Vietnamese Bamboo Circus - an art born from simple things

28/09/2019

As the most invited Vietnamese art form to tour internationally, Vietnamese Bamboo Circus has brought creative performances to more than 200,000 audiences in more than 500 shows in 17 countries.

Bamboo and circus both symbolize the simplicity of the countryside. However, familiarity and simplicity do not mean boring or ordinary. Vietnamese Bamboo Circus skillfully combines the two materials to bring the audience eye-catching performances through storytelling circus, the main props are bamboo combined with unique music performed live to express the cultural characteristics of the regions in the S-shaped strip of land.

The skillful body movements in Vietnamese Bamboo Circus evoke plot and express emotions: the couple's contortion depicts the lingering mood of separation, while the juggling shows the joy of work.

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With Vietnamese Bamboo Circus, bamboo skillfully combines with humans in each circus act: juggling bamboo sticks twice as high as a human body, bending with bamboo, flying with bamboo sticks, balancing on bamboo towers, somersaulting with bamboo baskets... In addition, bamboo is also flexibly used to create scenes, sometimes depicting a peaceful countryside river, sometimes becoming a majestic high mountain.

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Vietnamese Bamboo Circus uses live music, going beyond the background role and becoming a character in the story. The musical instruments used in Vietnamese Bamboo Circus are diverse, rich and bear the cultural imprint of the theme of each play: from the gongs of the Central Highlands, the Dan Day in Northern Ca Tru, to the Dan Co in Southern Don Ca Tai Tu.

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In each different play, the audience will encounter cultural features typical of each region of Vietnam. Vietnamese Bamboo Circus not only recreates cultural activities, but also conveys the soul of folk culture through lighting arrangements, sound performances and stage perspectives.

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With the desire to bring international tourists as well as local people an impressive and memorable experience of Vietnamese culture and art, Vietnamese Bamboo Circus shows are currently being performed in Saigon, Hanoi and Hoi An. Vietnamese Bamboo Circus shows include:A O Showbearing the characteristics of Southern culture,Teh Darcarrying the breath of the Central Highlands mountains and forestsMy villageexpressing the soul of the Northern countryside

Website:https://www.luneproduction.com/

Lan Oanh
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