Theater
The Girl Kieu
![The Girl Kieu The Girl Kieu](/resources/files/jpg859/kieu-web-formatkey-jpg-w320m.jpg)
Four theater directors and for new approaches of bringing Kiều to the Stage Conceptual idea and execution: Mr. Sĩ Tiến, Youth Theatre
Truyện Kiều is considered to be the single most important work of Vietnamese literature. The beauty of its language and the vast array of extreme life situations and hopes in this narrative, the miraculous rescue of Kieu and restoration of her life in dignity form an integral part of Vietnam's intellectual cultural heritage.
The epic was first time published in German in 1964 (by Irene and Franz Faber). Translations help to lift "The Girl Kieu" into the rank of world literature. Nguyen Du belongs to the world literary canon like Cervantes, Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goethe. Truyện Kiều even appeals to those who don’t know much about Vietnam – it’s the girl’s story that moves readers. Truyện Kiều has thus become a medium of cultural understanding and rapprochement with Vietnam.
In appreciation of the translation and in veneration of the original and the poet Nguyen Du, the Goethe-Institut has invited four directors to unfold their original and fresh approaches to this subject matter. For the epic heritage of an epic lives on only if it passes the test of time again and again.
What makes the text and its artistic promise of reconciliation with the world still relevant today?
Which image of women is unfolded in the epic?
Today's reader wonders if the female image of Nguyen Du’s KIEU is still relevant today. What has changed in the last decades?
How does this effect the approach four of the most interesting theatre directors in Vietnam and Germany to bring TRUYEN KIEU to the stage today?
directors
Nguyen Si Tien (*1968)![Si Tien Si Tien © Photo: Si Tien Si Tien](/resources/files/jpg859/si-tien-4-formatkey-jpg-w100mq.jpg)
Amélie Niermeyer (*1965)
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Ngo Dang Hong Van (* 1966)
![Hong Van Hong Van © Photo: Hong Van Hong Van](/resources/files/jpg859/hong-van-formatkey-jpg-w100mq.jpg)
Tran Luc (* 1963)
![Tran Luc Tran Luc © Photo: Tran Luc Tran Luc](/resources/files/jpg859/tran-luc-formatkey-jpg-w100mq.jpg)
Bui Nhu Lai (*1979)
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CALL FOR PICTURE SHORT STORIES:
THE NEW K - DIGNITY IS INVIOLABLE
Drawings for a re-reading of Nguyen Du‘s "Truyen Kieu" today.The Goethe Institute is inviting cartoonists, caricaturists, illustrators, and animators from Vietnam to submit a 3-panel short story, animated drawing or animation on KIEU’s contemporary relevance.
DEADLINE | OCTOBER 31, 2019
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Details
Tran Huu Trang Theater
136 Tran Hung Dao Straße, District 1
HO CHI MINH CITY
Vietnam
Language: the performances will be in Vietnamese – without translation
Price: from 150.000, VND
Tickets online: Ticketbox.vn
+84 28 38326716 - 14
Lan.Nguyenthiphuong@goethe.de
Part of series KIEU - Events