PASSAGE / SEPTEMBER 2020
Movement On Julie Dang and VietWave by Taia Bush
Welcome to the show! You take your seat and wait as introductions are made; you hear which organizations have had a hand in helping the performance come together, and who is behind the scenes making this show what it is. Then you wait again as the final setup is cued. You hold your breath and then: music. VietWave Music is a performance group composed of traditional instruments, including the dan tranh (a 17–string zither), dan kim (a two–string moon lute), the sao (flute), among others. The song they play is lively and fills the entire room. Each instrument blends with one another and it somehow feels as if there is color bouncing wall-to-wall. This is performance. This is art.
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