The joy of highland children is running and playing with friends. Documentary photo: Phan Tuan Anh/ VNA
This year's drama season, plays inspired by folk tales are exploited and performed by many art units.
Folk drama flourishes
People's Artist Tong Toan Thang, Director of the Vietnam Circus Federation, said that to celebrate the International Children's Day June 1 and the summer of 6, the Vietnam Circus Federation has staged and launched the play "Tam Cam" - Bang bang bang bang. This is the first time that the fairy tale Tam Cam has been exploited and performed on the circus stage. With 2023 unique, monumental, dramatic, and attractive scenes, the circus play "Tam Cam - Bong Bong bang bang" has a bold theatrical character, combined with circus language in recreating the fairy scenes in the movie. Vietnamese fairy tales, creating special artistic effects. The director uses music close to children, landscapes, colorful lights, mixed in with funny animal circus acts, human circus flying in the air, magic of Mr. Buddha, etc. attractive, highly entertaining performances, leading the audience, especially children, to mingle with the familiar fairy tale, bringing many emotions and deep impressions.
In the summer of 2023, the Vietnam Puppet Theater brings to the audience the puppet play "Fairy World", inspired by the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". From the perspective of the language of puppetry, the play tells the story of Snow White's journey through many difficulties to escape from her cruel stepmother. During that journey, Snow White was helped by many people, including the housekeeper and especially the seven dwarfs. In the end, Snow White was able to live a free, happy life and forgave her stepmother.
“Wonderland” is a unique program, combining land puppetry and water puppetry. In a space filled with fairy colors, with cleverly handled lighting effects, the audience is immersed in a fantasy fairy world with thrilling, stylized, and fascinating changes. brings viewers, especially young audiences, joyful laughter, delicate humanistic lessons about humanity and deep friendship.
The Youth Theater welcomes the International Children's Day June 1 and the summer of 6 with a series of new and exciting artistic experiences in the project "Summer of love 2023", with two newly released plays: "Dream of Mane" and "The Cat that Teaches the Seagulls to Fly".
In it, the musical "Bom's Dream" borrows from the folk story "Tang Bom" about the boy Bom, orphaned by his parents, poor but eager to learn, being bullied by a rich man. With a kind heart and the help of good friends, Bom made the rich man receive a proper lesson for his greed and malice. The play paints a picture of a peaceful and colorful village with songs, dances, funny and humorous dialogues with contemporary folk influences for preschool and primary school age groups, and at the same time brings to beautiful humanistic messages for young souls.
The play "The cat teaches the seagull to fly" is adapted from the novel "The story of the cat teaching the seagull to fly" - a famous children's literary masterpiece worldwide by Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda. The play gives the audience the opportunity to admire the beauty of funny and lovely characters who come out of the book page and appear on stage for the first time in a vivid and close way. The play is a lesson about unlimited love between strangers, imbued with great human values, inspiring confidence, bravely facing challenges...
In Ho Chi Minh City, from June 1, Truong Hung Minh stage launched the play "The Secret of One Hundred Burning Bamboos" by author and director Huynh Lap, inspired by the fairy tale "The hundred-burnt bamboo tree". ". This is the first play in the series of children's plays "Fairy Tales" at this stage. The play is carefully invested in content, scenery, costumes and the appearance of a series of famous artists and actors such as: Minh Nhi, Viet Huong, Dai Nghia, Hoang Map, Cat Tuong, Huynh Lap, Mac Van Khoa, Hua Minh Dat…, promises to bring fun moments of entertainment along with cleverly integrated moral lessons for children this summer.
Exciting performance activities
People's Artist Tong Toan Thang, Director of the Vietnam Circus Federation, said that to prepare for the summer of 2023, the Federation has carefully prepared and launched many programs to serve the public in many regions. In addition to the new play "Tam Cam - Bong Bong bang bang" at the Central Circus, there are also many shows such as: "The Lord of the jungle" performing at the Ha Dong Gymnasium (Hanoi); musical circus "The Treasure of Moana" at Bao Son Paradise (in collaboration with the Hanoi Circus Theater). In addition, the Vietnam Circus Federation sent a contemporary circus troupe to perform for children on the occasion of June 1 at Hoa Binh Theater, Ho Chi Minh City.
Children participate in folk games, pack banh chung... are activities organized by schools in Nghe An province, with the meaning of educating the young generation about the traditional values of the nation, especially especially the Lunar New Year. Photo documentary: Bich Hue/VNA
People's Artist Tong Toan Thang added that, in addition to the 4 main programs, the Vietnam Circus Federation also has a number of small performances, coordinated with units and localities to flexibly perform for children. In many regions on the occasion of June 1 and the summer of 6. In particular, this summer, the Vietnam Circus Federation also has a performance schedule to serve audiences in different localities to Hanoi to visit and visit the Theater. Central circus see the circus.
People's Artist Nguyen Tien Dung, Director of the Vietnam Puppet Theater, said that with its attractive content, the play "Wonderland" received the love of many children. In May alone, the Theater performed nearly 5 sessions for young audiences. There are days when the Theater plays dozens of performances, sometimes all three stages are lit at the same time to meet the audience.
In addition, the Vietnam Puppet Theater also has many other variety shows to serve schools and agencies in need this summer. “The theater's programs are performed to serve children not only on June 1, but also throughout the summer of 6. Continuous performances sometimes overload artists, but everyone is happy and happy. Happy to be able to perform for the public, especially children", People's Artist Nguyen Tien Dung shared.
Director of the Youth Theater - Outstanding Artist Dr. Tien shared, the performances in the project "Summer of love" were carried out with the desire to convey ancient literary values, convey folk paintings. time for viewers, especially children. The theater's artists have actively practiced and have many special creations in music to help the play have many different sounds and images, stimulate children's imagination...
It can be seen that plays with bold folk colors are presented by art units in modern art language, with many unique art forms such as drama, circus, puppetry, etc. Children's moments of fun entertainment, also bring gentle lessons about honesty, altruism, will to strive, spirit of inquisitiveness, knowing how to love and share with everyone... and at the same time helping to The children understand more and love Vietnamese folklore more.
