Australia perform at the Đà Nẵng Fireworks Festival on June 17. The team decorated the night with dance music. Photo courtesy of DIFF

ĐÀ NẴNG — Australia and Italy showed off their fireworks during Chasing Your Dreams – the topic of the third night – at the Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival with breathtaking performances along the Hàn River on June 17.

The Australian performance was built on dance music and unique light effects to win the hearts of spectators and the jury.

Fireworks of Australia on the third night of the Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival. Photo courtesy of DIFF

The team also described the ups and downs of the country through fireworks performances on the basis of music Mad World and Survivor, featuring the forest fire in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fireworks of Italy seen from the Rồng (Dragon) Bridge at the Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival. Photo courtesy of Trần Lê Lâm

Italy's fireworks performance. The European team demonstrated an antique space with classic music at the Đà Nẵng Fireworks Festival. Photo courtesy of DIFF

Italy demonstrated the antique space and modern light with inspiration from a masterpiece Ambiente spaziale a luce nerea  (Spatial Environment in Black Light) by Lucio Fontana, an Argentinean-Italian painter, sculptor and theorist (1899-1968).

Local residents and foreign tourists enjoy fireworks from the Rồng (Dragon) Bridge in Đà Nẵng. Photo courtesy of Lê Lâm

The Italian team played a classic concert night with effects of fireworks in the skies, creating a night music party with fireworks on the rhythm of ‘Symphony No 5’, and ‘Fate Symphony’, in C Minor, Op.67 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Two dancers on the main stage of the Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival. Australia and Italy performed on the third night on June 17. Photo courtesy of DIFF

Different Italian fireworks teams previously had taken top prizes at the annual fireworks festival in Đà Nẵng city, including Italy’s Martarello in 2017-18, and Parente Fireworks in 2011-12.

The UK and Poland will play on the fourth night on June 24.VNS