A Whole New World: Đêm Việt Nam Culture Show

January 22nd 2022
Vietnamese Student Association

The Vietnamese Student Association put on a culture show where students were challenged to reflect on their own personal identities while creating their performances. They showcased singing, dancing, and skits that encouraged audience members to learn about Vietnamese culture by displaying cultural stories and narratives.

February 20th 2021
Jenny Vu, Vietnamese Student Association

This is an entirely student-run show dedicated to portraying the Vietnamese-American narrative. DVN strives for participants and audience members to learn about the Vietnamese culture while also allowing members to dive deeper into their own cultural stories and narratives.

January 27th 2018
Lyndsey Van, Vietnamese Student Association

The Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) presented it’s annual culture show and biggest event of the year, Dem Viet Nam (DVN). It is generally one of the biggest cultural shows on campus. DVN included both traditional and modern dances that showcased Vietnamese culture. It was entirely student run with over 100 performers, choreographers, and backstage workers. It has received awards for the dances locally and nationally drawing in over 500 people each year and selling out both last year and previous years. DVN is well known in the A/PIA community as well as other communities.

February 4th 2017
Vietnamese Student Association

The Vietnamese Student Association hosts an annual cultural show called Dem Viet Nam that showcases traditional and modern dances of Vietnamese culture and a fashion show with traditional Vietnamese ao dai. This year, they had 9 different dances (5 traditional dances, 4 modern dances) and a guest performance by another student performance group. The purpose behind Dem Viet Nam is to raise awareness about Vietnamese culture. The entire culture show is student run, with over 100+ participating members (dancers, choreographers, planning board, and backstage crew). Throughout the entire process, the student choreographers create and design their dance to their chosen Vietnamese music (for traditional dances) and implement traditional Vietnamese dance moves and structural dance forms into the dance.