VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese dancers from more than 20 dance schools, theatres and independent dance teams from Southern provinces will perform at the third HCMC dance festival on August 19-22.

The festival, organized by HCMC dancing artists association, will take place in the theatre at the HCMC Dance School, 155 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia in the city’s District 1. It is a golden opportunity for local dancers to inspire and learn from others in a bid to improve the quality of the art in Vietnam.

There will be an additional contest for dancers from Southern provinces and cities such as HCMC, Tien Giang, Binh Phuoc, Dak Lak and Gia Lai. More than 50 performances will be featured at the popular festival, with topics ranging from praising the country and the Vietnamese people to today’s society.

*Foreign visitors will have the chance to enjoy Vietnamese reformed theatre in English on Saturday evening in Hanoi for the first time, reports Vietnam Plus.

The play Menh de vuong (Sovereign’s fate) will be performed by director Tran Quang Hung along with artists of the Hanoi Reformed Theatre at 8pm at Chuong Vang Theatre, 72 Hang Bac, Hanoi.

The audience will be equipped with headphones to listen to the interpretation in English recorded earlier.

The play centers around Princess Ly Chieu Thanh, who has served as Queen Regent since her father, King Ly Hue Tong, had no son to succeed him.

Meanwhile, the Tran family controls the authority and Prime Minister Tran Thu Do forces the Queen to cede the throne to her husband Tran Canh, marking the power shift from the Ly family to the Tran family. After being married for ten years without bearing a child, Ly Chieu Hoang (her married name) has no choice but to let her husband marry her older sister in a bid to produce an air to the throne.

The work focuses on the historical image of Princess Ly Chieu Thanh, the tragedy of her marriage and her feelings.

Source: SGT