Private theater performances, such as Lee Jaram’s Pansori, are being held at Myeongdong Art Theater. [Performance News]

Commemorative ‘Dance and Sound Arts Festival’ for the 150th Anniversary of Han Sung-jun’s Birth

National Theater Company ‘Picnic’ Poster
[Provided by National Theater Company. Redistribution and DB prohibited]

” (Seoul=Yonhap News) Oh Boram Reporter = ▲ Watching Private Theater Works at Myeongdong Art Theater = The National Theater Company will present a planned performance ‘2024 Planning and Invitation Picknic’ where private theater works will be staged at the National Theater Company’s dedicated theater, the Myeongdong Art Theater, from the 18th of next month to September 14th.”

” Starting with the musical ‘What’s Wrong with the Folk Tale?!’ (August 18-25), you can see three pieces including the chorus play ‘Story of the Peach Blossom Hill; Pond of Memories’ (Aug 31- Sept 8), and the folk tale ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ (Sept 13-14).”

” The National Theater Company planned this project to open up a distribution network for artistically meaningful private theater performances and to secure diversity at the Myeongdong Art Theater. The National Theater Company selected the works themselves and supports the production costs.”

” Park Jeong-hee, the new artistic director and director of the National Theater Company, stated, ‘The role of the National Theater Company is to ensure that outstanding works do not disappear after a brief moment but have more opportunities to breathe on many more stages.'”

2024 Han Sung-jun Dance and Sound Arts Festival Poster
[IEA JU Cultural Relics Foundation]

” ▲ Celebrating the Father of Modern Korean Dance with a Dance Performance = IEA JU Cultural Relics Foundation announced on the 19th that they will hold the ‘2024 Han Sung-jun Dance and Sound Arts Festival’ at the Hong Sung Cultural Center in Gangwon on the 25th, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Han Sung-jun (1874-1941), who is known as the Father of Modern Korean Dance.”

” The performance will bring together all schools continuing Han Sung-jun’s legacy to illuminate his world of dance.”

” Traditional dance genres like court dance and ritual dance, mask dance, taepyeongmu, and hanryangmu will be presented, along with sounds like ‘binari’, ‘samdo samulnori’, ‘gogobeonyeon’, and ‘eochachuldo’.”

” IEA JU Korean Traditional Dance Association, Yagsa Jeongjae Dance Preservation Society, National Music Institute, Lee Sun-rim, Park Sung-ho, Song Jae-young, and others will take the stage.”

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