New performance prose to take stage

02:32' 27/04/2009 (GMT+7)

The cover of Dinh Hoang Anh's book "Nhung Giac Mong Doi Nguoi". VietNamNet Bridge - There’s a new kind of performance art entering the arts scene in Viet Nam – performance prose, pioneered by writer Dinh Hoang Anh. Anh is set to experiment with the medium using her short story Coi Song – Coi Chet (World of Living – World of Death) at 3.30pm next Tuesday at the Russian Science and Culture Centre, 501 Kim Ma Street, Ha Noi. The short story will be performed by the writer against a contemporary musical background and will be accompanied by actors from Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre. The programme will be directed by the theatre’s director Bui Nhu Lai. The story has been selected up from Anh’s book Nhung Giac Mong Doi Nguoi (Dreams in People’s Lives), and includes 23 short stories about the separate destinies of different people. Through the book, Anh sends the message: Life is sometimes led by dreams. Sometimes, life itself is a dream. The performance will be coupled with discussion of the book and a presentation by critic Pham Xuan Nguyen. The event includes a performance of Anh’s poem Tieng Rao Dem (Pedlars’ Cries at Night) set to music and acted out by painter Thai Tinh, Anh’s husband. A collection of Tinh’s paintings and installations is also on display. The artist says the pieces were all inspired by Anh’s writing. Anh specialised in mathematics at university. She went on to do a PhD in maths in Minsk, Belarus and finished with an excellent degree. VietNamNet//VNS