Finest Project Nominees: Beyond The Mountain
Beyond The Mountain
About project:
“Sơn Hậu – Beyond The Mountain” is an experimental theatre play inspired by the traditional Tuồng play of the same name with the story being transformed to the present and the future – the key tie-in between traditional Tuồng and contemporary art. The play focuses on spatial integration at B1 playground in Van Chuong collective housing area on Kham Thien street, Hanoi. With the imprint of the ‘bao cấp’ (subsidy economy) period, the play has brought special and unique emotions to various audience groups at the venue. The playground of the Van Chuong collective housing area has become a collision of real and fantasy space/time, of past and future tragedies. Engaged with an open stage, the audience also becomes a part of the story, escaping from the grounded reality to immerse themselves in the surreal dimension of the play.
The artists have transformed characteristic elements of Tuồng art such as ‘ước lệ’ technique (the literary method of figurative symbolisation), music, choreography and acting within the landscape of the collective housing area; this not only inverts the simulation of historical memory in the language of contemporary art, but also creates a dialogue between visual materials, traditional art, experimental sound/music, and movements based on Tuồng choreography. Blending traditional and contemporary music, these sounds become a bridge that connects the cultures of the East and the West, as well as the New and the Old.
Art form: Theatre
Duration: 2019 – 2021
Organizer: LENNGAN
Activities: Performances
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