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Concert “Beethoven and Prokofiev”
Thu 19 Jun 2014, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
The concert “Beethoven AND Prokofiev ” will perform Symphony No. 7 of Beethoven, Richard Wagner admired this works because of its rhythm and referred to as “The
Saint of dance,” Carl Maria von Weber was extremely surprised and called chromatic in bass as “rhythm of a madhouse.”
This is the first time we bring Vietnamese audiences Concerto for violin No. 1 in D major by Sergei Prokofiev – the great Russian composer of 20th century. This work will
be performed by one of the top violinists of Vietnam: Bui Cong Duy and HBSO Symphony Orchestra.
Program
PART I:
Richard Strauss Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E-Flat Major, op. 7
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op. 19
I. Andantino
II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo
III. Moderato – Andante
PART II:
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A Major, op. 92
I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
II. Allegretto
III. Presto – Assai meno presto
IV. Allegro con brio
Conductor: Jan Stulen
Violinist: Bùi Công Duy
HBSO Symphony Orchestra
Tickets
Ticket price: 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Hương 0989874517, Mr.Luân: 0903041959
At The Opera House, 7 Lam Son square
Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn
Sundays Screening and Music: The Jamaican Way
15, 22 and 29 Jun 2014, 4 – 11 pm
Chez Xuan
41, alley 76, An Duonng, Dist Ba Dinh, Hanoi (near Sofitel Plaza Hotel)
3 Sundays of celebration of the Jamaican culture of music, sound system and film.
During the Sunday afternoon you’re welcome to enjoy some of the finest selections of the Jamaican Music. Then when the Sun goes down, you will be fully invited to watch
a movie talking about influence of 70′s in the Jamaican society, reggae culture, rise of Rastafarism or about the UK side of the Jamaican diaspora in England in the 1980.
Film screenings (starting from around 8 pm)
15/06/20014: The Harder They Come (JA-1973)
The Harder They Come is a 1973 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and starring Jimmy Cliff.The film is most famous for
its reggae soundtrack, which is said to have “brought reggae to the world”.
Enormously successful in Jamaica, the film also reached international market and has been described as “possibly the most influential of Jamaican films and one of the
most important films from the Caribbean”
22/06/2014: Rockers (JA-1978)
Rockers is a 1978 Jamaican film by Theodoros Bafaloukos. Several popular reggae artists star in the movie, including Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, Burning Spear,
Gregory Isaacs, Big Youth, Dillinger, and Jacob Miller.
Rockers was originally intended to be a documentary but blossomed into a full-length feature showing the reggae culture at its peak.
In this film, the culture, characters and mannerisms are authentic. The main rocker Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, for example, is shown living with his actual wife and kids
and in his own home. The recording studios shown are the famous Harry J Studios where many roots reggae artists recorded during the 1970s including Bob Marley. The
film includes Kiddus I’s recording of “Graduation In Zion” at the studio, which he happened to be recording when Bafaloukos visited the studio.
29/06/2014: Babylon (UK-1980)
Babylon is a 1980 film co-written by Martin Stellman (writer of Quadrophenia) and Franco Rosso, who also directed it. Produced by Gavrik Losey Diversity Music, National
Film Finance Corporation, Chrysalis Group and Lee Electric (Lighting), the film is regarded as a classic.
It depicts the struggles of a Black British working-class musician and stars Brinsley Forde of the reggae band Aswad. It also starred Karl Howman and Trevor Laird. Music
was scored by Dennis Bovell. Included are songs by Aswad, Johnny Clarke, and Jeff Wayne, among others.
Babylon was filmed on the streets of Deptford and Brixton, London. The story revolves around racism from police and thugs, violence against blacks, poverty and disillusion
and lack of opportunities.
Free entry.
Live Experimental Dance and Music “Circle of Life”
Fri 20 Jun 2014, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
The theatre performance “Circle of Life” including 4 tracks in 75 minutes is the combination of modern contemporary dance with experimental music by artist Vu Nhat Tan, Dee.F and live combined dance and energy painting. The performance will be a special gift from Doan Minh Hoan and other artists to the audience.
Doan Minh Hoan is a well known performance artist and painter. Her performance is a visualisation of journeys into the inner mind to explore the subconscious thoughts and human instincts.The dance is an expression of mindfulness where the body is a material for innovative creation guided by emotions and feelings as a moving sculpture.
Vu Nhat Tan has turned to stronger work in the electronics field and has himself performed with laptop, electronic equipment and sound instruments. He has given numerous live concerts in collaboration with other local and international artists in Vietnam. He is now teaching in the new department for electronic music at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi and is founder of the experimental music VuNhatTanGroup [VNTG]
Dee.F is an artistic side of Phu Pham who in sound he attempts to capture its spectrum to codify the unstructured rhythm of being. Phu is one of the most active artists in the current music scene and has constantly striking his sounds through both solo and his band work – currently with “XAI”. With a full on local and international gig’s scheduled for this year, a debut EP is expecting to be released this summer.
Tickets: 150,000 VND
‘Encounter’ Presents Chitra Ganesh
Lecture 1: Architectures of myth: Fri 20 Jun 2014, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Room NZ0903 (9th Floor)
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Lecture 2: Visualizing absence: Tue 24 Jun 2014, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Rm NZ0507 (5nd Floor)
Hoa Sen University
8 Nguyen Van Trang Street, W. Ben Thanh, District 1, HCMC
‘ENCOUNTER’ talk series welcomes Chitra Ganesh, Brooklyn-based multimedia artist currently working in New Delhi, with two lectures in June 2014.
Lecture 1: Architectures of myth
This lecture will explore the power of key visual and storytelling devices central to mythological narrative and their particular ongoing legacy in contemporary visual and popular culture. I will begin by looking at the architecture of the grand epics of classical Eastern and Western traditions, such as Homer’s Odyssey, the Ramayana and the Monkey King story. I will also look at images drawn from contemporary modes of storytelling to illuminate how ancient mythic architectures persist in the language of comics and graphic novels and how they are transformed in contemporary visual forms, examining such examples as the Amar Chitra Katha and Raj comics originating in India, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series and the graffiti and science fictional tales such as Battlestar Galactica.
Lecture 2: Visualizing absence
This lecture will consider how contemporary art practices take up the problem of visualizing absence by archiving and creating around social and political erasure. As artists and thinkers, how do we identify and respond to stories, social histories, and conflicts which we experience as crucial to our understanding of our own history, nation, or family, but yet seem difficult to extract from the public domain, or remain mysteriously absent from official records? I will frame this discussion via projects, challenges and key questions that animate ‘Index of the Disappeared’, a ten year collaborative project that is both a visual practice and discursive platform that foregrounds the difficult histories of immigrant, ‘Other’, and dissenting communities in the United States since September 11, 2001 – including a rapidly changing relationship to surveillance, illegal imprisonment and targeting extra-judicial killings. Through official documents, secondary literature, images, and personal narratives, we trace the ways in which censorship and data blackouts are part of a discursive shift to secrecy.
Language: English and Vietnamese translation will be provided
The event is free of charge. Seats inside the auditorium are limited. Please arrange to come early for the best available position.
Chitra Ganesh is a Brooklyn based artist currently living and working in New Delhi. Her drawing, installation, text-based work, and collaborations seek to excavate and circulate buried narratives typically excluded from official canons of history, literature, and art. Ganesh graduated from Brown University with a BA in Comparative Literature and Art-Semiotics, and received her MFA from Columbia University in 2002.
Ganesh’s work has been widely exhibited at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai), Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum voorModerneKunst (Netherlands), ZKM (Germany), Royal College of Art (London), Prince of Wales Museum (Mumbai), and KunsthalleExnergrasse (Norway), etc…
Ganesh is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a 2012 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in the Creative Arts.
Group Exhibition “Coming of Age”
Opening: Thu 19 Jun 2014, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition: 19 Jun – 18 Jul 2014
Craig Thomas Gallery
27i Tran Nhat Duat, Tan Dinh ward, Q.1, HCMC
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 6pm; Sundays 1 to 5 pm; and by appointment
You are invited to a group exhibition “Coming of Age” featuring painting, sculpture and installation by fourteen Vietnamese artists.
“Coming of Age” is an eclectic mix of painting, sculpture and installation works realised specially for the 5th anniversary of the gallery. The artists on show include: Lieu Nguyen, Lim Khim Ka Ty, Tran Quoc Tuan, and Bui Tien Tuan, Pham Huy Thong, Bui Thanh Tam, Nguyen The Hung, Ngo Van Sac, Tran Minh Tam, established sculptor Bui Hai Son, expressionist painter Doan Hoang Lam and digital painter and illustrator Khoa Le.
About the artists
Lim Khim Ka Ty’s (b. 1978) paintings highlight Vietnam’s working class and examine the role of women in Vietnamese society. Her portraits are filled with a great compassion and empathy for the lives and struggles of the people that constitute the majority of the Vietnamese population.
Bui Thanh Tam (b. 1979) is concerned with the state of society in contemporary Vietnam. Charged with parody and humour, his pop-style paintings are caricatures of Hanoi’s nouveau riche class, with their greed for money and their mindless modernisation.
Lieu Nguyen’s (b. 1976) signature canvases are composed in an impressionistic style and depict blossoming trees in vibrant colours. His lyrical paintings are created using a unique “drip” technique that results in symphonies of colour and movement on canvas.
Luong Luu Bien (b. 1975) uses techniques learned from his study of lacquer painting to create an effect that is like sculpture on canvas. The figures in Bien’s works – often solitary individuals or groups of two or three – stand out from the canvas as if alive and independent of their surroundings. The effect draws the viewer closer to the subjects and gives them their own quiet but clear voice.
Pham Huy Thong (b. 1980) references socio-political problems in contemporary Vietnam and the world. His surrealist style paintings are a commentary on issues of greed, conflict, justice and social equality, charged with metaphorical meanings and hidden clues.
Tran Minh Tam’s (b. 1974) oeuvre is an homage to Vietnam’s rich historical and cultural tradition. His works, in oil and lacquer on antique wooden furniture, portray historical figures from the Nguyen dynasty, from emperors and mandarins to common people, in ancient palace settings.
Nguyen The Hung (b. 1981) creates works on do paper and canvas. His sensual, exotic paintings juxtapose traditional and contemporary media and references, and are a statement on the empowerment of women, their emancipation and self-confidence.
Bui Tien Tuan (b. 1971) works with watercolour on silk and do paper. His fascination with the female figure and urban life is revealed through his oniric ukiyo-e inspired compositions that introduce a new vibrant colour palette and a contemporary language to the traditional media.
Tran Quoc Tuan (b. 1981) creates multi-panel tableaus of everyday life in his native Saigon. With gentle contrasts between shade and light, his street scenes tell stories of the communal lifestyle down the small lanes and “blind corners” of the Southern metropolis.
Ngo Van Sac’s (b. 1980) practice centres around woodburning and woodcarving techniques. The artist creates multi-layered compositions, juxtaposing scenes of contemporary Vietnam with various facial silhouettes, which most often include his self-portrait.
Bui Hai Son (b. 1957) is an established Vietnamese sculptor. His oeuvre includes small scale to quasi-monumental sculptures, in a variety of media. Inspired mostly by nature and man’s relationship to it, his works develop organically and resonate in the space with an unobtrusive energy.
Khoa Le (b. 1982) is a digital artist, painter, illustrator and writer. Her works are playful in appearance, but with closer inspection they reveal a deep concern with personal and human issues, such as a girl’s coming of age, the relationship between man and nature, life and death, among others.
Doan Hoang Lam (b. 1970) is a painter from Hanoi whose oeuvre focuses on his strong emotional responses to life and to his surroundings. Through his work, the artist strives to communicate what hides beneath the surface and lies deep within our souls and hearts.
“Jazz on the Edge” – Exam Graduation Jazz Concert
Mon 16 Jun 2014, 9 am
Small Concert Hall, Floor 2, A1 Building
Vietnam National Academy of Music
77 Hao Nam, Hanoi
Exhibition “In the Shadow of Appearances”
Exhibition: 17 Jun – 23 Aug 2014
Galerie Quynh
Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Gallery hours: 10am to 7pm, Tuesday to Saturday and by appointment
You are invited to the exhibition “In the shadow of appearances” – a summer group exhibition featuring work by Thien Do, Ha Manh Thang, Hoang Duong Cam, Nguyen Thanh Truc, Tran Van Thao and Lien Truong.
Whether depicting traumatic topographies, examining personal and collective histories and memories or questioning the rules and regulations of a society, the six participating artists in this show look at the visible and invisible – that which is seen, hidden or rarely acknowledged. All the works can be considered as a kind of visual or metaphorical palimpsest, with each artist highlighting the act of erasing, layering, rewriting, repositioning, reimagining…
Artist Talk by Truc Anh
Wed 18 Jun 2014, 6 pm
Galerie Quynh
65 Đề Thám
District 1, HCMC
You are invited to an artist talk by Truc-Anh on the occasion of his current solo show “oNiReaKHoWaRiGNoRaLiSMe“.
Truc-Anh will discuss the major themes in his exhibition and some of the stories that have inspired the works. With a creative practice that reflects a dizzying world of sensorial memories and dreams, Truc-Anh makes work full of paradox moving between representation/abstraction, jubilation/despair, affirmation/ doubt, centred composition/all over painting and so on. Truc-Anh seeks beauty not through the harmony of forms but through emotional engagement, vulnerability, autobiographical stories and construction of personal mythology.
During his artist talk, Truc-Anh will encourage the audience to play an active role in sharing their own interpretations. A dialogue with friends in his social network has already begun, in fact, as Truc-Anh has been posting images of his new work on his Facebook page, posing the question ‘What do you see?’ With responses ranging from the comical to the deeply personal, this playful exercise touches on the theme of pyschoanalysis prevalent in the exhibition.
The event is free and open to public.
Language: The talk will be conducted in English with a Vietnamese translation.
Contemporary Art Workshop with Tran Luong
Sat 14 Jun 2014, 6 – 9 pm
Nha San Studio
462 Duong Buoi Str, Hanoi
You are invited to the workshop on how to make an artwork with artist/curator Tran Luong.
The program will be conducted in Vietnamese, for more information, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Fashion exhibition “Four seasons”
Exhibition: 11 – 17 Jun 2014
Korean Cultural Centre
49 Nguyễn Du, Hà Nội
You are invited to the prom dress and photo exhibition themed on charming beauty of South Korea in four seasons by Shin Hye Kyung, a young Korean wedding dress maker. The exhibition will feature 11 handmade works and 34 prom dress photos in four seasons of South Korea.
In addition to handmade dresses, the designer will introduce four beautiful seasons in South Korea through photo exhibition; popular designs, material used for Hanbok and the art of sewing draperies naturally.
Roundtable Discussion “Mặc khách Sài Gòn”
Tue 17 Jun 2014, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to a special roundtable discussion on the occasion of publishing the book “Mặc khách Sài Gòn” (The Writers of Saigon) by late writer/poet Tô Kiều Ngân.
With the participation of writers from HCMC: Cung Tích Biền, Nguyễn Thị Thụy Vũ.
Moderator: Phạm Xuân Nguyên
“Mặc khách Sài Gòn” is a posthumous manuscript by late writer/poet Tô Kiều Ngân who traced the portrait of 15 writers of his time from memory, in attempt to revive the
special atmosphere of literature in Saigon before 1975.
Free entrance.
Language: Vietnamese
“Tomorrow You Will Leave” by Director Martin Nguyen
Hanoi: Thu 12 Jun 2014, 6.30 pm
National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film
465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi
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HCMC: Sun 29 Jun 2014, 6.30 pm
Hoa Sen University
8 Nguyen Van Trang, Dist 1, HCMC
Interview: Martin Nguyen talks about the very personal story depicted in his latest documentary Tomorrow You Will Leave due to be shown at the closing night of 6th
European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival.
There are points in life, at least in the lives of some people, that are perfect film material. Moments full of suspense, where life is open to unexpected twists of fate. Leaving
a home behind, to build a new life, is one such point. Especially if to reach that new life you had to travel thousands of miles, to cross the sea in a small open boat. To travel
from Vietnam and to end up in Austria.
This is the story of the family of Martin Nguyen, an Austrian filmmaker of Vietnamese origin, a story he chronicles in autobiographical documentary Tomorrow You Will
Leave.
The film follows Martin and his father’s journey to Malaysia to find a man called Ali who had been instrumental in the history of their family. A man who had helped them
move from the refugee camp in Pulau Bidong, where Martin was born in 1980, to where they live today. In looking for Ali, and in delving back into their past, the film traces
Martin’s parents’ journey from South Vietnam in 1979, via Malaysia to their life today as farmers in a tiny mountain village in Lower Austria.
& Of Other Things spoke to Martin about discovering his family history, the deception of memory and about being different. Click here to the read the interview on & Of
Other Things.
Free entrance to all screenings.
Talent Prize 2014 – Climate Change in Photography
Submission: 06 Jun – 29 Aug 2014
You are invited to join competition Talent Prize 2014 with the theme “Climate Change in Photography”.
“Art in general plays an important role in the development of our society and photography is an art form cultivated by many, not least young people with smartphones.
Photography is interesting because it immediately captures and reflects different snap shots and perspectives on the development of our society” says Ambassador John
Nielsen.
A Jury of one Danish and two Vietnamese experts will select up to 80 photos for an exhibition in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The exhibitions will take place in October or
early November 2014 and the winners of the Talent Prize will be announced at the exhibitions.
“In a fast developing global world we are constantly faced with the consequences of climate change and environmental issues. The purpose of this contest is to explore how
these issues and consequences are perceived and expressed in photography” share John Nielsen.
“I hope this competition will contribute to underpin the fact, that the climate agenda is more and more important and that each and every one of us can make a difference”
concludes John Nielsen who has been Earth Hour Ambassador the last three years.
The Talent Prize Competition 2014 is opened for all photographers, including non-professionals, who are between 18 and 35 year old.
Prizes include:
1. A Grand Prize is worth 2,500 USD in which 1500 USD will be granted in cash. The remaining 1,000 USD can be spend to support cost for the winner to participate in a
photography workshop/training course/residence programme/exhibition of photography of his/her own choice
2. The Smart phone prize is for the best photo taken with a smart phone, which values at 6 million VND in cash.
3. The People’s Choice Prize is awarded for the most popular photo voted by the audience, values at 6 million VND in cash.
Jury
Maika Elan: freelance photographer, winner of the 2013 World Press Photo with her project: The Pink Choice
Nguyen Hoai Linh: Chief Photography Editor of Tuoi Tre Newspaper. Has acted as a jury in many national photography contests:
Michael Daugaard (Mr.): well-known photographer in Denmark and a jury in various Danish photography contests.
Address to submit:
CDEF Fund, Embassy of Denmark
19 Dien Bien Phu Str, Hanoi
Or via email: tainangnhiepanh@gmail.com
Submissions after 01 Aug need to submit at:
CDEF Fund, Embassy of Denmark
35 Hang Voi Str, Hanoi
Exhibition “Breeding Season” by Thai Nhat Minh
Opening: Fri 13 Jun 2014, 6 pm
Exhibition: 13 Jun – 13 Jul 2014
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
Manzi art space and ACCAviet are proud to present a solo show entitled “Breeding season” as part of a series of experimental works by sculptor Thai Nhat Minh.
Inspired by the breeding season, during which living creatures grow enlivened, elated, enraptured, when all crave unification, procreation and seek an escape from sorrow
and solitude, this series by Thai Nhat Minh aspires to portray the connection between sculpture and abstract notions of landscape, time, and mentality. An intimate
relationship – seemingly extraneous yet consistent between natural connections and those in contemporary life – one that remains clouded in everyone’s consciousness.
This series is the continuation of Minh’s experiment in landscape sculpture. In his exhibition “The birds” in 2013, Minh did not introduce his works as merely individual
shapes but rather a combination of chrome and wood sculptures, along with connected bamboo sticks – a material that is dear to every Vietnamese’s remembrance.
In “Breeding season”, Thai Nhat Minh continues to examine and further develop the connection between sculpture and space as two inseparable components. In a colonial
style villa, Minh has transformed this bar-cafe into his own creative area. The sculptures are installed in several locations within the villa: on tables and shelves, on walls,
installed solo or in groups in different rooms. Objects and spaces that often serve as background for people’s gatherings: table surfaces, blank walls, floors, even dark stair
corners become bearers of artistic ideas. Minh’s sculpture space then transforms into that of improvisation and interaction, provoking contemplation and self-reflection from
all creatures (objects, furniture, light, and humans) within this creative expanse where an amalgam of sculpture and space exists.
Figures made from pasteboard – Minh’s experimental material, harmonized with his recurrent sculptures are there to create an intimate atmosphere. Thai Nhat Minh’s new
works not only embody his venture with a material, but more importantly these sculptures express a more profound contemplation in shapes and spaces, which will bring the
artist closer into conceptual sculpture – a path that Minh hopes to pursue.
Thai Nhat Minh was born in 1984 in Tam Son, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc. Minh graduated from Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2009 with a Bachelor degree in Sculpture,
and went on to obtain his Master degree in 2012.
Minh began his career as a sculpture during his university years. Until now, he has had almost 10 years of artistic experience and has won numerous awards at many
exhibitions across the country. Minh also participated in various group exhibitions, art events, workshops, along with a number of important art projects.
Minh had his solo exhibition entitled “The birds” in April 2013 at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. In addition, his works were also displayed at Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong in
March 2014, Affordable Art Fair Singapore in May 2014, Asia Contemporary Art Show at JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong in October 2010 and at Conrad Hotel Hong Kong in
May 2014.
manzi art space
manzi is a locally driven independent contemporary art center, which challenges traditional perception and boundaries of art forms. The venue hosts visual art exhibitions,
workshops, movie screenings, talks, music, and dance performance. We present established artists, but give special support to young and emerging artists.
Our mission is to promote contemporary arts and build new audiences for the art. We do so through active partnerships, collaborations and dialogues with artists, thinkers
and communities alike.
manzi partly finances itself through a small shop selling art works and a café/bar operation.
ACCAviet
ACCAviet is a group of independent curators and event organizers working together to organize exhibitions and art events for local and international artists in Vietnam.
It is the objective of ACCAviet to collaborate, exchange, and generate dialogues and connection with other artists and independent curators, organizations, institutes, art
centers within and outside of Vietnam, towards the goals of creating more opportunities for artists, to nurture and enrich the art scene in Vietnam, to promote the
development of contemporary art and cultural environment.
For more information, please contact:
Nguyen Anh Tuan
Email: accaviet@gmail.com
Thai Nhat Minh
Email: thainhatminh.dk@gmail.com
The show is part of manzi art programme supported by the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) of the Danish Embassy.
Reggae Night
Fri 13 Jun 2014 Sat 07 Jun 2014, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
It’s the summer, it’s reggae, and it is that simple.
Hosted by:
:: Axon | Reggae / Dub / Jungle
:: Live performance by JGKiD
:: Apollonia Tribal Bellydance
Entry 50,000, VND – FREE ENTRY before 10 pm
Southeast Asian Documentaries at European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival
Hanoi: Sat 07 Jun 2014, 4 pm
National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film
465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi
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HCMC: Sun 22 Jun 2014, 2 pm
8 Nguyen Van Trang, Dist 1, HCMC
You are invited to best of documentaries from Southeast Asia with films from Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia. This event is part of 6th European-
Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival.
Mount A Mú Sung (Vietnam)
2013 // 24 mins
Director Lê Tuấn Anh
Language: Original with English Subtitles
A Mú Sung is a border-crossing location to the extreme north of Lao Cai Province, where the Red River enters Vietnam. The beloved place at the frontline of the country
has witnessed many ups and downs, nurtured and challenged generations of soldiers defending the border. Many warriors have died there for the sovereignty of the
country. Many teachers are persistently staying in remote mountainous villages to cultivate literacy in children of ethnic minorities including, among others, the H’Mong’s
and the Dao’s.
There are stories such as the one of Mr. Ma Seo Páo, who has walked over 100 kilometers together with 27 other H’Mong families from Din Chin, Muong Khuong, to where
the Lung Po stream enters the Red River to establish Lung Po 2 village in A Mú Sung, Bát Xát, Lào Cai; the dreamlike love story of teacher Nguyễn Vân Chi and lieutenant
Trần Văn; or the sacred death of Lieutenant. Trần Văn Duẩn…
The film director will be present to introduce the film.
Best of Documentaries from Southeast Asia 2
Where I go (Cambodia)
2013 // 56 mins
Director Neang Ka vich
Language: Original with English and Vietnamese Subtitles
San Pattica is a mixed Cambodian-Cameroonian. His father came to work in Cambodia in 1992-1993, during the first
Cambodian election after the Khmer Rouge regime collapsed. Since his parents had left home many years before, Pattica was raised by his grandmother. Challenges and
difficulties forced his grandmother to bring Pattica to an orphanage in Phnom Penh. While exploring his self-identity, Pattica describes the discrimination he encounters in
his daily life.
Behind the screen (Myanmar)
2013 // 35 mins
Director Aung Nwa i Htway
Language: Original with English and Vietnamese subtitles
A son dissects his parents’ marriage-they were film icons in 1960s Myanmar. It turns out the heartrending scenes they acted out on the silver screen are a pretty accurate
reflection of their real lives. While the camera slides across the glamour photos from their heyday, the filmmaker looks on, entranced. He grapples with the incredible fame
of his parents. Now that he is reconstructing their relationship, he sees the old film footage through different eyes-as if it might contain the answers he didn’t get as a child
when his parents separated.
Another Colour TV (Indonesia)
2013 // 8 mins
Director: Yovista Ahtajida & Dyantini Adeline
Language: Original with English and Vietnamese Subtitles
Another Colour TV is a documentary that shows a family interaction that happens in front of their television and how television becomes a major way to escape from a
reality that they are facing. This film captures a real situation of economic and cultural condition in an Indonesian suburban family, in which the mother is the central figure.
Ironically, she is left alone with the television as her one and only friend in their home. She then tries to transfer to her family the values and opinions according to what she
saw in the television.
Best of Documentaries from Southeast Asia 3
Consider (Thailand)
2013 // 20 mins
Director Panu Saeng-Xuto
Language: Original with English and Vietnamese Subtitles
The teenager Tay is a ladyboy, or kathoey, as members of this relatively well-tolerated transgender group are called
in Thailand. They usually demonstrate a traditional female role and are sometimes called the Third Sex. Interviews with sympathetic fellow students and a teacher who is
also a kathoey show the level of acceptance of Tay’s orientation at his Christian school Saint Joseph Mueang-Ake. But as his tearful mother explains, a single intolerant and
violent teacher once drove him to attempt suicide.
Madame Phung’s last Journey (Vietnam)
2014 // 87 mins
Director Nguyen Thi Tham
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Bich Phung’s troupe of fairground workers, created in 2004, is named after their chief Mrs. Phung. Its 35 members come from various cities and provinces in the country.
Most of them are cross-dressers, poorly educated, destitute, without family or profession. They perform all year long in different localities, ranging from Đà Nẵng to Cape
Cà Mau. Their fairground attractions range from a lottery, a miniature train ride, an inflatable house, a merry-go-round, balloons and darts and a shotgun aiming at
members performing songs and sketches.
The film director will be present to introduce the film.
Free entrance to all screenings.
Exhibition “Through the Windows of Life”
Opening: Sat 14 Jun 2014, 7.30 pm
Exhibition: 14 Jun – 15 Jul 2014, 9.30 am – 7 pm
Chula
43 Nhat Chieu Street (near West Lake), Hanoi
“Through the Windows of Life” is a photography exhibition from the Humans of Hà Nội project and the first of many to come. Consisting of more than 1000 pictures, each telling a story of a person, the intent of the exhibition is to depict the mosaic of life in the city, of people of all ages and backgrounds. We want to break down the social barriers and help people, especially the youths, to build a sense of acceptance, understanding and sympathy for other people.
Coming to the exhibition, guests will be immersed in the eccentric and ambient atmosphere of the Chula House and surrounded with walls of pictures depicting people in the midst of life. A cyclo driver with a refreshingly positive outlook on life, young people on their pursuit of big dreams, or the veterans who once sacrificed their lives for peace – those are just some of the portraits presented in the exhibition. Hanoi, a city with the population of 7 million people, is the grand picture of our exhibition, in which majestic shades and vivid, lively hues blend together to create a picture of 7 million colors.
Exhibition Through the Windows of Life 2
Come to the exhibition with your own stories too – it’s meant to be an interactive space, where you can be your own color, blend in and stand out at the same time. Don’t hesitate to share your own experience of being in Hanoi. And just like that, gently and slowly, we will walk through the windows of life together.”
Free entry.
Concert “Mezzotono, Small Italian Orchestra without Instruments”
Mon 16 Mon 2014, 8 pm
Casa Italia
18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi
In the framework of the Program “Y-Viet 2014”, the Embassy of Italy is delighted to announce the concert by “Mezzotono, Small Orchestra without Instruments” due to be held at “Casa Italia” on the 16th of June at 8 p.m.
“Mezzotono, Small Italian Orchestra without Instruments” is composed of five young Italian artists who perform just with their voices, with no use of musical instruments. The peculiar feature of this technique, so called “a cappella”, implies that the human voices reproduce the different instruments, according to the special kind of approach of the five interpreters.
The unique atmosphere encourages audience to actively participate to the show, becoming part of the Orchestra itself.
The Orchestra proposes a rich repertoire which offers a journey through a variety of different styles. Spanning from jazz to bossanova, along mambo, tango, big-band style and classic music, all the songs are performed in an original interpretation by virtue of the arrangements and the unpredictable contribution of the rhythmic-vocal section.
“Mezzotono” has been presenting its music in several Italian and foreign theaters and the artists have been holding seminars and master classes in Universities all around the world focused on the “a cappella” musical technique.
In October of 2008 the group was selected as one of the ten best in Italy and was invited to the realization of a CD “A-Cappella Made in Italy”.
Some famous Italian songs which will be performed in Hanoi’s concert include: “Quando quando quando” (by Tony Renis), “Un uomo in frack” (by Domenico Modugno) and “Buonasera Signorina” (by Fred Buscaglione).
This is a closed concert on invitation only.
Artist Talk “The Mystical World of Lacquer Painting”
Sat 14 Jun 2014, 5 pm
Module 7
83 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi
You are invited to the second talk of the series “Creativity with restriction” at Module 7: The mystical world of lacquer painting. Two artists Saeko Ando and Phi Phi Oanh will share their own approach regarding the restriction between tradition and contemporary as well as the exclusion of 2D in their Great works this Saturday, 14th of June.
Free entry.
Contact: info@module7design.com or tel: 04 37197247.
Screening of “It is not a Life that doesn’t Move” in Hanoi and HCMC
Thu 12 Jun 2014, 7 pm
Amphitheater Nguyen Van Dao
Hanoi National University
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Fri 13 Jun 2014, 7 pm
Amphitheater 1
HCMC University of Natural Sciences
You are invited to a documentary film on Yersin’s life and career.
In June 1894, exactly 120 years ago, Dr. Alexandre Yersin, the Swiss Doctor who also became French citizen and ultimately lived and died mainly as Vietnamese in his heart, discovered the bacillus causing the plague, humanity’s biggest scourge ever. This discovery was one of the biggest liberations of the human species in history.
Dr.Yersin was a brilliant scientist in his field, but he was much more. He was the untiring discoverer, inventor and creator of things and ideas that did not exist before. He was eminently humanist, by questing to attenuate concretely and practically the suffering in human life. Few individuals have lived such a life of useful creativity put in service of others, by living at the same time such a tremendously satisfying, rewarding and thus happy life.
The Film is a metaphor of a “life well lived”, it is an inspiration for children, youngsters and their parents, to learn that hard work and perseverance bring the sweetest fruits, that no satisfaction is greater than the one of having done a great effort and having – sometimes after some failures – achieved a goal.
To remind us of the scientific and social achievements of Yersin, but even more, to stress the importance of scientific research as prerequisite of any country’s success, the Hanoi National University has been chosen as venue for the world premiere of the movie: “It is not a life that doesn’t move”.
Before the projection of the film, four eminent Vietnamese scientists (Prof. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Prof. Le Gia Vinh, Vice President of Vietnam Medical Association, Prof. Dao Ngoc Hao, President of the Vietnam Veterinary Association and Prof. Nguyen Lan Dung, President of the Vietnam Biology Society), which are standing out in disciplines – which were also Yersin’s, namely bacteriology, general medicine, veterinary medicine and botanic sciences – will introduce the public into the universe of their scientific fields and their most fascinating and challenging aspects.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Free entrance.
Music Night with Numbfoot, Lark Minkous & JRG_one
Sat 14 Jun 2014, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Brooklyn original Brett Zweiman teams up with Hanoi favourites Dave Payne (Ngu Cung, Zamina, Gibbon Suburbia, etc.) and Hà Đình Huy (basically everyone, ever) to bring you Hanoi’s newest musical concontion: Numbfoot!
Numbfoot! is heavy psychedelic blues straight–dare we say it–from the muddy banks of the Tô Lịch river, with a spoonful of southern cải lương and a few drops of hát xẩm sprinkled on top for good measure.
Huy’s restless, driving beats and Brett’s effects-laden, distorted bass riffs form the guts of of the trio. On top of that, Dave Payne, mostly holding down the bass end of things over the past couple of years with Ngu Cung and Zamina, seems very happy to be off the chain and back on his guitar. The word from the test audience is that the whole thing “chugs along like the Trans-Europe Express, always on time”.
As the perfect foil for Numbfoot!’s power-trio excess, Lark Minkous aka Daniel Henneberry and JRG_one aka Jackson Garland are joining forces to start the night with an exploration of the smaller or lowercase noises found in our lives, performed live with both field recordings and synthetically synthesised sounds.
Daniel Henneberry has emerged as a young, bearded and much-beloved elder of Hanoi’s improvised and experimental music scene over the past few years. Jackson Garland, many would agree, plays far fewer shows that he ought. This one should be a cracker!
Tickets: 50k at door
Green Drinks – A PUMA Journey towards Sustainability
Tue 10 Jun 2014, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Zest Cafe
5 Ton Duc Thang, Dist 1, HCMC
Join the talk to follow global sports brand journey towards sustainability. Dr. Reiner Hengstmann, Global Director of PUMA, Safe Supply Chain will share with us the story
about how PUMA established a global team to address social and environment issues. His presentation will focus on socio and eco highlights during the last years with the
focus on the Environmental Profit & Loss Analysis.
Come to hear the case for change, discuss and share your views over a drink with other Environmentally minded locals and expats.
About our Speaker
Dr. Reiner Hengstmann was born in 1962 in Germany. He finished his university education at the University of Paderborn with a PhD in Chemical Science. Dr.
Hengstmann is currently the Global Director PUMA.Safe Supply chain, overseeing his team of 23 people to work on the environmental and social issues for the supplier’s
worldwide. Safe program through which PUMA aims to reduce its carbon footprint, facilitates the development of sustainable products and raise work and production
standards globally.
He is responsible as well for the development, communication and implementation of environmental related duties in the company and along PUMA’s worldwide supply
chain.
Language: English with Vietnamese translation
For more information, please contact greendrinks@green.vn.
Entrance is free and no invitation is needed.
Exhibition “Laotian Wind”
Exhibition: 07 – 26 Jun 2014
Tu Do Gallery
53 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1, HCMC
You are invited to exhibition “Laotian Wind” by 6 young artists from the centre of Vietnam.
After crossing the peaks of Truong Son Range, the fresh and tender South-East wind from Laos turns into the dry and hot Laotian wind which scorches the arid strip of
central Vietnam. Six young artists showcase their retrospection of that sweltering Laotian wind in the flamboyant sunshine of Saigon’s summer.
Artists:
Ho Van Hung (1981, Quang Tri Province)
Nguyen An (1987, Ha Tinh Province)
Nguyen Van Tung (1989, Quang Binh Province)
Tran The Vinh (1986, Quang Tri Province)
Truong The Linh (1989, Quang Binh Province)
Vu Duy Tam (1983, Nghe An Province)
Final Performance of Say Oms
Sat 07 Jun 2014, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
The finest band in Hanoi come back for their final performance all together.
As members travel across the globe to pastures new, come for a summer session and what will undoubtedly be, a very special and memorably night.
SAY OMS are:
A perfectly infectious blend of indie pop soul.
NERYS JOSEPH: vocals, piano, wonderwoman
JOSS BERRETT: drummer, groove-machine
JEZ GILBERT: guitar-player, heartbreaker
WILL HOANG: bass + babe-magnet
SAMANTHA MARIPOSA: violin and all-round vibes
NATHAN COOPER: banjo and soul-rider
Next-level-indie-soul-heaven!
Entry 50,000 VND
Techno with Veteran DJ Andre Kronert
Sat 07 Jun 2014, 10 pm
Madake
81 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi
Boys and girls you are certainly in for a special treat this month!
We are proud to announce our biggest guest to date, veteran DJ and producer ANDRE KRONERT!
In his productions Andre Kronert performs a mesmerizing balancing act between two worlds. On the one side, there is the raw energy and explosive power of his ecstatic,
repetitive rhythms. On the other side his style is characterized by subtle build-ups, filigree sound textures and the warmth of analogue synthesis. For a good reason, since
Andre Kronert has been an avid vinyl lover since he started DJing 15 years ago. During his live performances he exclusively relies on his beloved music machinery which
includes no laptop. However, he does not regard himself to be a moralizer for the analogue movement: In the end, it’s all about fun!
Listen to his music on Soundcloud.
Entry: 100k, students 50k
Melting Pot 5: Music and Art Festival
Sat 07 Jun 2014, 2 pm – Sun 08 Jun 2014, 10 pm
Saigon Outcast
188/1 Nguyen Van Huong, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC
This will be a weekend where creators of art, dance and music come together under one umbrella for a good cause. Melting Pot celebrates and provides a platform for
talent which will help raise money for Saigon Children’s Charity to help disadvantaged Vietnamese children get an education especially in the music and arts.
Entertainment:
SATURDAY, 7th June
2:00 – 2:45pm DJ MORGAN
2:45 – 3:45pm JAZZ with MARIEDEL
3:45 – 4:00pm SINHTOLINA Fashion Show
4:00 – 5:00pm SECRET ASIANS
5:00 – 5:15pm EMILY NAVARRA
5:15 – 5:45pm GROWSOUND
5:45 – 6:00pm FIRESHOW
6:15 – 6:30pm BIG SOUTH CREW
6:30 – 7:20pm COWTOWN
7:20 – 8:30pm TASTES LIKE CHICKEN
8:30 – 9:30pm THE LOVE BELOW
9:30 – Late INNOCENT KILLAZ
SUNDAY, 8th June
2:00 – 2:15 TBC
2:15 – 2:30pm DANCE KIS
2:30 – 3:00pm ISHCMC BANDS
3:00 – 3:15pm DANCE KIS
3:15 – 4:00pm Thuyen, Jeremy and Milena
4:00 – 4:15pm FLASH MOB
4:15 – 4:30pm SINHTOLINA Fashion Show
4:30 – 4:45pm W & F
4:45 – 5:45pm CAT PYLON
5:45 – 6:45 THE MAGIC PINIONS
6:45 – 7:00pm FIRE SHOW
7:00 – 7:30pm FONIKS
7:30 – 8:30pm THE 67’s
8:30 – 9:30pm DAT PHONK
9:30 – Late INNOCENT KILLAZ
ENTRY
50K // STUDENTS
70K // ADULTS
Read more:
Melting Pot 4: Art and Music Festival (22 and 23 Feb 2014)
Discussion But is this photography
10 am – 12 pm, Sun 08 Jun 2014
Zerostation
12 the 43rd alley (at the back of Nguyen Thi Dinh elementary school),
Lam Van Ben st, Dis 7. HCMC
Come to the discussion “But is this photography?”. This event is to build up a platform/ forum for discussions about photography as a tool of contemporary art, and to
introduce the photography workshop with Zhuang Wubin to the audience.
“But is this photography?”
Speakers:
* curator/visual artist Nguyễn Như Huy
* photography artists Trần Thành Tiến and Bằng Dương.
Subject:
Photography not only as a tool for capturing reality in a sense of archiving but also as an aesthetic means in a sense of the games of lighting, proportion is not far from the
knowledge of Vietnamese audience. Photography, however, as a conceptual intervention of artist into reality and as the amplification for artist’s questions about not only
ethics but also about politics and cultural study, is indeed a realm where is still being unconcealed. “Being unconcealed” here should be understood in a sense that there is
the amount of images produced in this era of technology and internet has reached an unprecedented level, and accordingly the ways of seeing, of making, of producing
the images are also becoming multiply and indefinable. There are numerous amount of contemporary artists who have been using photography, neither as a tool for
recording reality nor as an aesthetic means, but as many various ways, they have been using it as a forum for great discussions about the nature of image considered in a
relationship with human’s experiences. It is those artists who have brought photography into the landscape (or the space) of contemporary art, i.e. a space of questionings,
of shocks, of debates, a space whose essence is always an everlasting anxiety of human beings about their own fate.
In this discussion, by giving a research to some recent distinguished photography works in Vietnam and in the world, curator Nhu Huy will introduce photography as a tool
of contemporary art to the audience. And the two photography artisits, Tran Thanh Tien and Bang Duong will share their experience when joining the workshop with Zhuang
Wubin last year also their photography projects.
Screening of “Adrift” at TPD
Fri 13 Jun 2014, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
At 8p.m. on Friday 13 June 2014, TPD Center will organize a program on ‘Friday Night with Vietnam Cinema’ with the screening of the film Adrift (director Bui Thac
Chuyen).
About Adrift (2009)
Director: Bui Thac Chuyen
Cast: Do Thi Hai Yen, Duy Khoa, Pham Linh Dan, Johnny Tri Nguyen
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 110 mins
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Plot: Duyen is getting married. She thinks she loves her fiance, who is two years younger. But what does that actually mean? The tempestuous wedding ends without
romance. The naive bridegroom turns out to be a mother’s boy. He is carried into the bedroom blind drunk and is later incapable of consummating the marriage. Through a
jealous girlfriend, Duyen finds herself in the circles of a charming man of the world who has no respect for faithfulness or morality and who awakens confusing feelings in
her. The inexperienced husband has meanwhile crossed the path of a teenage girl who fled her father.
Awards:
- FIPRESCI Prize Award – Venice Film Festival
- Three nomination of Asia film award for best scrift writer, Best Director of photographie, Best Composer.
- Gold Kite for Best Cinematography – Vietnam Cinema Association
- Golden Kite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Vietnam Cinema Association
Screening of ”Pauline Détective”
Fri 20 Jun 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Pauline Détective” (France, 2012, 101 mins) directed by Marc Fitoussi. Charm, humor and lots of sunshine… Pauline Détective is a gentle bubble, a pleasant comedy with swirling rhythm in which detective plot is just a lovely excuse.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Hip hop Performance with Pockemon Crew in Hanoi and HCMC
Hanoi: Sat 14 Jun 2014, 8 pm
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi
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HCMC: Thu 12 Jun 2014, 8 pm
Ben Thanh Theatre
06 Mac Dinh Chi, Dist 1, HCMC
You are invited to the hip hop dance performance with the French Pockemon Crew.
The choreography of Pockemon Crew (world champion of hip hop dance) is a combination of two very different things: hip-hop dance and 1930s silent movies. The combination is based on using that actions and movements from silent films to express the energy and dynamic of street dances. Sometimes gentle, sometimes frenzied, the energy of hip-hop is linked with the narrative power of the silent film.
TicketsHanoi:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace from 14 May.
HCMC:
Ticket prices: 90.000; 120.000; 150.000 VND, 50 % discount for students
Tickets are available at Ben Thanh Theatre.
Screening of “La Bataille De Solférino”
Fri 13 Jun 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening titled “Age of Panic” (France, Italy, 2013, 94 mins) directed by Justine Triet. It was nominated for Best First Film in the 2014 César Awards, France’s Oscars.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Techno Music and Minimal Art Event “KAGE”
Sat 14 Jun 2014, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
KAGE is a new conceptual event with a curated touch on techno music and minimal art.
Hanoi Rock City will be the first destination to show case the event, expect black and white, light and shadow, hypnotic contrast visual and of course a long motional musical journey.
Please join and support.
With DJs:
:: Cybersnake
:: Dee.F
Free entry.
Fashion Course “Work your Wardrobe” at London College for Fashion Studies Hanoi
Start date: 6 – 9 pm, Tue 17 Jun 2014
Duration: Tuesday and Thursday for 5 weeks
London College for Fashion Studies (Hanoi)
No. 48 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
This course introduces a complete guide to fashion styling for all body shapes, ages, occasions, seasons and styles, looking at the latest fashion trends from the catwalk to the streets. The course will be delivered by May Cortazzi, Senior fashion lecturer at LCFS and VTV3 fashion and life stylist.
Each Interactive lesson will explore a variety of practical techniques used to create a stylish wardrobe for every season and occasion. At the end of the course you will create a fashion styling sketchbook complete with the latest trends.
How to create a timeless stylish wardrobe from a limit number of styles.
- Shopping for your body shape! What to wear to embrace and flatter every body shape.
- How to dress! What to wear for work, parties, weddings, formal occasions, weekends, and holidays, as a mum or mum to be.
- The latest S/S 2014 trends! How to adapt them to your wardrobe and add colour and accessories.
Lecturer: May Cortazzi, VTV3 Stylist
May Cortazzi graduated from the University of Northumbria and obtained a Master degree in Fashion Design from the Nottingham Trent University. She’s been working in fashion industry since the year 2000 both for high-end labels as well as develop her own label in all areas including design, sales and marketing and production. She has achieved many awards from fashion industry such as Green Business Award by Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce, Nottingham Creative Business Award by Nottingham City Council and shortlisted for UK Fashion Entrepreneur Award organized by the British Council. May has taught students on fashion programs since 2004 in the UK and Indonesia and Thailand. She’s also been experience in International exhibition and international catwalk shows.
Tuition fee: 6,990,000 VND.
Character-based Improvisation Workshop and Acting Courses of The Black Box
Character-based Improvisation Workshop with Robert Marchand: 28 Jun – 02 Jul 2014
Deadline to register: 09 Jun 2014
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Acting Courses with Director Tony Le – Nguyen: 30 Jun – 11 Jul 2014
Deadline to register: 20 Jun 2014
The Black Box
56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi
You are invited to register for courses of The Black Box: Character-based Improvisation Workshop with Robert Marchand and Acting Courses with Tony Le – Nguyen.
1. CHARACTER-BASED IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP WITH ROBERT MARCHAND
as used by British Director MIKE LEIGH
(Naked, Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake, Another Year)
A six -day workshop for actors and directors
In contribution to creating changes and diversifying different film making ap-proaches in Vietnam, BlackBox has collaborated with award winning Australian Film director Robert Marchand to bring about an intensive training workshop in Character-based improvisation.
This intensive workshop is a practical investigation of a unique process. It exam-ines Mike’s – and Robert’s – methods from beginning to end in a dynamic, in-formative and interactive 6-day workshop. It breaks down this process into logical, easily-absorbed steps. Then the actor creates a character during the workshop, building depth and complexity over several days of improvisations and discussions. Finally, the directors film scenes based on the dramatic work created through the workshop.
“Rob’s inventive use of the Mike Leigh process gives actors the opportunity to experience deeply the state of being in character as opposed to acting the char-acter. The actors found the experience incredibly rewarding, for some it changed the way they approached their acting. Rob has an intuitive, supportive and totally non-judgmental way of bringing the best out of any actor and his blend of process and creativity provides not merely an educational experience but a creative journey for the actors which takes them seamlessly to the point of delivering authentic screen performances.” Kim Krejus, 16th Street Acting Studio
“I was rapt that the course was so informative and hands-on. I thought the blend of the participants was also fantastic and Robert wasn’t too bad a tutor too he he he. I am armed with lots of ideas to incorporate into the rehearsal and scripting process.” Elissa Down, Film Director ‘The Black Balloon’
Duration: 7 days from 28 Jul to 2 Aug 2014
Participants: aspiring actors (stage, film), or film makers, directors
Fee (subsidized 70%): 3.200.000VNĐ
Language: English – Vietnamese
Registration deadline: 9 June 2014
2. ACTING COURSES WITH DIRECTOR TONY LE – NGUYEN
Following the successful program last December, The BlackBox is pleased to further introduce acting courses, guided by Director Tony Le-Nguyen from 30 June – 12 July 2014. The courses with Tony Le- Nguyen will help the participants with skills to feel confident on stage, at work, or different situations in life. These wonderful courses will guide participants step by step with simple acting tech-niques, help them experience their own natural acting ability. They will realize that true acting is not about pretending or being artificial, but the ability to fully adapt to each situation.
Acting Courses 1 & 2: Breaking down barriers to discover possibilities
Time: 08:30 am – 12:30 pm or 13:30 – 17:30 pm on 30 Jun – 4 Jul & 7 – 11 Jul (10 sessions)
The course-end performance: 13:30 – 17:30 pm on 12 Jul
We all have hidden obstacles that form during our history or set out by our sub-consciousness. These obstacles stop us from truly shining. Exploring yourselves with fun and friendly acting exercises, you will learn how to rise beyond the barriers and how to perform naturally on stage and in daily life. This acting course will help you break the barriers and shine at your best.
Acting Course 3: Laughing to tears
Time: 18:30 – 21:30 pm on 30 Jun – 4 Jul & 7 – 11 Jul (10 sessions)
The course-end performance: 18:30 – 21:30 pm on 12 Jul
This acting course will help you with techniques to relax, explore your sensitivity and emotions. You will learn how to make your own play, act naturally, connect with and response to your partners. You will experience laughing to tears .
Participants: young actors with limited experience, people who loves acting and creativity
Subsidized Fee: 1,000,000VND/course
Language: Vietnamese
Registration Deadline: 20 Jun 2014
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION CONTACT
Ms. Thu Hiền, Tel: 04-62757088, Mobile: 0912081950. Email: life.art.vietnam@gmail.com or visit www.theblackbox.vn, http://www.facebook.com/blackboxvn
Theater Performance “Ulysses ơi, where are you going?”Sat 14 Jun 2014, 8 pm
IDECAF
28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC
The mythology of Ulysses will be redesigned and presented in a mixture between songs and drama in modern Vietnam’s context. The performance is a collective creation of Puzzle group and Thang Long theatre crew.
After ten years of absence, Ulysses and his companions decide to return to Ithaca island to find his wife – Penelope, and their son – Telemachus, whom he has never seen. With help from friends and his people, Ulysses will overcome various challenges.
A troupe of artists and an ensemble of musicians will present to the audience one of the greatest tales in ancient Greek mythology.
The theatre performances are suitable for audience from 7 to 77 years old alike.
“Ulysses ơi, where are you going?” was also performed at L’Espace in April.
Language: Vietnamese and French.
Free tickets are available at IDECAF.
Screening of “Oh, Saigon”
Thu 12 Jun 2014, 7.30 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
At the end of the alley leading to Artist’s Hotel
You are invited to the screening of “Oh, Saigon”.
Awards:
- 2008 Winner of Grand Jury Prize at its Los Angeles premiere May 3
- 2008 at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
“Oh, Saigon” (57 minutes)
Airlifted out of Vietnam on April 30, 1975, Doan Hoang’s family was on the last civilian helicopter out of the country at the end of the war. Twenty-five years later, she sets out to uncover their story. The film follows her family as they return to Vietnam after decades of exile, where her father, a former South Vietnamese major, meets his brothers again to confront their political differences: one a Communist, the other a pacifist. Meanwhile, Hoang tries to reconcile her own difficult past with her half sister, who was mistakenly separated from the family during the escape.
Language: English and Vietnamese (with English subtitles).
Tickets
Ticket price: 150,000 VND
Reservation: Please contact: nguyenvunganhang@gmail.com. Your reservation is not confirmed until you receive our email.
Please pick up and pay for your tickets on the evening of the event at the cinema (6:30-7:15 pm).
Reserved seating tickets are allocated on a first come – first served basis. We don’t pre-book seating but if you come early you can pick your favorite seats.
Irish Traditional Music with Mick Moloney
Wed 11 Jun 2014, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
Mick Moloney, one of Ireland’s most renowned traditional musicians and musicologists, will back to Vietnam for an evening of Irish music and song in HCMC.
Mick will be joined by fellow Irish musicians Michelle Mulcahy, Louise Mulcahy, Athena Tergis and Irish dancer Niall O’Leary. The concert will bring together the extraordinary talents of some of Ireland’s finest instrumentalists and one of the greatest dancers of our time.
The group will showcase not only the best of Irish song but also instrumental music featuring the uilleann pipes, harp, fiddle, guitar and octave mandolin, accompanied by the dazzling dancing of Niall O’Leary, the World Champion of Irish step dance. The ensemble plays a hugely varied repertoire ranging from traditional Irish tunes several hundred years old to beautiful music written by contemporary composers. Mick Moloney will perform songs in the Gaelic and English language and songs from the Irish American experience forged by hundreds of years of colonization and emigration. The group will also perform with the Vietnamese traditional artists from the Conservatory of Music in Ho Chi Minh City in a unique collaboration of Irish and Vietnamese musical styles.
Tickets for the event can be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis by contacting:
The Performing and Foreign Affairs Centre, Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music at telephone number (08) 38243 774 ext. 130 from 03 Jun.
Tickets can be collected at the Conservatory from 4 June to 10 June 2014, from 9:00 to 15:30.
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