Hip hop shimmies with tradition

Hanoi (VNA) - Eleven Vietnamese, German and French hip-hoppers are to mix
hip hop dance with live traditional music in a show called the Faces ,
aiming to send messages about dreams, love and the role of youth in society.

Nine artists from three famous Vietnamese hip hop groups, Big Toe, Milky Way
and Sacred Crew, will work under the leadership of creative gurus Sebastien
Ramirez from France and Raphael Hillebrand from Germany for two
weeks.

Vietnamese artists were selected by Ramirez and Hillebrand, who have
performed in Berlin , Paris and Los Angeles .

The 50-minute show will see a series of emotive questions fired at the
artists, like "In my life, what is my dream?", "As a young woman, what is my
role in society?", "What is love?".

Dirk Korell, the project coordinator, said "The show perfectly displays
Asia-Europe cooperation and will be performed in Indonesia after Vietnam
. We are also hoping that the project will take off in Europe, first in
Germany ."

The show will take place in Hanoi on December 8-9 and in Ho Chi Minh
City on December 11-12 before heading to Indonesia.-Enditem