VietNamNet Bridge – “Promise to 800”, or 800 nam hen uoc in Vietnamese, a dance show arranged by Korean choreographer Chun Yoo Oh, will take place at the Opera House in District 1, HCMC on December 1 and at Au Co Theater in Hanoi on December 4.

Korean choreographer Chun Yoo Oh

The show tells a story about the last prince of the Ly dynasty of Vietnam, Ly Long Tuong, who was on a boat trip with his relatives to escape extermination after a coup d’etat and took refuge in the kingdom of Goryeo (present-day Korea) in 1226.

With his great courage and mind, he helped people in the kingdom fight the Mongolian army. Ly Long Tuong was appointed as general and his children were also high-ranking mandarins to manage huge lands. After nearly 800 years, there have been around 2,000 descendants of the Ly dynasty living in Korea.

The program is directed by Jung Sun Goo with the participation of local drama actor Bui Nhu Lai, Korean choreographer/dancer Chun Yoo Oh and German musician/pianist Peter Schindler.

Choreographer/businesswoman Chun Yoo Oh has been living in Saigon for 10 years. She shows her ambition in creating quality art events to promote a mutual understanding between the two countries. Previously, she invested her own money in three concerts, “Into the time” featuring the Ensemble Sinawi, one of the leading traditional music troupes from Korea to the HCMC Conservatory of Music in 2013, and “Arirang Saigon” dance show honoring the images of mothers and women by her performances as well as artists from Mulmatdol troupe from Korea and the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) at the Opera House last December and a dancing performance entitled “Cay no” (Cross-Bow) telling the love story about My Chau and Trong Thuy at the Opera House in June.

The show is for invited guests only at the Opera House at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1, HCMC on December 1 and at Au Co Theater at 8 Huynh Thuc Khang Street in Hanoi on December 4.