Lune Production has been visually telling Vietnamese culture for over a decade to lớn audiences both within the country và internationally.
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“We did a lot of research và worked with different objects & materials related to the culture of the country.”Lune Production illustrates Vietnamese culture through visual storytelling. The Ho bỏ ra Minh đô thị based company, founded in 2012, puts in thoughtful research khổng lồ carefully curate a visionary spectacle. They tell the story và rich history of the Vietnamese people through the Bamboo Circus: A O Show, Lang Toi – My Village and Teh Dar. They have been able to mô tả their vision abroad, including countries such as the United States, Australia, & New Zealand. The Vietnamese Bamboo Circus specifically had over 500 shows in 17 countries.
Many different natural items can arguably represent the country best. Why did Lune Production choose bamboo? Show director Tuan Le & his team believed that the material was closest to lớn the Vietnamese people. It was a new technique. “We did a lot of research & worked with different objects and materials related to lớn the culture of the country,” he said.
The simplicity of the materials used for the show reflects the simple, clear message of culture. “We take all traditional instruments & also get inspired from very basic tradition,” Le said. “With those instruments, we create a new platform of performance using circus technique và traditional music which reflect daily life of Vietnam to create our vision.”
Show director Tuan Le says that artists, performers và musicians develop their skills throughout the show khổng lồ best represent themselves as well. For any stage production, music sets the scene for shows. Many of the songs used in the circus fall under the UNESCO Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This means that the types of instruments used for Vietnam’s genre of music is unique to that genre and cannot be duplicated by any other nations. “We use the very traditional instruments to create cultural melody such as Goongs from Vietnamese Highlanders, plucked lute from Northern folk music Ca Trù, và bowed string from Đờn Ca a ma tơ Southern folk music; or very common scene in traditional Vietnam’s village life such as farming, fishing…” Le noted.
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Much lượt thích history, the production itself is changing in slight ways. As the director mentioned, “The story of each show is the same but during practice, there is always room for artists, performers và musicians lớn develop their skills and find more new messages to lớn present who they are.”
This circus is truly a circus, with acrobatic feats and stunts. One significant difference is that no animals are involved in the show.
Ultimately, those that come to lớn experience the show must imagine themselves right in the production khổng lồ fully appreciate the cultural significance of what it is trying lớn convey. “The soul of our show is represented through light, sound and stage settings that makes the audience, whether Vietnamese or foreigners seeing for the first time, be able to lớn understand & feel touched; there is no language gap,” Le said.
The job of the director is khổng lồ push performers beyond their limits to lớn recognize their abilities, Le said.ebestbuyvn.net had the opportunity lớn visit the Teh Dar show during their rehearsal recently. The show incorporates the Vietnamese Bamboo Circus. We could see how every few minutes, the performers would begin a part of their show, stop and begin again. Each person was paying finite attention to detail. Each performer exuded confidence và power on a more stripped down stage.
Le noted as a director, his main job is to lớn push performers beyond their limits lớn recognize their abilities. During rehearsal, we noticed some of the performers were bandaged up, a clear example of pushing themselves beyond their physical abilities. Throughout the four years that the show has been running, there are slight variations based on the performers’ preferences, he said.
“The soul of our show is represented through light, sound and stage settings.”Is the past of Vietnamese culture being preserved in its present & being spread worldwide effectively? Le replied that there are many different ways lớn preserve culture. “For us, we take the culture và tradition as inspiration lớn create the show. But more or less, it is important lớn build the bridge và find ways that we can portray the cultural message khổng lồ the world without translation.”
Writer’s Note: At the time of release, the A O Show will be performing at the Saigon Municipal Opera House for the month of September.
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