Vietnamese dance troupes to perform at HCM City`s second Dance Festival

HCM City (VNA) – At least 25 Vietnamese dance troupes from the state and
private sectors will perform at HCM City ’s second Dance Festival this week.


The festival, organised by the HCM City Dancers’ Association, the Youth Cultural
House and Sai Gon Media Co, will feature 65 performances of folk, traditional and
contemporary dance at the Cultural House hall on Oct.22 and 23 and.

A panel of judges will award 42 medals for the best performances, including
five A prizes, 10 B prizes, 12 C prizes and 15 prizes for encouragement. The
awards ceremony will be held on Oct. 25. The organisers said the dance festival
was organised to create a play-ground for professional dancers and provide a forum
for the advancement of dance in the country.

The festival was organised for the first time by the HCM City Dancers’
Association and Association and the Youth Cultural House in 2007.

At the beginning of this year, Vietnam ’s first-ever solo dance show Vu
(Dance) by young dancer Linh Nga, who graduated in dancing performance from the
Beijing Institute of Dancing last year, was held in Hanoi.-Enditem