11/11/2024 21:12
(PLO) – Renowned artist Thanh Loc said he did not like theater festivals because he thought they were frivolous, however, in this year’s festival the male artist participated because he to connect with units in Ho Chi Minh City.
The “Performance & the Public” discussion space program of the Department of Critical Theory – Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association still has sessions exchange with theater producers Hoang Thai Thanh, Thien Dang, Hong Van … on the evening of November 11.
This is a heated activity Ho Chi Minh City Theater Festival The first time – 2024 officially opens on November 12.
At the exchange, Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc and Thien Dang Theater attended the Ho Chi Minh City Theater Festival with the play Giang Huong he got the audience’s attention over a long period of time, at the old male unit an artist they all chose to stay out of the festivities.
Speaking about this, Merit Artist Thanh Loc said that he is not familiar with concerts because he finds them frivolous.
According to Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc, there are plays that win medals and have high achievements, but after the end of the festival they cannot survive. At the same time, plays have a life with the public, association he did not have a good history.
“This question has been bothering me for 40 years since I left theater school. Is there a difference in the way of thinking of festival organizers and artistic artists? So a performance Participating in. What criteria must a theater festival meet? – Renowned Artist Thanh Loc raised the issue.
Renowned Artist Thanh Loc also revealed that Thien Dang from the beginning of the stage did not intend to participate because he was too afraid to compete, compete for achievements, scores, or fairness or injustice .
“Although they work together every night, it is not certain that one person has seen the other’s play. Therefore, theater festivals are an opportunity for artists to sit together, watch and share feelings with each other because each unit theater in Ho Chi Minh City has different colors and their own audience segments, so I decided to participate.” – Expressed by Thanh Loc Meritorious Artist.
Merit Artist Thanh Loc hopes that through this festival, he can inspire passion and energy in young people – an important force to pursue art. improve.
Renowned Artist Thanh Loc also expressed his regret that the festival did not register too few plays to compete. In addition, it is very difficult for “brains” to participate in the play but they have to control the time.
“We know that each festival has its own rules and criteria. But is time control something that must be adhered to? From an artistic point of view, time is not a measure but information. The news that the play gives the audience is the important theme.” – Renowned artist Thanh Loc voiced.
Agreeing with the concerns of Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc, Meritorious Artist Thanh Hoi also suggested removing the rule on the length of submitted works (90 – 150 minutes).
At the same time, the artist Ai Nhu also mentioned the issue of the festival jury sitting alone, with tables, flowers and lights that could affect the experience and emotions of the audience. The female artist suggested that she could invite the jury to sit with the audience to hear feedback and see their reactions.
Participating in the program, the Honorary Artist Ca Le Hong said that he would express the proposal of not having a time limit on the work of the competition to the art council and the organizing committee on November 13. She also hopes that if the units have ideas or suggestions, they should raise them openly and together exchangesupporting each other for development.
