The International Dance Festival 2017 kicked off in the northern province of Ninh Binh on September 16, drawing the participation of about 300 domestic and foreign artists.
The festival gathered
about 15 dance troupes from 14 countries, including Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar,
the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Colombia, Singapore, Egypt, Japan,
Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Russia, Malaysia and host Vietnam.
The artists will stage dances lasting from 20 to 40 minutes that
will be judged on artistic merit.
As many as 200 artists from nine Vietnamese troupes participated
in the event. They were from the Vietnam Dance College, Vietnam National Ballet
and Opera, Military Culture and Arts College, southern-based Sao Bien Folk
Dance and Sing Theatre and provincial troupes from Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Hoa
Binh, Son La and Tuyen Quang.
The festival was designed to bolster Vietnam’s culture and art
cooperation with other countries, offering a chance to promote the country’s
images, people and culture to international friends.
It was also viewed as an opportunity for Vietnamese dancers to meet
and learn from experiences of other artists. The festival will run until
September 22.
Source: VOV
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