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The National Festival of theatrical Excerpts 2023 in Ha Nam has just ended with mixed joys and sorrows.
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| National Festival of Good Stage Excerpts 2023. Photo: VNA |
As Mr. Nguyen Dang Chuong, Vice President of Vietnam Association of Theater Artists, commented, the excerpts are not a complete picture depicting the face of Vietnamese theater art in the integration period, but they are enough factors to recognize and evaluate the stage art is standing in front of the requirements of social life and the people's need to enjoy art.
106 excerpts from cheo, tuong, cai luong, folk drama, drama, and circus with the participation of actors from 33 art units have brought to the public and the profession a rich and colorful artistic "party" sharp. With 85/106 excerpts belonging to traditional theater art forms, it shows that, in conditions of too many difficult challenges, national theater artists still aspire to be creative and try to overcome themselves. In order to maintain the profession, to pass on and continue the achievements that many generations of seniors have created with their whole lives. However, besides the excerpts made seriously, showing a sense of responsibility, reflecting directly or using the old story to tell the present, in order to cover many aspects of society and people... there are still excerpts " out of place”, exaggerated to the point of absurdity, showing amateurism in staging as well as in performance.
Every contest will have its good and bad, but besides the signs of "falling down" of some units, the most worrying thing is the appearance of signs of loss in quantity and quality in the cast team. Many old, clichéd excerpts repeat themselves, turning the artist into a "performer" on the stage. In a professional playground, there are quite a few cheo excerpts that are considered as drama, some excerpts use crude, vulgar language... And again, the chorus "rushed to the exam and then hurriedly turned around. about” makes the purpose of learning and exchange incomplete.
After the festival was over, decluttering, opening up, the art council also selected and awarded many medals and rewarded worthy works of high artistic quality. However, if only the professional had better material and spiritual conditions to focus on art, the theater lover would probably have less regrets.
