About Lune Production
Lune Production is an entertainment company established in 2012 at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, used to under Square Group.
The company’s ambition is inspiring Vietnamese culture to the world through art performances.
At Lune Production, we research, create, develop, and promote quality Vietnamese cultural and entertaining productions. Our creation partners are elite Vietnamese artists that have experiences working with international prestige art organizations. Despite different expertise, they share the same passion to uniquely present Vietnamese culture through performances and other forms of arts.
Lune Production’s four key spectacles, naming A O Show, Lang Toi - My Village, Teh Dar performing from North to South Vietnam, have inspired and received much love and critical acclaim from both local and international audience while performing at the Saigon Opera House, Hanoi Opera House, Vietnam Tuong Theater and Hoi An Lune Center, as well as during the world tour of Lang Toi, A O Show and Teh Dar throughout the past few years.
With steady business growth, Lune Production expanded its network to Hoi An, tapping on a market with great potential for cultural products of high quality. Hoi An Lune Center for the Performing Arts is the company's first owned performance venue in the dream of pursuing cultural art production. The venue was built and opened in February 2018 to host extraordinary performances and become a new landmark for visitors when in Hoi An Ancient Town.
Lune Production commits to constant improvement on quality of existing productions and service. We keep creating and searching for spectacular art performances to fulfill our mission of inspiring and preserving Vietnamese culture.
2009
Lang Toi - My Village began the first world tour, until 2012.
2012
Lune Production established.
02/2013
A O Show debuted at the Saigon Opera House.
03/2014
Lang Toi - My Village performed several months at the Saigon Opera House.
09/2014
The Mist Dance Show started to perform at the Saigon Opera House.
10/2014
The Mist Dance Show toured in the United States.
06/2015
A O Show started the three-year Europe tour, until 2017.
07/2016
Lang Toi - My Village started to perform at the Hanoi Opera House.
08/2016
First performance of Teh Dar at the Saigon Opera House.
02/2017
A O Show performed at Perth International Art Festival, Australia.
05/2017
Lang Toi - My Village started to perform at Vietnam Tuong Theater, the second performance venue of the show in Hanoi.
06/2017
A O Show performed at São Paulo International Circus Festival, Brazil.
12/2017
Seaphony Orchestra, a Vietnamese Ethnic music concert was played in Hanoi Opera House on December 12th.
02/2018
The launch of Hoi An Lune Center for the Performing Arts on February 21st.
A O Show toured Japan for the first time. Performed in Kanagawa Arts Theater, Yokohama.
03/2018
A O Show toured Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand.
04/2018
A O Show performed in Royal Opera House, Muscat, Oman.
07/2018
A O Show performed at the Metropolitan Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
11/2018
Palao debuted at Hoi An Lune Center.
A O Show’s second tour in Japan, performed in Odawara, Yokosuka and Yamato.
Teh Dar started several months of touring around Europe until 2020.
02/2019
Lang Toi performed at Perth Festival, Australia.
06/2019
A O Show performed at Sydney Opera House, Australia.
The People Behind Lune Production
Vo Thanh Trung
CHAIRMAN OF SQUARE GROUP
The visionary and achiever Vo Thanh Trung, as one of the founders, has developed Square Group to be one of the largest independent communications group in Vietnam. Square Group has multiplied into 10 companies over the past 10 years, offering services and products in Communications, Events, Digital and Entertainment.
With his sharp business vision, Trung realizes the potential of Vietnamese cultural entertainment. Establishing Lune Production, he believes that the beauty of Vietnamese culture should be shared and appreciated.
Tuan Le
SHOW DIRECTOR OF A O SHOW, TEH DAR, LANG TOI
The talented Tuan Le is a world class juggling artist, choreographer, and show director. Tuan Le started as a juggling artist and has earned many recognitions and awards in Germany, where he lived since the age of 14. He is also the first and only Vietnamese artist to work with the largest theatrical producer in the world as a solo artist. Tuan Le has also directed several great shows for different circus theatres.
Lang Toi, A O Show and Teh Dar are his most important works that embody Vietnamese culture.
Nguyen Nhat Ly
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF A O SHOW, LANG TOI, TEH DAR, THE MIST, PALAO
Ly was born in France, and grew up in Vietnam. During his childhood, he developed a passion for Vietnamese traditional and ethnic musical instruments.
He then moved back to France and pursued his music career beginning with the Degree in Music from Paris VIII University. Later on he and his partner founded Art Ensemble, an organization that teaches Asian children traditional music.
Under his inspiration and guidance, the live music in every show of Lune Production is mesmerizing, unique and defines the personality of the show.
Nguyen Lan Maurice
CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF A O SHOW, TEH DAR, LANG TOI
Nhat Ly's brother, Nguyen Lan Maurice has strong circus background and establishment. He was trained in the National Circus School in Vietnam and performed for Cirque Plume in France. He then became the artistic director of circus school Arc en Cirque in Chambéry, France.
As a creative director, Nguyen Lan is in the quest of creating arts from scratch. His mission is to work with artists, ‘brainwash’ them from their habits and routines of the past - then nurture their creativity, arts sense, and innovation.
Nguyen Tan Loc
CHOREOGRAPHER OF A O SHOW, LANG TOI AND SHOW DIRECTOR OF THE MIST
After studying in Japan with a scholarship from Fujisato Ballet School in Tokyo, Tan Loc founded Arabesque dance studio. With the aspiration to develop a contemporary dance language of its own, Arabesque combines contemporary dance aesthetics and classic ballet. ‘The Mist’ is one of their artistic and culturally rich productions.
Joining A O Show and The Mist team, Tan Loc enhance the shows’ visual language through contemporary dance and artistic installation.
Ngo Thanh Phuong
SHOW DIRECTOR OF PALAO
CHOREOGRAPHER OF PALAO & TEH DAR
After graduated from the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen Germany, Phuong came back to Vietnam and worked for the dance company Ea Sola. She then became one of the key choreographers at Arabesque Dance Company, and founded the Open Stage Project.
In 2012, Phuong received the Best Choreography Award at the International Modern Dance competition in Korea and a grant from the Danish Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) for her experimental work ‘Erasable’.
With her keen eye for the art of movement, Phuong has contributed her talent in several shows of the company. Her success with Teh Dar led her to the dual positions of director and choreographer of Palao.
Shows by city
A O SHOW
The name ‘A O’ derives from ‘Lang Pho’, which means ‘village and city’. The show depicts the charming beauty and cultural richness of Vietnamese life in the countryside, in contrast with the nation’s racing urbanization. The show is a unique mix of bamboo circus, acrobatic acts, dance, and theatrical visual art. The live music echoes Vietnamese Southern work songs. All in all, this beautiful blend of genres creates a unique stage language, which well captures the essence of Vietnam’s fascinating culture.
TEH DAR
Teh Dar invites audience on a venture into the enchanting world of Vietnamese highlanders. Wild animal hunts, moonlit romance, jungle's tales of death and reincarnation, are all recreated with stunning Vietnamese Bamboo Circus, daring acrobatics, and hypnotizing melody from exotic tribal instruments certified cultural heritage by UNESCO. Meaning ‘going in circle’ in the highland tribe K'ho's tongue, Teh Dar embrace and preserve beautiful and diverse Vietnamese tribal cultures. As the artists keep inspiring, the circle of tribal life keeps going, the cultures shall remain.
LANG TOI - MY VILLAGE
Lang Toi (My Village) is a delicate merge of tradition and innovation, where poetic beauty of Northern Vietnam’s village life is presented under Vietnamese Bamboo Circus approach. Farming, building activities, traditional games, lifestyle of Northern villagers are recreated by ancestral bamboo props, breath-taking circus and acrobatics, rhythmic dance, to distinct folk music from more than 20 musical instruments.
A O SHOW
The name ‘A O’ derives from ‘Lang Pho’, which means ‘village and city’. The show depicts the charming beauty and cultural richness of Vietnamese life in the countryside, in contrast with the nation’s racing urbanization. The show is a unique mix of bamboo circus, acrobatic acts, dance, and theatrical visual art. The live music echoes Vietnamese Southern work songs. All in all, this beautiful blend of genres creates a unique stage language, which well captures the essence of Vietnam’s fascinating culture.
TEH DAR
Teh Dar invites audience on a venture into the enchanting world of Vietnamese highlanders. Wild animal hunts, moonlit romance, jungle's tales of death and reincarnation, are all recreated with stunning Vietnamese Bamboo Circus, daring acrobatics, and hypnotizing melody from exotic tribal instruments certified cultural heritage by UNESCO. Meaning ‘going in circle’ in the highland tribe K'ho's tongue, Teh Dar embrace and preserve beautiful and diverse Vietnamese tribal cultures. As the artists keep inspiring, the circle of tribal life keeps going, the cultures shall remain.
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Reviews
A O Show - Lune Production
Must see show at opera house
A bit uneven, but the moments of magic alone made it worthwhile
Teh Dar - 1h well spent!
Beautiful!
Amazing Show - Great Talent
Amazing show
AOSome!
Super A
Fantastic Show!
Simply Stunning
Fantastic Show!
Simply Stunning
Artistically stunning and evocative
Vietnam's answer to Cirque de soleil
A wonderful cultural experience!
Unique, high energy performance
Fantastic show
Mouth open the whole time
Fall in love with Vietnamese culture with this show
A brilliant and moving show
AO in Saigon
Another amazing view of Vietnam
We loved the show!
A O Show - Brilliant Depiction of Vietnamese life
AO SHOW
Audience participation!
A must watch
“A O Show - Brilliant Depiction of Vietnamese life”
Enjoyable
A must watch
Beautiful but sloe
Captivating
Truly a cut above the rest
The talent of the performers and the choreography
A great show and VERY talented acrobats.
Fascinating shows
A "new" type of circus
The Saigon show was splendid
Great show
I loved it a lot
Beautiful choreos!
Wonderful show
Heart pounding tribal experience, loved it
The best contemporary dance choreography
One of the most fascinating shows
The show was amazing
A must watch
Beautiful but sloe
Captivating
Truly a cut above the rest
The talent of the performers and the choreography
A great show and VERY talented acrobats.
Fascinating shows
A "new" type of circus
The Saigon show was splendid
Great show
I loved it a lot
Beautiful choreos!
Wonderful show
Heart pounding tribal experience, loved it
The best contemporary dance choreography,
One of the most fascinating shows
The show was amazing
Surprisingly fun!
