

The conference was organized according to Official Dispatch No. 7901-CV/BTGTW of the Central Propaganda Department on organizing the creation and promotion of literary and artistic works with the theme "A common Vietnamese foundation"; implementing Plan 390-KH/BTGTW on implementing the plan to organize activities to summarize 50 years of Vietnamese literature and art after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).

Conference scene. (Photo: Phuong Lan)

Attending the Conference were Dr. Dinh Van Thuan - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Arts, Central Propaganda Department; Dr. People's Artist Pham Anh Phuong - President of the Vietnam Dance Artists Association, along with 25 artists including the Executive Committee of the Association, the Art Council and experts in the field of dance.

Speaking at the Conference, Dr. Dinh Van Thuan, on behalf of the Central Propaganda Department, highly appreciated the dedication of the Association's leaders and members in overcoming difficulties to focus their efforts and intelligence on the common cause of developing advanced Vietnamese dance art with strong national identity.

Over the past 50 years, Vietnamese dance has been one of the art forms with strong movements, new languages ​​and dance trends have emerged, enriching the quintessence of Vietnamese dance art. These are encouraging signs showing the efforts of the Association's leaders and all Vietnamese dance artists.

Dr. Dinh Van Thuan added: “In the coming time, we hope that the Vietnam Dance Artists Association will continue to promote the spirit of solidarity and creativity, closely following the Party's Directives and Resolutions, especially Conclusion No. 84-KL/TW dated June 21, 2024 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution No. 23-NQ/TW of the 10th Politburo on "continuing to build and develop literature and arts in the new period" in order to find ways to overcome difficulties with long-term strategic projects to achieve new achievements in the new stage".

Dr. Dinh Van Thuan, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Arts, Central Propaganda Department, spoke at the Conference. (Photo: Phuong Lan)

Expressing gratitude for the very positive comments of Dr. Dinh Van Thuan, Dr. People's Artist Pham Anh Phuong - Chairman of the Vietnam Dance Artists Association, said: “The conference is of great significance in the current period, aiming to deeply and comprehensively evaluate the Vietnamese dance art 50 years after the country's reunification; contributing to encouraging, motivating, and promoting the talents and enthusiasm of generations of Vietnamese dance artists in creating works of high ideological and artistic value, arousing patriotism, the will to be self-reliant, self-reliant, and the strength of national solidarity. From here, it contributes to raising the awareness and responsibility of artists in building and developing the country.

In order for the creative launch plan to achieve practical results, the Vietnam Dance Artists Association hopes to receive the attention and active participation of dance artists and professional art units nationwide."

Also at the Conference, leading experts in the Vietnamese dance industry discussed the criteria for selecting 50 outstanding dance works.

Dance works in the 50 years after the country's reunification must be new creations, of high quality in ideology and art; diverse in genres and forms of expression (short dances, dance poems, dance plays and dance scripts); have unique artistry, creativity and new methods of expression, and at the same time bear the author's mark; the dance language must be lively and close to the audience, in line with the breath of contemporary life.

Executive Committee of the Vietnam Dance Artists Association. (Photo: Phuong Lan)

It can be said that with the vibrant development of Vietnamese dance art today, dance has become a spiritual food for many classes of people and has become an indispensable factor in many important cultural, economic and political events of the country.

Hopefully in the coming time, the audience will have the opportunity to enjoy many great dance works with high quality in terms of ideological and artistic content and through the art of dance, help spread the good traditional values ​​of the nation to international friends everywhere.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/hoi-nghe-si-mua-viet-nam-phat-dong-sang-tac-huong-toi-ky-niem-50-nam-ngay-dat-nuoc-thong-nhat-281272.html