YTALENT introduces to the audience an artist who last year left an impression with a beautiful artistic imageon the Hat Boi stage, that is artist Bao Chau with the beautiful artistic image of the hero Nguyen Trung Truc.
Artist Bao Chau’s success is to express the character’s spirit on stage, the posture of a righteous hero in cloth at the end of 2024, artist Bao Chau made an impression when he played the role of Nguyen Trung Truc.
As a young artist to make his mark and shine with traditional art – Hat Boi is a Royal Court art form – which has existed for a very long time, meaning that the predecessors – the predecessors have shaped – framed with classic characters, standard to every golden rule… then a young artist, no matter how good at his profession, cannot avoid comparison.
The image of national hero Nguyen Trung Truc in the past year – a Vietnamese historical play, can be considered a new role and performed successfully and brilliantly by a new young artist.
According to the staging and the character’s psychology changes – artist Bao Chau went into the character’s spirit, expressing the character’s spirit through the actor’s body, leading the audience into the current situation at that time (not the audience watching a play on stage) to see why Mr. Nguyen Trung Truc in that context became a hero who dared to stand up and fight for the nation.
With the typical allegorical technique of Hat Boi, not relying too much on props, scenery… but very clearly before the eyes is the vast fields of the countryside, the image of a young family next to a thatched roof, a tea table made of bamboo – the simple trees and leaves of the Vietnamese countryside, the peaceful “hammock sleep” in front of the porch of a southern house, a young couple lulling their child to sleep next to a hammock!
That peace was only a short span… Then… The Mekong Delta was stirred up by enemy ships, the people were restless by the French cannons and artillery… Bao Chau, with his “natural” acting style, was extremely simple in the way he carefully prepared his acting and costumes, and was successful in transforming into the young man Nguyen Trung Truc who at that time had to witness the death of his baby in his arms, when he had not yet overcome his sadness, he was saddened by the death of his wife in the middle of a vast, remote area in the midst of a vast, green coconut forest, the pain had not yet passed when the ultimate pain was his mother’s death, and before his eyes were the sight of innocent people being scattered by the French invaders.
With the way of handling situations according to the character’s psychology, artist Bao Chau expressed the inner feelings from sadness, manly nature, strong will to bravery, transforming the image of the Vietnamese national hero Nguyen Trung Truc!
It can be said that the traditional art of Vietnam, specifically the art of Hat Boi, has not only accompanied the destiny of the Vietnamese people, but today Hat Boi is the flag that revives the souls of the mountains and rivers through the songs – the sounds of the instruments – the sounds of the drums… the artists on the Hat Boi stage, following that noble companionship, have revived the image of their ancestors – the heroes of the country, the heroes of the Vietnamese nation.
The role of national hero Nguyen Trung Truc is a challenge, a concern, a creativity, an unforgettable professional experience and a beautiful turning point, entering the hearts of the audience with the artistic image of the cloth-clothed hero – hero Nguyen Trung Truc on the Hat Boi stage by artist Bao Chau at the end of 2024.
Vuong Thoai Hong
