Veteran actor offers training for young talent
With a desire to contribute to preserving and promoting the cultural values of cải lÆ°Æ¡ng (reformed opera), People’s Artist Thanh Tuấn, a veteran actor, has pledged to train new generations in this traditional performance art.
Young artists in HCM City are being encouraged to hone their performance skills taught by the famous artist from HCM City over three and six-month refresher courses for young graduates of art schools and those working for drama troupes and theatres.
The participants have to pass selection rounds held by Tuấn and the theatre’s veteran artists before commencing training.
They will study the history of cải lương singing, music and dance used in the art form before being trained at different performance levels.
The participants will study with professional artists, including Tuấn, traditional musicians and composers like Hoàng Hiệu and Văn Giàu, as well as scriptwriter Văn Ngá»c.
They will also get opportunities to perform in leading theatres’ new dramas and comedies.
"For a long time, I have got support from many colleagues and friends to open a company to train potential singers, and I have fulfilled my desire to open the classes to teach young people about the artistic profession according to the vá»ng cổ (nostalgic tunes) singing methods that I have researched in many decades of my career," said the People's Artist title holder on the Cải LÆ°Æ¡ng Việt Nam website.
“The 100-year-old cải lÆ°Æ¡ng is a unique genre of Vietnamese theatre. Further training is required for young performers because the number of professional and talented actors in this art form has declined in recent years.”
To achieve fluency in traditional art genres, including cải lÆ°Æ¡ng in the south, chèo (traditional opera) in the north, and tuồng (classical drama) in the centre, it takes four or five years at school and two to five years of working with professional troupes and theatres, according to Tuấn.
“Cải lÆ°Æ¡ng is particularly difficult to master. Studying in the school is not enough for young performers to properly know the art. So I decided to offer refresher courses to help them improve their singing and performance skills,” he added. Read More...
