Dance Festival “Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” 2015

Hanoi
30 Sep – 04 Oct 2015, 8 pm
03 Oct 2015, 3 pm
Youth Theatre
Hanoi Opera House
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TP HCM
02 Oct 2015, 8 pm
Drama Theater HCMC
03 Oct 2015, 8 pm
HCMC Dance College

From Goethe Institut:

This year, the Dance festival “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” takes place for the 5th time. The festival received a lot of attention and applause by both media and the public and has successfully contributed to a growing awareness of contemporary dance in Hanoi since 2011. “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” is an initiative of EUNIC, the Network of European cultural institutes and embassies in Hanoi, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNBO) and it will be coordinated again by the Goethe-Institut.

The audience will experience a broad and varied spectrum of contemporary dance from different countries: Germany, Israel, Japan, Poland – taking part for the first time – as well as new performances from the host country Vietnam. In addition there will be a co-production of Wallonie-Bruxelles and Vietnam. A special highlight of this year’s dance festival will be the performance of the internationally renowned Compagnie Sasha Waltz & Guests from Berlin in the Hanoi Opera House.

For the first time at several venues: “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” mainly takes place at Youth Theatre Hanoi, 11 Ngo Thi Nham; the German production “Zweiland” will be performed on 2nd and 3rd October at Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien. Also, this is the first time the dance festival takes place in HCMC: The performances of Wallonie-Bruxelles will perform on 3rd October.

Free tickets in Hanoi available from 23. September, noon at:
Goethe-Institut, 56 – 58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
Japan Foundation, 27 Quang Trung, Hanoi

Free tickets in HCMC available from 23. September at HCMC Dance College.

For more information about the festival, visit the website of festival.

Program in Hanoi:

– Wednesday, 30. September, 8 pm – Grand opening at Youth Theatre Hanoi
Nos solitudes (Solo, 60‘, France) The program is canceled.

– Thursday, 1. October, 8 pm at Youth Theatre Hanoi
ArtLana (Duo, 22‘, Israel)
Sur le rivage (Duo, 50’, Wallonie-Bruxelles/Vietnam)

– Friday, 2. October, 8 pm at Hanoi Opera House
Zweiland (7 dancers, 65‘, Germany)

– Saturday, 3. October, 3 pm at Youth Theatre Hanoi
ArtLana (Duo, 22‘, Israel)
Kelex goes back to the woods (Solo, 30‘, Japan)

– Saturday, 3. October, 8 pm at Hanoi Opera House
Zweiland (12 dancers, 65‘, Germany)

– Sunday, 4. October, 8 pm at Youth Theatre Hanoi
Kelex goes back to the woods (Solo, 30‘, Japan)
DSM-IV 301.81- The personality disorders of type B (Solo, 25’, Poland)
Yes Yes No No (7 dancers, 25’, Vietnam)

Program in HCMC:

– Friday, 2. October, 8 pm at HCMC Dance College
Nos solitudes (Solo, 60‘, France) The program is canceled.

– Saturday, 3. October, 8 pm at HCMC Drama Theater
Sur le rivage (Duo, 50’, Wallonie-Bruxelles/Vietnam)

Previous versions of the festival:
“Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” 2013.
“Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” 2014.