January 20, 2012
"Le Maitre des marionnettes" (The Master of water puppetry), a Vietnamese traditional water puppetry play, will debut at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris on February 10. This program is directed by Dominique Pitoiset, the director of Bordeaux National Theatre, in cooperation with the Vietnamese national water puppetry theatre. Water puppetry is a distinctive [...]
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July 2, 2011
Thanks to scores of dedicated performers, Vietnam’s traditional puppetry will continue to survive but experts say it will take more than that to make the art form thrive Water puppetry performances at the festival which was attended by nearly 300 puppeteers from 15 village guilds across the country. A veteran puppeteer famously said that [...]
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January 30, 2010
A performance by Tof Theatre’s puppeteers.LookAtVietnam – Three art troupes from Belgium will take part in the Hue Festival 2010 which will b held from June 5 to 13, according to the Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation to Vietnam.They include the puppetry troupe from Tof Theatre, the Baladeux Circus and a Vietnamese Belgian comedy artist.Tof Theatre, the contemporary [...]
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December 5, 2009
Based on the classic drama “Mussel, Oyster, Snail and Clam”, director of the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre Nguyen Hoang Tuan, has produced a puppet performance entitled Nang Hen. A secene from Nang Hen.VietNamNet Bridge – Based on the classic drama Ngheu, So, Oc, Hen (Mussel, Oyster, Snail and Clam), director of the Thang Long [...]
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October 21, 2009
They call him the magician, because while his stage has many actors – water puppeteer Phan Thanh Liem is the only person pulling the strings. Liem was born into a family with seven previous generations having been water puppeteers. However Liem was not satisfied with the fact that water puppeteers have to depend on each [...]
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July 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A private water puppetry troupe will, for the first time, present the traditional art at an international festival in Japan. An art form unique to Vietnam that makes waves wherever it goes will reach the shores of Japan this week.Two tons of equipment including dozens of puppets and even a pool had been shipped [...]
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July 20, 2009
Huynh Anh Tuan, owner of the Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater, poses with wooden puppets. A private water puppetry troupe will, for the first time, present the traditional art at an international festival in Japan. An art form unique to Vietnam that makes waves wherever it goes will reach the shores of Japan this week.Two [...]
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June 28, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Accomplished stage director Hoang Duan refuses to let the unique effects of ultraviolet light go to waste. Puppetry fans of all ages will be able to enjoy the innovation and color of black-light puppetry once again thanks to the determination of a pioneering director. First introduced in Ho Chi Minh City in 2003 [...]
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June 25, 2009
Director Hoang Duan, the pioneer of black-light puppetry in HCMC, is rescuing the neglected art form Accomplished stage director Hoang Duan refuses to let the unique effects of ultraviolet light go to waste. Puppetry fans of all ages will be able to enjoy the innovation and color of black-light puppetry once again thanks to the [...]
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June 7, 2009
Performers hidden behind a bamboo screen deep in the water prepare for the water puppetry show.VietNamNet Bridge – A small village, just 90km from the capital, is famous nationwide for its three centuries of experience in the trade of crafting traditional water puppet performances.Fireworks explode with a bang and two dragons snake through the water, [...]
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