Le Ngoc Tuan Anh, a world-famous Vietnamese juggler, has significantlycontributed to promoting the image of Vietnamese village life to theworld through his unique and interesting performances, said radio TheVoice of Vietnam (VOV).
The 37 year-old juggler, known as TuanLe, was born into an artistic family in Ho Chi Minh City. When he was achild, he developed an interest in circus entertainment and attended anumber of shows in the city.
In 1991, his family moved to Berlin,and Tuan Le had to work odd jobs to help out his family. However, withhis burning passion for the circus, Tuan Le continued to search forbooks and materials about the art and eventually secured a position atthe Chamaeleon Variete Theater in Berlin.
At 18, Le performed atsmall nightclubs in Berlin where he continued studying dance, music andcircus at the international culture center Ufa Fabrik. A year later, heofficially signed a contract with Chamaeleon Variete Theater.
In 2000, Tuan Le performed for the first time at Saint Dennis and began touring France, Sweden, Austria, and the US.
Laterin 2009, he signed a long-term contract with Cirque du Soleil andbecame the first Vietnamese artist working at the Canadian circus. Afterjust one year, he won the Excellence Award from the InternationalJugglers' Association (IJA).
During his first return visit to hishomeland 10 years ago, Tuan Le was completely inspired by the naturalbeauty of village life in Vietnam. He began to implement an artisticproject which combined circus with village story. The “Lang Toi” (MyVillage) circus project was gradually formed in 2005 after 3 weeksworking with Nguyen Lan Maurice, Nhat Ly, and choreographer Tan Loc.
In 2008, a French producer agreed to invest a huge amount of money in Tuan Le’s project.
“LangToi” deeply impressed foreign spectators with its spectacular moves ofstrength of young circus performers to the accompaniment of traditionalVietnamese background music.
The circus performance describesVietnamese folk games, highland fairs and village festivals withprofessional light art installations and simple props made of bamboo,conical hats, and baskets.
Tuan Le decided to keep the Vietnamesename for his “Lang Toi” work instead of translating into otherlanguages when touring foreign countries.
To date, there have been 400 shows of “Lang Toi” performed in many countries around the world.
In2013, Tuan Le and his group began to implement “A O Show” whichfeatures people's lives in the South Central Coast and the Mekong Deltaduring the urbanization process.
He plans to bring “A O show" totour Europe in 2015. “My passion is to build special works so thatVietnamese people can be proud of the unique cultural values of theirhomeland. I will take advantage of familiar materials in my futureworks,” says Le.
“Currently, we are working on the third projectwhich combines Vietnamese village image with puppets. I believe thatthis programme will bring new feelings and views about performance artand Vietnamese puppets” to audiences all around the world, he shares.-VNA
The 37 year-old juggler, known as TuanLe, was born into an artistic family in Ho Chi Minh City. When he was achild, he developed an interest in circus entertainment and attended anumber of shows in the city.
In 1991, his family moved to Berlin,and Tuan Le had to work odd jobs to help out his family. However, withhis burning passion for the circus, Tuan Le continued to search forbooks and materials about the art and eventually secured a position atthe Chamaeleon Variete Theater in Berlin.
At 18, Le performed atsmall nightclubs in Berlin where he continued studying dance, music andcircus at the international culture center Ufa Fabrik. A year later, heofficially signed a contract with Chamaeleon Variete Theater.
In 2000, Tuan Le performed for the first time at Saint Dennis and began touring France, Sweden, Austria, and the US.
Laterin 2009, he signed a long-term contract with Cirque du Soleil andbecame the first Vietnamese artist working at the Canadian circus. Afterjust one year, he won the Excellence Award from the InternationalJugglers' Association (IJA).
During his first return visit to hishomeland 10 years ago, Tuan Le was completely inspired by the naturalbeauty of village life in Vietnam. He began to implement an artisticproject which combined circus with village story. The “Lang Toi” (MyVillage) circus project was gradually formed in 2005 after 3 weeksworking with Nguyen Lan Maurice, Nhat Ly, and choreographer Tan Loc.
In 2008, a French producer agreed to invest a huge amount of money in Tuan Le’s project.
“LangToi” deeply impressed foreign spectators with its spectacular moves ofstrength of young circus performers to the accompaniment of traditionalVietnamese background music.
The circus performance describesVietnamese folk games, highland fairs and village festivals withprofessional light art installations and simple props made of bamboo,conical hats, and baskets.
Tuan Le decided to keep the Vietnamesename for his “Lang Toi” work instead of translating into otherlanguages when touring foreign countries.
To date, there have been 400 shows of “Lang Toi” performed in many countries around the world.
In2013, Tuan Le and his group began to implement “A O Show” whichfeatures people's lives in the South Central Coast and the Mekong Deltaduring the urbanization process.
He plans to bring “A O show" totour Europe in 2015. “My passion is to build special works so thatVietnamese people can be proud of the unique cultural values of theirhomeland. I will take advantage of familiar materials in my futureworks,” says Le.
“Currently, we are working on the third projectwhich combines Vietnamese village image with puppets. I believe thatthis programme will bring new feelings and views about performance artand Vietnamese puppets” to audiences all around the world, he shares.-VNA
