Vietnam, China share experience in promoting traditional stage art
Vietnamese and Chinese experts and artists in traditional stage art met at a conference in Hanoi on December 11 to share experience and seek ways to promote the art, as well as optimising the role of theatrical activities in deepening mutual understanding.
At the opening of an exhibition featuring China’s renowned Peking opera master Mei Lanfang (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese and Chinese experts and artists in traditional stage art metat a conference in Hanoi on December 11 to share experience and seek ways topromote the art, as well as optimising the role of theatrical activities indeepening mutual understanding.
People’sArtist Le Tien Tho, Chairman of Vietnam Stage Artists’ Association said thatthe activity contributes to fostering the connectivity of theatre artists ofthe two neighbouring countries, giving a chance for them to exchange ideas onhow to develop the traditional art in a modern context.
Participants at theconference evaluated the situation of stage art in the current period, supportpolicies for artists, the training of young artists, and measures to popularisethe art amidst the process of international integration.
Reviewing the methodsbehind traditional Vietnamese stage art, playwright Le Quy Hien said thatVietnamese theater has seen the inheritance of traditional art and the absorbanceof modern theatre techniques.
Despite difficultiesand challenges, Vietnamese theatrical artists have always been proud of thecountry’s stage art, he said.
Yan Baoquan fromChina’s Shaanxi University said that in recent decades, the traditional stageart of China has entered a struggling period. He said the restoration andpreservation of traditional heritage arts has received much attention from the CommunistParty of China and the Chinese Government.
According toVietnamese theatre critic and theorist Assistant Professor Tat Thang, Chinese theatrehas the highest number of genres in the world, with more than 300 types
Dr. Tran Thi Minh Thufrom the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Art Studies said thatVietnamese and Chinese stage arts have experienced four waves of interferences,but the Vietnamese art has still maintained its identity.
The conference waspart of the Vietnam-China traditional art exchange that is running fromDecember 11-14 in Hanoi. Within the programme, there will be an exhibitionfeaturing China’s renowned Peking opera master MeiLanfang and both Vietnamese and Chinese theatrical performances. –VNA
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