Dancing boy bands make a common feature in K-pop, but when it comes to fan loyalty, six-member group 2PM has few rivals. Catchy dance pop singles produced by their agency head producer JYP, intricate choreography that often takes cues from acrobatics, handsome faces with slick hairstyles gelled to perfection and especially their signature chiseled torsos have driven quite a few fans around the world mad. In the hundreds of thousands, to put a real figure on it: their first Asia tour, which lasted from last September to March this year, attracted over 160,000 people, with every night of the tour without an empty seat. In May, they sold out six consecutive dates at Tokyo’s iconic Nippon Budokan arena - every ticket was purchased under a minute after sale - amassing additional 60,000. Members of K-pop boy band 2PM pose for a promotional photoshoot for their most recent release, “Hands Up,” in 2011. In their fifth year as one of the country’s most popular groups, … [Read more...] about ‘Hottest’ to artist: journey of 2PM
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Poor kids introduced to creative careers
VietNamNet Bridge - The Thang Long English and Vocational School in HCM City, which benefits disadvantaged children, held its first creative courses introductory session on Saturday to develop children's interests in photography and visual communications. Teachers, students and sponsors decorated classrooms and showed visual presentations to interested children and parents. The first visual communications course started last September, with three out of the first four students finishing the first semester after six months, according to Peter Cameron, who laid the foundation for the course and now serves as a consultant of the project. … [Read more...] about Poor kids introduced to creative careers
Supporting creative activities of artistic literature in the periods 2006-2010
(Cinet)- In Cao Lanh City, Dong Phap province, National Union’s Commission of Vietnam artistic literature Associations has recently held a training conference to support creative activities of works and artistic literature themes in the periods 2006-2010. Nearly 100 delegations including Chairman, Deputy Chairman; General and Assistant editor of 19 Southern artistic and literature Association and some outstanding artists from Southeast region, Mekong river delta and Ho Chi Minh City attended this conference. Professor and artist, Ca Le Thuan, Deputy Chairman of National Union’s Commission of Vietnam artistic and literature Associations, delivered his speech to open the conference in which many urgent and burning issues on the situation of artistic literature were made after the 20-year national renovation. Delegations listened to announcements and ideas of comrade Truong Tan Sang, Commissioner of Ministry of Politics and Standing Secretary at a talk with Party Committee … [Read more...] about Supporting creative activities of artistic literature in the periods 2006-2010
Artists, writers told to improve responsibility, create great works
Artists and writers should promote their patriotism, enhance citizen's responsibilities and create more works of great value, said To Huy Rua, Politburo member, Party Central Committee secretary, head of the Party Central Committee Commission for Propaganda and Education. He was addressing a national seminar on "ethnicity and modernity in Vietnam's art and literature" held in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province, on August 4 by the Central Council for Theory and Criticism on Literature and Art. "Resolution 23 by the Politburo attaches great importance to art and literature in the country's development, considering it an essential need, an aspiration towards the truth, the good and the beautiful, and a great momentum for comprehensive development of the Vietnamese people," he said. The line-up of people engaged in the field are like soldiers in the building and developing of art and literature that contains both national identity and modernity, which are two reciprocal factors that … [Read more...] about Artists, writers told to improve responsibility, create great works
Art Director Nguyen Anh Tuan: Flexible model will encourage creativity Most Recent News
NDO – There have been more and more contemporary art exhibitions held around the country and abroad, which have gradually attracted public attention and are considered as important information channels in the visual arts life. In Vietnam, young artists are increasingly interested in these experimental art forms. Nguyen Anh Tuan, art director of Heritage Space (in Hanoi), granted an interview to a Nhan Dan (People) Weekly reporter to share about how to encourage young contemporary artists to promote their creative potential. Vietnam has many young talents Q: After two terms of the Months of Arts Practice (MAP) launched by the Heritage Space both this year and last, many very young and new faces appeared. How do you assess them? A: Not only the Heritage Space but also many other contemporary art sites in Vietnam have attracted the participation of young people under 25 years old. They are artists, volunteers and audiences of the arts. Despite the limitations in … [Read more...] about Art Director Nguyen Anh Tuan: Flexible model will encourage creativity Most Recent News