The 2022 HCM City Dance Festival held from November 24-26 will have new dance performances featuring Vietnamese culture. File photo from baotintuc.vn

HCM CITY — Around 20 dance troupes from HCM City and neighbouring provinces will participate in the 2022 HCM City Dance Arts Festival from October 24-26.

The biennial festival, organised by the HCM City Dancers Association, will attract more than 150 dancers from the city, and Long An and Đồng Nai provinces.

The participants will present 50 works in different genres, including traditional folk dance, contemporary folk dance, contemporary dance and ballet.

People’s Artist Hà Thế Dũng, vice chairman of the association, said: “the festival aims to create a platform for dancers to exchange and improve their skills, as well as to prove that the city’s dance arts background and dancers are at high level.”

“We are anticipating performances that reflect Vietnamese traditional values and culture, and praise the country and humanitarian values,” he added.

The organiser invited experienced choreographers to join the festival’s arts board, including Dũng, People’s Artist Tô Nguyệt Nga, Meritorious Artists Nguyễn Bá Thái and Tạ Thuỳ Chi, and Nguyễn Phúc Hùng.

The festival will take place at the city’s Opera House, 7 Lam Sơn Square, District 1. — VNS