VIETNAMESE FOLK OPERA AND GENERATION VALUE
Leon Quang Lê |
TEDxHCMUSSH
• March 2019
In Vietnam, Cai Luong (Vietnamese Folk Opera) is somewhat cheesy while in New York, it is the nostalgia for the past still remained on the feet of Asians. That is the reason why Leon Quang Le's childhood passed in concealment and struggle between his passion for classical theatre and his desire to blend into American lifestyle. He got his start on Broadway musical, but it was Broadway that brought him back to his childhood romances. The birth of Song Lang represents strong spiritual with that predestined affinity: "Cai Luong has brought me a precocious and uplifting childhood, when I become a grown-up, it is the voice taking me back to my homeland."
Getting away from traditional values actually don't make us look more civilized, so what will we come to have the moment we approach them? Being all ears to Leon Quang Le’s sharing with respect to the values he has reclaimed in Vietnamese Folk Opera might help you discover your own answer.