Agnès Letestu will perform in Vietnam (Source:Internet)
Hanoi (VNA) – Well-known dancers from around the world are expect🅷ed to wow audiences at a one-night performance of Parisian Ba🦩llet in Hanoi on June 11.
The French Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Prosperity Bank (VPBank) jointly held a press conference in the capital on June 9 to announce the artists who will be performing.
Ambassador Jean Noel Poirier introduced reknowned dancers from Paris, Madrid, and San Francisco .
Among the famous stars are Agnès Letestu, Mathilde Froustey, Florian Magnenet and Audric Bezard from the Paris Opera House.
The performance will present extracts from nine famous ballets, including “Giselle”, “In the Night,” “The Nutcracker” and “Carmen”.
Other ballet extracts will be accompanied by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji.
French pianist Henri Barda, dubbed “The best kept secret of the French piano,” is expected to be present at the show.-VNA
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Agnès Letestu will perform in Vietnam (Source:Internet)
