Vietnamese Water Puppets

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Event Vietnamese Water Puppets
Venue Festival Garden, Auckland CBD, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Auckland Arts Festival 2011
First Date 2 March 2011
Opening Date 2 March 2011
Last Date 20 March 2011
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description NZ PREMIERE.
The enchanting ancient art of Vietnamese water puppetry comes to New Zealand for the first time! A fantastic and unique cultural experience that will mesmerise adults and children alike, water puppetry has been performed on the surface of ponds and paddy fields of the Red River Delta for a thousand years - the lively creation of farmers who spend their days tending the flooded rice plantations. In Auckland, the puppets' home is the Garden Theatre - a miniature lake and seating area, specially constructed to fit the surrounds of the Festival Garden (Aotea Square). The Thang Long Troupe brings New Zealand families the magical and exhilarating experience that has delighted audiences around the world; a carefully protected art, whose ancient secrets and complex skills have been guarded for centuries. Water is the setting for stories of village life - scenes of farming and fishing, buffalo fights, and children's games of marbles and coin-toss. Lion dogs romp like puppies while dragons exhale smoke and shoot sprays of water at the audience accompanied by a lively folk orchestra.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Music
Puppetry
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Text Nationality Vietnam
Production Nationality Vietnam
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://2011.aaf.co.nz/events/vietnamese-water-puppets.aspx.html
Library Collection Auckland Arts Festival 2011 website - archived by the National Library via https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/wayback/20110323070046/http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 157477