This year, the Dance festival “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” takes place for the 5th time in Hanoi and HCM city from September 30 through October 4.

The festival received a lot of attention and applause by both media and the public and has successfully contributed to a growing awareness of contemporary dance in Hanoi since 2011.

“Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” is an initiative of EUNIC, the Network of European cultural institutes and embassies in Hanoi, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNBO) and it will be coordinated again by the Goethe-Institut.

The audience will experience a broad and varied spectrum of contemporary dance from different countries: France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Poland – taking part for the first time – as well as new performances from the host country Vietnam.

In addition there will be a co-production of Wallonie-Bruxelles and Vietnam. A special highlight of this year’s dance festival will be the performance of the internationally renowned Compagnie Sasha Waltz & Guests from Berlin in the Hanoi Opera House.

For the first time at several venues: “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” mainly takes place at Youth Theatre Hanoi, 11 Ngo Thi Nham; the German production “Zweiland” will be performed on 2nd and 3rd October at Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien. Also, this is the first time the dance festival takes place in HCMC: The performances of France and Wallonie-Bruxelles will perform on 2nd and 3rd October.

Free tickets in Hanoi available from 23. September, noon at:

Goethe-Institut, 56 – 58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

Japan Foundation, 27 Quang Trung, Hanoi

Free tickets in HCMC available from 23. September at HCMC Dance College.

Program in Hanoi:

– Wednesday, 30. September, 8 pm – Grand opening at Youth Theatre Hanoi

Nos solitudes (Solo, 60‘, France)

– Thursday, 1. October, 8 pm at Youth Theatre Hanoi

ArtLana (Duo, 22‘, Israel)

Sur le rivage (Duo, 50’, Wallonie-Bruxelles/Vietnam)

– Friday, 2. October, 8 pm at Hanoi Opera House

Zweiland (7 dancers, 65‘, Germany)

– Saturday, 3. October, 3 pm at Youth Theatre Hanoi

ArtLana (Duo, 22‘, Israel)

Kelex goes back to the woods (Solo, 30‘, Japan)

– Saturday, 3. October, 8 pm at Hanoi Opera House

Zweiland (12 dancers, 65‘, Germany)

– Sunday, 4. October, 8 pm at Youth Theatre Hanoi

Kelex goes back to the woods (Solo, 30‘, Japan)

DSM-IV 301.81- The personality disorders of type B (Solo, 25’, Poland)

Yes Yes No No (7 dancers, 25’, Vietnam)

Program in HCMC:

– Friday, 2. October, 8 pm at HCMC Dance College

Nos solitudes (Solo, 60‘, France)

– Saturday, 3. October, 8 pm at HCMC Drama Theater

Sur le rivage (Duo, 50’, Wallonie-Bruxelles/Vietnam)

11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi

Hanoi Opera House

01 Trang Tien, Hanoi

Drama Theater HCMC

30 Tran Hung Dao, Ward Pham Ngu Lao, Dist. 1, HCMC

HCMC Dance College

155 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Bezirk 6, Dist. 3, HCMC

Hanoi

30 Sep – 04 Oct 2015, 8 pm

03 Oct 2015, 3 pm

Youth Theatre

Hanoi Opera House

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TP HCM

02 Oct 2015, 8 pm

Drama Theater HCMC

03 Oct 2015, 8 pm

HCMC Dance College

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