The 21st Changmu International Dance Festival
- 9 years ago
Performance
The 21st Changmu International Dance Festival
The Changmu International Dance Festival, organized by the private
organization Changmu Arts Center, is the biggest dance festival in
Korea. Since its foundation in 1993, the festival has been introducing
the world's dance with the sole aim of "globalizing tradition through
modern accession." This year's edition brought colorful programs from
6 countries around the world. The Finnish dance troupe The Carl Knif
Company depicts the communication between language and dance
based on a Finnish poem through "Mothertongue," while the Kim
Myung-sook Nulhui Dance Company displays the circle of life with
gigantic Beopgye-do, the contracted poem of Hwaom Idealism written
by Buddhist monk Uisang of the Silla Dynasty. Through the medium of
dance, the dancers continuously seek the answer to the question of
life. Meanwhile, the Tatmaroo Dance Company showcases the piece
"Men on the Beach," which comically and delightfully portrays the
weary inner sides of modern-day males. In the piece, male dancers
dance funnily in skirts, but the message it conveys is never trivial. Let
your soul dance with the world through the Changmu International
Dance Festival.
[Performance] A modern dance festival based on tradition
Arts Council Korea http://www.koreapac.kr/
The 21st Changmu International Dance Festival
The Changmu International Dance Festival, organized by the private
organization Changmu Arts Center, is the biggest dance festival in
Korea. Since its foundation in 1993, the festival has been introducing
the world's dance with the sole aim of "globalizing tradition through
modern accession." This year's edition brought colorful programs from
6 countries around the world. The Finnish dance troupe The Carl Knif
Company depicts the communication between language and dance
based on a Finnish poem through "Mothertongue," while the Kim
Myung-sook Nulhui Dance Company displays the circle of life with
gigantic Beopgye-do, the contracted poem of Hwaom Idealism written
by Buddhist monk Uisang of the Silla Dynasty. Through the medium of
dance, the dancers continuously seek the answer to the question of
life. Meanwhile, the Tatmaroo Dance Company showcases the piece
"Men on the Beach," which comically and delightfully portrays the
weary inner sides of modern-day males. In the piece, male dancers
dance funnily in skirts, but the message it conveys is never trivial. Let
your soul dance with the world through the Changmu International
Dance Festival.
[Performance] A modern dance festival based on tradition
Arts Council Korea http://www.koreapac.kr/