Int’l dance festival opens in Hue city

Monday, April 14, 2014 21:32

An international dance festival kicked off in the imperial Hue cityin the central Thua Thien-Hue province on April 14 as part of HueFestival 2014, with the participation of 24 art troupes from countriesand territories.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sportsand Tourism Vuong Duy Bien said the artists will stage a total of 37dances – each lasting 20 minutes. Excluding the host Vietnam,foreign troupes are allowed to perform with 14 members only, Bien added.

The festival, which will run until April 18,creates a good chance for local dancers to exchange experience withtheir foreign peers as well as fuel their creativity in the field.

The biennial Hue Festival, the eighth of its kind, is taking place inthe UNESCO-recognised World Cultural Heritage city of Hue from April12 - 20.

Themed “Cultural heritage with integrationand development”, it will feature a forum for East Asia – Latin Americacooperation, a conference of ASEAN+3 cultural ministers, and culinaryfestivals, trade and tourism fairs, among others.-VNA

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