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VietNamNet Bridge – The Goethe Institute and the Wallonia-Brussels Delegation to Vietnam together with the Vietnam Opera and Ballet Theatre (VNOB) will hold a Contemporary Dance Festival on Friday and Saturday at The Youth Theatre featuring contemporary dance pieces of Lamento, Get a Revolver and Minus of Belgium, Germany and Vietnam.
Starting from the only fragment that remains of Arianna, Monteverdi’s unfinished opera Lamento is a choreographic score tailor-made for dancer Gabriella Iacono. Adopting the approach of a strict and choreographed transposition of the words, Iacono powerfully embodies the tragic figure of Ariane who has been left devastated by abandonment and betrayal.
The final contribution, Get a Revolver, is a solo performance choreographed by Helena Waldman showing the character of a woman who suffers from dementia at the end of her life. Throughout the piece she begins to slide towards a dream world that gradually dissolves her personality. The work is performed by German dancer of the year, Brit Rodemund.
Minus, a piece created by choreographer Ngoc Anh especially for the VNOB, draws on the relationship between human beings and the world around us. It’s about exploring the complexity of human physicality and the rhythm within oneself, where the body acts as an instrument for expressing its intellectual tone in a world where technology and information are the dominating forces driving our daily lives.
The program also includes film screenings and exchanges with dancers and choreographers.
The shows will take place at 8 p.m. at the theater, 11 Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street in Hanoi. Admission is free and tickets are available from the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street.
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