Continue to build aesthetic values and stage art to meet the new situation
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of September 25, the Department of Culture, Sports and the Provincial Traditional Arts Center solemnly celebrated the 50th anniversary of Nghe Tinh folk opera and the 65th anniversary of Nghe Tinh Revolutionary Theater.
Attending the ceremony on the Central side were Dr. Screenwriter Nguyen Dang Chuong - Vice President of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association.
On the provincial side, there were comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Van Dung - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Tran Thi My Hanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Culture & Sports. Along with generations of art troupe managers, artists through the ages.
At the ceremony, the epic art program performed by the provincial Traditional Arts Center with many art forms such as Cheo, Cai Luong, Nghe Tinh folk songs was elaborately staged, with profound content touching the hearts of the audience. In particular, the art program with the participation of many generations of actors left an impression and emotion on the audience.
The speech by People's Artist Trinh Thi Hong Luu at the ceremony said: The 65-year journey of Nghe An and Ha Tinh theater is an artistic journey serving the revolutionary cause and the people. It is a process of accepting new artistic values and styles to modernize the theater to suit the new aesthetic trends of the public and the times, while persistently grasping and firmly clinging to the cultural values and artistic traditions of Nghe An.
Since its establishment, generations of artists have persistently collected and researched the Vi and Giam folk songs of the Kinh people, folk songs and dances of ethnic minorities, not only to preserve and maintain them, but also to create materials for contemporary works of art. Many successful works of song, dance and music have come from the development of folk songs and dances. In particular, Vi and Giam folk songs have been diligently researched and tested by generations of authors and artists to successfully create a new genre of drama, which is Nghe Tinh Folk Drama. This is a great contribution to the Vietnamese stage. The artists of the Center have also made important contributions to bringing Vi and Giam folk songs to international friends, becoming a common value of humanity when it was recognized by UNESCO as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2014.
Promoting the achievements today, in the coming time, on behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province, comrade Bui Dinh Long requested the Department of Culture and Sports and the Center for Traditional Arts to perform well the following tasks:
Research to innovate operating methods, from management to creation and performance to meet the aesthetic tastes and artistic needs of the public.
Continue to collect, research, preserve and develop the folk song and dance heritage of ethnic groups in the area, especially continue to perfect and further develop Nghe Tinh folk drama; Strengthen training and fostering of the young generation, search for and attract talented seeds, train them to become artists, stage and music authors; Together with the stage of the whole country, participate in building values and aesthetic values, stage art in the socialist-oriented market mechanism, international integration.
On this occasion, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism presented the Provincial Traditional Arts Center with a banner with the words "Leading unit in the emulation movement"; and awarded People's Artist Trinh Thi Hong Luu a Certificate of Merit for her achievements in performing and contributing to the province's arts.
The Provincial People's Committee also presented a banner to the Provincial Traditional Arts Center and certificates of merit to artists with outstanding achievements in recent times.