The San Khau Hoc Duong (School Stage) art project brought positiveresults over its 10 years of implementation, education and cultureexperts concluded at a meeting recently held in Hanoi to evaluate theproject.
Conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism and the Centre of National Cultural Preservation, Research andPromotion, the project sought to educate pupils about national historyand ethic lifestyles through stage characters, in order to create a newgeneration of young people who appreciate traditional art forms.
According to Vuong Duy Bien, director of the Art Performing Departmentunder the Ministry of Culture, optimistic reports are coming in from theparticipating schools in 32 cities and provinces, but they also showthe continued need to equip pupils with artistic knowledge.
"The useful project should be continuously expanded to every single city and province nationwide in the future," he said.
However, some meeting attendees said School Stage didn't meet expectations due to the lack of capital.
Stage director Pham Thi Thanh said that "the project ignored the roleof musicians as well as props and costumes due to its humble budget".
The project came from the idea of stage director Pham Thi Thanh and wasimplemented experimentally with the support of the Ford Foundation in1999. In 2001, the project was official launched on a large scale,targeting the secondary school pupils. The 10-year project was dividedinto three periods: the first period was from 2001-03, focusing on tuong(classical drama) and cheo (traditional opera) in the northern andcentral regions; the second period was from 2004-06, centring on cailuong (reformed theatre), bai choi (singing while playing cards) andfolk singing in the central and south regions and the third periodwas from 2007-10, honouring the folk singing of Nghe Tinh, Quang Binh,Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces. A number of 90 schools in threeregions North, Central and South had joined the project.
"The performing activities in some schools had to stop whenever thecapital was exhausted. That's one reason why the project couldn't createa long-term effect," she continued.
According to deputyculture minister Huynh Vinh Ai, the project should be expanded andfleshed out with details about the specific art forms include. Inaddition, a script writing camp should be held in order to producescripts tailored specifically to children.
Ai also suggested that successful art that emerged from the project should be presented widely to the public.
If the project is extended, it should be expanded to the remotenorth-eastern mountainous regions and the Central Highlands , wherethere is also a rich traditional culture, according to stage directorThanh. /.
Conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism and the Centre of National Cultural Preservation, Research andPromotion, the project sought to educate pupils about national historyand ethic lifestyles through stage characters, in order to create a newgeneration of young people who appreciate traditional art forms.
According to Vuong Duy Bien, director of the Art Performing Departmentunder the Ministry of Culture, optimistic reports are coming in from theparticipating schools in 32 cities and provinces, but they also showthe continued need to equip pupils with artistic knowledge.
"The useful project should be continuously expanded to every single city and province nationwide in the future," he said.
However, some meeting attendees said School Stage didn't meet expectations due to the lack of capital.
Stage director Pham Thi Thanh said that "the project ignored the roleof musicians as well as props and costumes due to its humble budget".
The project came from the idea of stage director Pham Thi Thanh and wasimplemented experimentally with the support of the Ford Foundation in1999. In 2001, the project was official launched on a large scale,targeting the secondary school pupils. The 10-year project was dividedinto three periods: the first period was from 2001-03, focusing on tuong(classical drama) and cheo (traditional opera) in the northern andcentral regions; the second period was from 2004-06, centring on cailuong (reformed theatre), bai choi (singing while playing cards) andfolk singing in the central and south regions and the third periodwas from 2007-10, honouring the folk singing of Nghe Tinh, Quang Binh,Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces. A number of 90 schools in threeregions North, Central and South had joined the project.
"The performing activities in some schools had to stop whenever thecapital was exhausted. That's one reason why the project couldn't createa long-term effect," she continued.
According to deputyculture minister Huynh Vinh Ai, the project should be expanded andfleshed out with details about the specific art forms include. Inaddition, a script writing camp should be held in order to producescripts tailored specifically to children.
Ai also suggested that successful art that emerged from the project should be presented widely to the public.
If the project is extended, it should be expanded to the remotenorth-eastern mountainous regions and the Central Highlands , wherethere is also a rich traditional culture, according to stage directorThanh. /.
