About 500 community members
About 500 community members
gathered at the Power Center Saturday
gathered at the Power Center Saturday
night to witness Đêm Việt Nam, a
night to witness Đêm Việt Nam, a
celebration of Vietnamese culture
celebration of Vietnamese culture
through different styles of dance.
through different styles of dance.
The theme this year was “Ignite Your
The theme this year was “Ignite Your
Flame.”
Flame.”
One of the performances was a
One of the performances was a
traditional dance with lotuses to teach
traditional dance with lotuses to teach
the audience about Vietnam’s values
the audience about Vietnam’s values
and history. The lotus, which is the
and history. The lotus, which is the
national flower of Vietnam, represents
national flower of Vietnam, represents
purity, commitment and optimism.
purity, commitment and optimism.
LSA senior Ashley Doung, president
LSA senior Ashley Doung, president
of the Vietnamese Student Association,
of the Vietnamese Student Association,
expressed her excitement about the
expressed her excitement about the
organization’s growth. In previous
organization’s growth. In previous
years, the VSA hosted the show at the
years, the VSA hosted the show at the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, a smaller
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, a smaller
venue.
venue.
“DVN show tickets sold out within
“DVN show tickets sold out within
hours of being released,” Doung said.
hours of being released,” Doung said.
“Due to the overwhelming support
“Due to the overwhelming support
from the community, we realized that
from the community, we realized that
we had to expand and host this show at
we had to expand and host this show at
a larger venue.”
a larger venue.”
Doung said the VSA prepared
Doung said the VSA prepared
extensively before the show to become
extensively before the show to become
accustomed to the new venue.
accustomed to the new venue.
“Building up to the day of the show,
“Building up to the day of the show,
this week has been impossibly hectic
this week has been impossibly hectic
for all who were involved,” Doung said.
for all who were involved,” Doung said.
“Especially because this is our first year
“Especially because this is our first year
at this venue, all of DVN Board and
at this venue, all of DVN Board and
VSA Board were very detail-oriented
VSA Board were very detail-oriented
and cautious in planning the show
and cautious in planning the show
out logistically … Behind the scenes,
out logistically … Behind the scenes,
from the final dress rehearsal to the
from the final dress rehearsal to the
end of the show, this year’s DVN went
end of the show, this year’s DVN went
just as smoothly, if not even more than
just as smoothly, if not even more than
previous years.”
previous years.”
LSA junior Olivia Gardiner attended
LSA junior Olivia Gardiner attended
her first VSA performance this year
her first VSA performance this year
and said she enjoyed learning about
and said she enjoyed learning about
Vietnamese culture.
Vietnamese culture.
“I don’t think I realized how much
“I don’t think I realized how much
I would learn about Vietnam and their
I would learn about Vietnam and their
values through dance,” Gardiner said.
values through dance,” Gardiner said.
LSA
sophomore
Sadia
Farha
LSA
sophomore
Sadia
Farha
commented on the venue of the
commented on the venue of the
performance, noting the audience size.
performance, noting the audience size.
“I am really surprised at how full the
“I am really surprised at how full the
Power Center is tonight,” Farha said. “I
Power Center is tonight,” Farha said. “I
was not expecting that many people to
was not expecting that many people to
come out to support, but I’m really glad
come out to support, but I’m really glad
they did.”
they did.”
Doan Thi An Hien, a Fulbright
Doan Thi An Hien, a Fulbright
foreign language teaching assistant for
foreign language teaching assistant for
Asian Languages and Cultures, said the
Asian Languages and Cultures, said the
performance reminded her of home.
performance reminded her of home.
“DVN
was
an
authentic
and
“DVN
was
an
authentic
and
touching reminder of my home
touching reminder of my home
country with traditional áo dài và nón
country with traditional áo dài và nón
lá (conical hat),” Doan said. “I was
lá (conical hat),” Doan said. “I was
remarkably proud to see many students
remarkably proud to see many students
of Vietnamese classes on and backstage.
of Vietnamese classes on and backstage.
I firmly believe this experience will
I firmly believe this experience will
have positive impacts on their learning
have positive impacts on their learning
attitudes and purposes.”
attitudes and purposes.”
Doan said she was proud of VSA
Doan said she was proud of VSA
members and brought friends from
members and brought friends from
other backgrounds to witness the
other backgrounds to witness the
performance.
performance.
“I noticed that the audience was so
“I noticed that the audience was so
diverse,” Doan said. “I invited some
diverse,” Doan said. “I invited some
Fulbrighters from Belgium, India and
Fulbrighters from Belgium, India and
Indonesia. They were impressed by the
Indonesia. They were impressed by the
professional teamwork, tremendous
professional teamwork, tremendous
effort for every single performance by
effort for every single performance by
VSA.”
VSA.”
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