Summary Of Context: Rural Vietnam In 1930s-1940s

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Le Khuc Hoang Uyen – 1AH
DEP IS – Storyboard- Text and Movement

Context: Rural Vietnam in 1930s-1940s (under French colonization).

Frame 1: Community and extreme poverty (a group of performers perform a full traditional farming dance that illustrates the burden of agricultural activities)

The scene opens with narration about the abject poverty in rural areas in Northern Vietnam under French colonization. Accompanying the narration is a full farming dance that illustrates the burden of agricultural activities.

Frame 2: Emergence of lotus – the gentle budding (the protagonist tells off her poverty-stricken life with accompanying stylized movement. The stylized movement is deconstructed from the original lotus dance that illustrates the

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