Person

Bùi Chí Thanh

1933

Bui Chi Thanh was born in 1933 in Gia Vien District, Ninh Binh Province. Although he is not a native of the Tay Bac region, Thanh really felt a strong attachment to the dancing of the ethnic groups in Tay Bac ever since he was a young soldier in the region. In 1959, he studied at the Intermediate Dancing School in Hanoi with a major in choreography. After graduating from school, he returned to the Tay Bac region to lecture, research and organize many courses on dances for the Thai, Dao and Muong people. He seems to have spent his whole life in Tay Bac and he pays special attention to the traditional dances of the Muong people.