A half-day, fun-packed, challenging event that will give participants the opportunity to experience the favourite pastime of hundred thousands of Hanoians! Plus, it will give them the chance to create their own unique interpretation of life in Hanoi.

 

“Dancing With the Stars” begins at 09.30 am, with the participants joining in a daily session of the Babilon  Gardens Dance Club at dawn in Lenin Park. Participants can mix with the local dancers and be given some basic instructions in a variety of dances, and be photographed as they dance.  This is an introductory activity which will be enjoyable in itself, but it forms the prelude of what is to follow.

 

At the conclusion of the class, participants will be given sealed instructions informing them that in teams (maybe each team of each team will comprise 4 to 6 people, or more depending on the size of the whole group) they are to create and present a dance item as a group ensemble, to be performed that night as part of a gala dinner at the Hilton.  The theme is to have something to do with the history, lifestyle or their experience of Hanoi, for example the traffic or the practice of street selling. It can be in any dance style, for example Latin American, waltz, cha cha, rock in roll or any combination of dance styles.