POSTPONED – Craft workshop: the different faces of Tuồng

DUE PERSONAL SCHEDULES THIS WORKSHOP IS POSTONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE IN APRIL OR MAY. THANKS

This is a repeat of the workshop we held before Tet. It went really well and was really good fun and very informative and we learnt some fascinating things about Tuong theatre. We will run this workshop a few times each year, hosted by Woods Cafe, in Ngoc Khanh (thank you Woods team).

Part talk, part workshop – full morning.

Linh, one of the young artists we partner with (who graduated from the Fine Arts University) has devised a new workshop based on the face painting tradition of Tuồng theatre.

Tuồng is often referred to as classical Vietnamese opera. It is different to other genre of Vietnamese theatre such as Chèo.  It uses a series of characters recognizable by their elaborate face make up and costumes. Their personalities are shown through the colour of the face, eyebrows and facial hair.  The art of face make up is a distinctive and artistic feature of Tuồng.

Linh is interested in the face painting and the story telling of Tuồng  and created a workshop that combines drawing and painting the face ‘mask’ on dó paper and creating a collage.  You can make your collage/artwork as simple or as intricate as you like.

As  the story behind Tuồng and its face painting is very interesting this is a 2 part event

Part 1 appx 45 mins 9.15am-10am
Intro and explanation to what Tuồng  is, the genre, origins etc.
Info about the face painting, and what some of the images mean and will be supported by ppt and video

Part 2 appx 2 hours 10am-12pm
Workshop where we create our own Tuồng face mask collage

Space for – min 5 people to very max 10 people (we cannot take more than 10 due to space)

VND 390,000 same price for everone (includes talk and workshop  and all material)

Venue – Woods Cafe, 84 Phạm Huy Thông, Ngọc Khánh lake (behind RMIT)

Contact – please RSVP to stella@fvheritage.org

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