Saturday, October 10, 2009
Circus artistes from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia compete in the first Young Circus Talent Competition opened on Thursday in Hanoi
Sixty-four circus artistes from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam started competing in the first Young Circus Talent Competition that opened on Thursday (October 8) in Hanoi.
The four-day contest is held at the Experimental Theater of Vietnamese Intermediate School of Circus and Vaudeville Art in Mai Dich St., Cau Giay Dist.
Ranging in age from 16 to 25, the athletes have been competing for prizes in 21 different acts including acrobatics, sleight of hand and balancing. Each act is presented twice, with the higher score being picked.
The Vietnamese delegation has 35 professional artists from Vietnam Circus Federation, Intermediate School of Circus and Vaudeville Art in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, and the Long An Circus.
The contest is organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the departments of Performing Art and International Cooperation and the Association of Vietnamese Performing Artists.
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