CDEF supports Vietnam dance project
(VOV) -The Vietnamese-Danish Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) has agreed to support the contemporary dance project “Vietnam in the 70s” this year.
Le Vu Long, Director of Noi Den (Destination) contemporary dance group that undertakes the project, revealed the information at a press briefing in Hanoi on March 20.
“Vietnam in the 70s” dwells on the country’s specific historic period, especially human issues, which were rarely mentioned in the 1970s.
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It recalls and portrays images of death, joy, sorrow, confusion, separation, reunion and farewell, Long said.
Six new contemporary dance works will be introduced at Hanoi Opera House on March 25-26 with the participation of famous Vietnamese contemporary dance choreographers including Quang Hoang Diep, Nguyen Dung, Tran Ly Ly, and Quach Phuong Hoang.
Previously, CDEF also supported Vietnam in implementing “Ba Mat Mot Loi” project in 2012, aiming to promote choreographers’ creativity.
Established in 2002, Noi Den group is known as the first contemporary dance in Vietnam. Its members are deaf people who are living and working in Hanoi.