The play ‘Being a King’ won the gold medal at the National Tuong and Folk Music Festival

As a result, BTC awarded 3 Gold Medals for the books Stork wings in the storm – Center for traditional arts of Nghe An province; Goddess – Binh Dinh Traditional Art Theater; Non-historical stories – Be king – Vietnam Tuong Theater.

5 Silver medals go to Going through a stormy day – Traditional Art Theater of Ha Tinh Province, Emperor Le Dai Hanh – Traditional Art Theater of Thanh Hoa Province, Swan shirt – Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City, Market of life – Hue Opera and Opera Theater, God’s trio – Vietnam Tuong Theater.

3 Bronze medals go to Phoenix of the Middle East – Khanh Hoa Traditional Arts Theater, Nun Huong Trang – Quang Nam opera troupe, Reverse waves – Nguyen Hien Dinh Tuong Theater.

In the actor award, the organizers also awarded 31 Gold Medals, 40 Silver Medals, 20 Bronze Medals.

Besides, BTC awarded Excellent Author belongs to Van Trong Hung – The play goddess, Best director (Tuong genre) belongs to People’s Artist Hoai Hue play Stories outside of political history – Becoming a king, Best director (folk song genre) belongs to meritorious artist Bui Nhu Lai, play Through the stormy day, Outstanding musician belongs to Meritorious Artist Thanh Nam Emperor Le Dai Hanhthe excellent artist belongs to Tran Hong Van Swan shirtexcellent choreography belongs to Do Thi Kim Tien play Goddess.

At the closing ceremony, Deputy Minister Ta Quang Dong affirmed that at this festival, there are many works of high quality in content and art, attracting the public, especially many new and creative plays from the author. , director, actor to mask-style makeup; dance according to the principle of “inner and outer correlation, left and right correspond, upper and lower are compatible”, singing follows the way of “speaking”.

According to the Deputy Minister, music follows the principle of “rule”, all strictly follow the law of yin and yang art; The elements of singing, dancing and music are developed in harmony with the acting art of the actors. The overall combination of elements brings special aesthetic feelings to the audience, helping them to feel the sophistication of the art of tuong and folk songs.

Assessing the artistic quality of this year’s festival, writer and playwright Ha Dinh Can, Chairman of the Arts Council, recognized 16 plays with historical and modern themes, full of colors and imprints. of cultural regions…

The President of the Arts Council also pointed out a few limitations of the festival such as, having a brief script, focusing on a monumental historical context, but neglecting the small fate of the characters, but the stage needs new actors. The small, hidden fate in the midst of life often moves viewers. There are plays where the director uses too much string, the pedestal confuses the stage, and the actors are confused by unnecessary silk ties.

There are duplicate plays on Fine Art design, there are long dance performances, dances with bulky props that lose the beauty of conveying emotions by body language. There is an overabundance of podium art that is rampant. There are plays, music in one place, acting in another and cannot lead the audience’s emotions to receive. There was a show of colorful costumes that did not match the rustic tradition of the Vietnamese people, neat, simple and elegant…

Playwright Ha Dinh Can also expressed that theater is the art of reality. Regardless of how the authors write about history or modernity and express it in their work, the starting point and final destination is also the vast human realm that we are.

“The people in history and the people today, when they have become theatrical images, still bear the silhouettes of real people, become the brains of real artists, imprint and express themselves. the conception, the way of life, the originality and depth of thought of the real artists,” said the playwright.

Love Le