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Performance Period 1 Jan - 18 Mar 2018 Time Gangneung Arts Center Time 19 Jan - 17 Mar 2018 (58 days) gangneung artS Center Saimdang Hall (Grand Theatre) 19:30 Venue Gangneung Arts Center Saimdang Hall (Grand Theatre) 19:30 Small Theatre 13:00 - / 17:30 - / 19:30 - Small Theatre 13:00 - / 17:30 - / 19:30 - Gangneung Arts Center is a place for developing the sense of art through experiencing high-standard performances and exhibitions. Exhibition Main Content Performance Time 5 – 25 Feb 2018 (21 days) 10:00 – 19:00 Exhibition Venue Gangneung Arts Center Exhibition Galleries 1, 2, and 3
Exhibition Gallery 1: Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Cultural Exchange Exhibition (Snow and Ice, Calligraphy Exhibition, and Works of Next Generation Arts Exchange Workshop held at Korea-China-Japan Culture Exchange Forum) Gallery 2: Gangneung, The Story – Remembering Time Gallery 3: Gangneung, The Story – Facing the Nature Time 5 – 18 Mar 2018 (14 days) 10:00 – 22:00 Ballet Musical Art Exhibition Venue Gangneung Arts Center Galleries 1, 2, and 3
Exhibition Gallery 1: Exhibition “Memories about Gangneung and Sharing the Moments” Gallery 2: “LEE Jang-woo Private Exhibition” Gallery 3: “The Scent of Chinese Ink (muk hyang)– Tracing the Path”
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Period 19 Jan – 18 Mar 2018
Mesmerized by the Charm of Time Grand Theatre_19:30 – GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park Culture and Art Performances Small Theatre_13:00 / 17:30 / 19:30 Culture anD Main Activity Period Time Grand Theatre (Saimdang Hall)Schedule Schedule Time Small Theatre Performance Schedule 19 - 20 Jan La Traviata (Korea National Opera) 21 Jan 15:00 SIMCHEONG-GA Sing the entire song (LEE Han-Seo’s) art PerFOrManCe 24 Jan A special concert (National Orchestra of Korea) 8 Feb North Korean art performance 9 Feb 17:30 Japan’s Chichibu-shi’s performance “MIYABI” as part of Gangneung City’s international exchange Anna Karenina 13:00 Overseas tradition performance (China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia) 10 Feb (The Korean National Ballet) 17:30 Overseas tradition performance (Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines) Anna Karenina 13:00 Overseas tradition performance (Japan, Canada, Malaysia and Laos) 11 Feb (The Korean National Ballet) 17:30 Overseas tradition performance (Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam) Heo Nan Seol Heon (Su Wol Kyung Hwa) 13:00 Korea’s beauty and Ulsan’s high spirits (Ulsan Culture Art Center performance) 12 Feb (The Korean National Ballet) 17:30 Simple Symphony (Gwangju Women’s Philharmonic Orchestra) 13 Feb New Year’s Concert (Gangneung Philharmonic Orchestra) 19:30 “Young Artists in Bloom” concert (Jeongdong Theatre) 14 Feb A feast of the world’s classical songs (2018 PyeongChang Project performance) 19:30 Polish Music Recital (Polish Olympic Committee) 15 Feb Musical Gala Show (2018 PyeongChang Project performance) 19:30 Jazz Talk (The Jazz All Stars) 16 Feb Special Concert (PyeongChang Winter Music Festival) 17:30 Pipa (Chinese traditional performance invitation) & Tomb Flower (TAE Hye-shin Karma Free Dance Company) 19:30 13:00 Danohyang (Gangneung Danoje Preservation Committee) 17 Feb Yang Bang-Ean Echoes for PyeongChang (Yang Bang-ean) 17:30 Flowers and Birds (KIM Jin-mook Trot Band) Edelreinklang & The Quiett, Dok2, Beenzino 13:00 Guest (Musical) (Yangyang Culture and Art Company) 18 Feb (2018 PyeongChang Project performance) 17:30 Rub palms together and offer a devout prayer: Iljangchunmong (An Empty Dream) (CHO Sung-Hee AHA Dance Theatre) 19 Feb When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom (Gangwon Provincial Drama Theatre) 19:30 NANTA (PMC production) Ari Arari 13:00 Hoengseong Hoedaji Nori (Hoengseong Art Company) 20 Feb (Jeongseon Arirang Culture Foundation) 17:30 SNOW WIND & FIRE (Incheon Pops Orchestra) Korea Shimcheong 13:00 Our Dance, Traditional Dance (Daejeon Municipal Dance Company) 21 Feb (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation) 17:30 Busan Seagulls, Dance and Fly toward PyeongChang (Busan Metropolitan Dance Company) Korea Shimcheong 13:00 Ariul Story 3 - the Pirates (Jeollabukdo Culture and Tourism Foundation) 22 Feb (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation) 17:30 The Sound and Gesture of a Thousand Years (Jeonnam Provincial Korean Traditional Music Orchestra) Clara-Jumi Kang & The Korean Symphony Orchestra 13:00 Sing Children’s Song Again (Seoul Boys and Girls Choir) 23 Feb (The Korean Symphony Orchestra) 17:30 Gangneung Fantasy (Gangneung Municipal Choir) 24 Feb Music for Rites (The Afterimages of the Rose) 13:00 Dal-a’s Songs and Baekje Traditional Masque Mimaji (Chungnam Korean Traditional Music Orchestra) (Korea National Contemporary Dance Company) 17:30 The Heritage of a Thousand Years (Gyeonggi Provincial Dance Company)
Three Bolero (Korea National Contemporary Dance Compan) (Korea 2 Mar National Contemporary Dance Company) 3 Mar Concert for PyeongChang Family (Seoul Muse Wind Orchestra) Special Olympics Festival Orchestra's
Overseas performance teams invited as part of Gangwon-do's international exchange 13:00 (Japan, Russia and the Philippines) 10 Mar I MAESTRI Concert (Guest: Sungjung Trio) (I MAESTRI Orchestra ) Overseas performance teams invited as part of Gangwon-do's international exchange 17:30 (Japan and Mongolia) 11 Mar Special Project (Special Oiympic Korea) 19:30 Musical Last Concert (Bitdoensori Global Arts Association) The Festival of Dreams (Gangwon Province's Korean Traditional 13:00 Silla Kingdom’s Ritual for Heavenly Gods by Taebaek Dance Company 12 Mar Orchestra) 17:30 This is Our Story by Theatre Troupe LAHAPH, Korea 13 Mar 19:30 Heart to Heart Orchestra's HEART to HEART CONCERT (Heart to Heart Foundation) Open PyeongChang and see culture. Open Karos and see 13:00 Neungmal Goblin Play by Committee to Protect Jangneung Goblin Play, Yeongwol 14 Mar PyeongChang (KAROS Percussion Ensemble) 17:30 Rising Korea by Daegu Orchestra of Korean Music, Korea 15 Mar The Winter Promise (Gangwon Provincial Dance Compan) 19:30 Musical Arirang Mugeuk (Jeongseon Arirang Culture Foundation) Invitation Concert- The Spirit of Korea 13:00 Light, Sound, Motion as a Whole by Donghae YOO Okjae Dance Company, Korea 16 Mar (The National Chorus of Korea) 17:30 Eoullim Traditional Dance and Music, by Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Orchestra of Korean Music, Korea Dream Concert - The Healing 13:00 Lightening Up Traditional Silk Lanterns by Sokcho Lion Dance Preservation Society, Korea 17 Mar (The Federation of Disability Culture & Arts Associations of Korea) 17:30 Jeongseon Arirang Puppet Show by Arari Puppet House, Korea * Details may change later. Please refer to Cultural Olympiad’s website. 118 The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Cultural Olympiad Programmes Gangneung Arts Center 119 Performance Performance Everyday, Culture & Festival!
Camellia Lady (Korea National Opera) New Years Concert by GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park
19 - 20 Jan 2018 Gangneung Philharmonic Orchestra gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) 13 Feb 2018 Time 19:30 - 21:30 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Performance Details Time 19:30 “La Traviata,” the world’s most beloved opera, is reborn into “Camellia Lady,” which is a Performance Details Korean adaptation of the work. Camelia Lady was staged as an outdoor performance last Gangneung Philharmonic Orchestra raises the curtain on this year’s year (at Seoul Olympic Park Grass Yard, 26 – 27 Aug) wishing the the success of the Olympic Woong-san JANG Sa-ik Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. The performance was well received and evaluated as walk with its New Year’s 101st Regular Concert at Gangneung Arts having paved the way for the popularization of operas. This Korean opera, which reinterprets Center, celebrating the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games. With the the French aristocratic culture of the 18th century into its contemporary Joseon Dynasty, will conductor RYU Seok-won, pianist Sylvia Hong and Michael Rector, well- be put on stage in the Olympic Games venue and will introduce the beauty of Korea to the known sorikkun(pansori singer) JANG Sa-ik and jazz vocalist Woong- audience. The orchestra is conducted by HONG Seok-won, the principal conductor of Tiroler san on the stage, audiences will be able to enjoy the sound of Korea and Landestheater in Innsbruck, Austria. JUNG Ku-ho, well known for his unique Korean style and many other repertoires. The concert will present a quality classic music creativity, takes charge of direction and stage design. In addition, the world-class singers performance of the Cultural Olympiad. including soprano SON Ji-hye and tenor SHIN Sang-geun will be on stage, presenting an Sylvia Hong and Michael Rector unforgettable moment at summer night.
The National Orchestra of Korea A Feast of the World’s Classical Songs
24 Jan 2018 (Project Performance) gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) 14 Feb 2018 Time 19:30 - 20:50 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Performance Details Time 19:30 The “special performance” to be presented by the National Orchestra of Performance Details Korea will unveil newly composed music for the first time in the world, to celebrate the hosting of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. A “Feast of the World’s Classical Songs” is conducted by YANG Jin-mo, The performance will begin grandly with the “Agitos for Korean Music who performs not only in Korea but also in Asia, including Japan and Orchestra,” composed by LEE Ji-soo who has widened the periphery of China. Along with him, the Prime Philharmonic Orchestra will present music across various genres, such as movies, dramas and dances. The various aspects of music. Based on a specialty in symphonies as well as performance also includes Sogeum (small bamboo transverse flute) theatre music, including ballet and opera, the orchestra has performed concerto “Concerto for Pamir Mountains” and “Sin Baetnori (New Boat with the world’s renowned artists, including sopranos Diana Damrau, Party)” where the orchestra, accompanied by pansori, creates a refined and HONG Hei-kyung, and Inese Galante and tenor Placido Domingo, Andrea exotic sense. contains the spirit of harmony and moving forward, just like Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Jose Cura, and bass Rene Pape. the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 slogan ‘Passion Connected.’
* Please check the following websites for further details. Musical Gala Show http://www.pyeongchang2018.com/ko/culture/index North Korean Art Performance (Project Performance) http://www.gn.go.kr/artscenter/index.do 8 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) 15 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 21:30
Performance Details In 1988, the Olympic Games was successfully held in a country where no decent sports Anna Karenina (Korean National Ballet) stadium had existed before. As Korea set the stage for the global festival, Koreans discovered a new possibility – the value and vision of culture and art. Full of energy and fun, Koreans came 11 - 12 Feb 2018 to learn how to party and enjoy festivities, and now, Korea is the only nation where domestic gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) films account for more than half of the country’s movie theatres. In other words, Koreans have Time 19:30 - 21:30 become fascinating storytellers. Thirty years have passed since 1988. Korea is, again, about to present a fabulous performance called the “2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games.” For the past Performance Details 30 years, the country’s culture and art have advanced remarkably, creating Hallyu, the Korean The Korean National Ballet presentes “Anna Karenina,” a remake of Russian Wave. The nation has more musical theatres than Olympic-dedicated stadiums. Starting with writer Tolstoy’s masterpiece, was choreographed in 2014 by Christian Spuck, the premiere of creative musical “Singing in the Rain” in 1995, Korea became the most prolific the artistic director of Zurich Ballet of Switzerland. The performance portrays musical-producing country around the globe. The 30-year history of the Olympics and the 30- human nature and life in details: the passionate but tragic love between young year history of the Korean musicals. Today, we present a performance where you can enjoy Count Vronsky and Anna, who stands against hypocrisy and pretension of the the beginning and end of such histories. Cast: OK Taec-yeon (MC), NAM Kyung-joo, CHOI Jung- 19th-century high society; and the genuine love between Princess Kitty and won, Lisa, PARK So-yeon, BAE Da-hae, PARK Wan, JANG Seong- chan, Danny Jung, LEE Joon Levin who undergo hardships.
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PyeongChang Winter When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park Music Festival Special Concert by Gangwon Provincial Drama Company
(Gangwon Art & Culture Foundation) 19 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) 16 Feb 2018 Time 19:30 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 Performance Details Performance Details Gangwon Provincial Drama Company turned Korea’s well-known short story When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom into a dynamic play with songs, In PyeongChang Winter Music Festival’s “Special Concert,” Korea’s three dances and performances in 2016, in hopes of creating an original representative female “master” classical musicians translate the long- Korean performance work that can appeal to the global audiences. held future and challenger spirit into beautiful melodies to celebrate the As of 2017, it was performed in many areas within Gangwon Province and hosting of the Olympic Games. Featuring CHUNG Kyung-wha, SON Yeol- 17 cities including Seoul, Daegu, Kyungju, meeting 20,000 audiences. eum and SUNG Shi-yeon as well as an orchestra, the concert will present It is a love story of how one night’s love can capture the life of a man. the audience with beautiful classical music including preludes, piano concertos and violin concertos.
YANG Bang-Ean Echoes for PyeongChang Ari Arari (YANG Bang-Ean) (Jeongseon Arirang Culture Foundation)
17 Feb 2018 20 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 21:20 Time 19:30
Performance Details Performance Details Endorf Music’s YANG Bang-ean Concert presents not only “Echoes for PyeongChang,” Since Jeongseon Arirang was registered as the UNESCO’s intangible which was composed to wish the success of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang cultural heritage property in 2012, it has become one of Korea’s three 2018, but also Jeongseon Arirang, which is Gangwon Province’s representative most representative Arirangs which convey the sorrow of ordinary traditional music, and “Who I Am,” the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics documentary theme Koreans. Jeongseon Arirang musical “Ari Arari” presents a new, popular song. In addition, YANG Bang-ean’s signature works are performed, such as the adaptation of Arirang in order to better demonstrate the identity of 2002 Busan Asian Games’ official theme song “Frontier,” “Flowers of K,” and “Dream Jeongseon, which has emerged as a new tourist attraction of Korea. Railroad.” Featuring 14 talented musicians from Korea, Japan, and the U.S., the concert will deliver the essence of crossover music to the audience.
Edelreinklang & The Quiett, Dok2, Beenzino Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation (2018 PyeongChang Project performance) “Korea Shimcheong” KOREA Sim 18 Feb 2018 Cheong 21 - 22 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 한국의 소리를 듣다 Time 19:30 - 20:30
Performance Details Listening to Performance Details the Sound of Korea “Edelreinklang” is Korea’s first male quartet crossover music project, debuted in a TV “Korea Simcheong” by the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation is a
show in 2017. The team name is a compound of the Germans, “Edel” and “Reinklang”: 2018. 02. 21(수)~22(목) / 19:30 performance where Korea’s beautiful songs, dances and music are 강릉아트센터 사임당홀 the former means ‘noble’ or ‘twinkling,’ and the latter ‘pure sound.’ The members combined with the Korean folk story, “Simcheong-jeon.” With special include AHN Sae-kwon, who was acclaimed as the best tenor of all during the audition effects and state-of-the-art stage installations, this Korean traditional program season; KIM Dong-hyun, the bass-baritone who can stably cover not only performance furthers dramatic and entertaining elements and boasts the bass tones but also a baritone range; JO Hyung-kyun, the musical performer a high level of completion by adopting the style of madangnori (Korean who knows how to fascinate the audience with just a few seconds of a song; and LEE traditional outdoor performances) where the actors communicate Choong-ju who sings in a charming, sexy voice. The second part of the performance directly with the audience. features rappers from an underground hip-hop label. Those rappers include The Quiett, who shows stylistic innovation every time when he releases albums; Beenzino, the most influential rapper in Korea; and Dok2, who has released a number of works, garnering explosive responses since his first album.
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Chung Chi-yong & Ju Mi-kang and Three Bolero (Korea National GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park The Korean Symphony Orchestra Contemporary Dance Company)
(The Korean Symphony Orchestra) 3 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) 23 Feb 2018 Time 19:30 - 21:10 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 21:10 Performance Details Performance Details French composer Ravel’s “Bolero,” which has moved and inspired dancers for a long time, is remade into a contemporary dance performance where three choreographers – KIM Bo-ram, KIM Seol-jin, and KIM Yong- Since its foundation in 1985, the Korean Symphony Orchestra has performed more than 90 times every year at home and geol – present the arranged version of music of their own while expressing each of their own individualities. abroad for the past 30 years and enhanced the prestige of Korea’s symphonic orchestras. In addition, since it was named Hailed as the biggest success of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company in 2017, the as the resident symphony orchestra for the Seoul Arts Centre, the Korean Symphony Orchestra has collaborated and performance includes the following three pieces: KIM Bo-ram’s “Thoroughly and Desperately (Cheol jeo ha performed with many national art organisations, including the Seoul Arts Centre, Korean National Ballet, and National Chorus Photo by Aiden Hwang ge, Cheo jeol ha ge)” features 10 live orchestra players and the visual contrast of black and white; KIM Seol- of Korea. It also has evolved into the nation’s representative symphony orchestra by engaging in culture-sharing projects for jin’s “Making Bolero” casts a fresh look at the deconstruction of music and the joining of bodies and the the underprivileged and presenting concerts in a number of national events. In this performance for the Olympic Games, the noise and sound of daily lives conjure up the image of a sound factory; and KIM Yong-geol’s “Bolero” shows Korean Symphony Orchestra will play Tchaikovsky Polonaise Op. 24 from the opera “Eugene Onegin” and Mendelssohn Violin the ballet movement’s elegance and flexibility by adopting four repetitive rhythms as much as it can. Concerto E Minor Op. 64, in collaboration with Clara-Jumi Kang, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 E Minor Op. 64.
Music for Rites (The Afterimages of the Rose) The Concert for PyeongChang Family (Korea National Contemporary Dance Company) (Seoul Muse Wind Orchestra)
24 Feb 2018 3 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 20:25 Time 19:30 - 21:10
Performance Details Performance Details The Korea National Contemporary Dance Company’s “Music for Rites – The Seoul Muse Wind Orchestra’s “Concert for PyeongChang Family” The Afterimages of the Rose” incorporates Korean traditional dance is set to mesmerize the audience with the charming melodies of its with Western dance and extends such combination to a degree further. wind instruments. The Orchestra, which boasts the world-class music In the performance, the choreography by artistic director AHN Sung-soo performance and ensemble, plays various genres of music, punctuated is nicely matched with RA Ye-song’s minimal music that is played only by with the MC’s explanations. The audience can enjoy music plays, including O
Photo by Aiden Hwang Korean traditional instruments. Fourteen dancers from the Korea National sole Mio - Eduardo di Capua and lI Bacio - Luigi Arditi to be collaborated with Contemporary Dance Company will present a refined, but passionate dance, tenor KIM Jung-hyun and soprano KIM Hyun-kyung, respectively, as well as a while five Korean traditional musicians will offer a intense and fascinating brass quintet’s Piezas Latino -Ibericas / 1. Furia , 2. Danza and 3. Fiesta. performance, captivating the eyes and ears of the audience.
Heo Nan Seol Heon - Su Wol Kyung Hwa Together We Can (Special Olympics Korea)
(The Korean National Ballet) 4 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) 27 Feb 2018 Time 19:30 - 20:50 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 20:25 Performance Details Performance Details The members of the Special Olympics Festival Orchestra consist of artists with developmental disabilities and Korea’s top musicians as mentors. The “HEO Nan Seol Heon – Sul Wol Kyung Hwa” is a dance interpretation of the poems talented artists with developmental disorders were discovered through the “Gamu” and “Mong yu gwang sang san” written by HEO Nan Seol Heon, who was a Special Olympics Korea’s “Special Music and Art Festival” held for people with gifted female poet during the mid-Joseon era. The performance borrows an abstract developmental disabilities around the globe. They present a performance, form of expression to make her poems into a dance and tries to demonstrate the together with their mentors including KIM Nam-yun, KIM Sung-suk, KEE Ju- meanings of the poetry. With movements and gestures, the dancers embody her hi, PARK Sang-woo, LEE Young-hee, SEO Hye-yeon, PARK Sang-min, KIM poems by expressing leaves, birds, orchids and Confederate roses, which make Dong-soo, and SONG Jung-min. The performance will deliver the spirit of the frequent appearances in her works. Since its premiere in May 2017, the performance Special Olympic Games where disabilities can never be an obstacle and play has been put on stage in Bogota, Colombia, as well as in Ottawa and Torotnto, a touching, heavenly harmony. Canada. It has solidified its position as the Korean National Ballet’s unique and creative ballet performance, receiving favorable reviews from home and abroad.
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Gyechon/Homyeong/Solhyang Special Project GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park (Youth Orchestra) by Special Olympics Korea, Korea
6 Mar 2018 11 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 21:10 Time 19:30
Performance Details Performance Details 좌상 드림위즈 앙상블 The Gyechon Starlight Orchestra of Gyechon Elementary School and the Gyechon Middle School 우상 밀알 첼로앙상블 ‘날개’ Special Olympics Korea, a non-profit international sports organization that Starlight Orchestra of Gyechon Middle School will be on stage together. The student orchestra 좌하 프리즘 앙상블 helps people with developmental disabilities become a recognized member members will present a performance where a story develops like a movie. Funded by the Ministry of of a society, hosts a concert titled Special Project. The concert brings special Education, Science and Technology, the Homyeong Orchestra was established as a student orchestra performances by global artists with developmental challenges. Among them in March 2011. Consisting of 67 students from the 3rd to 6th grades of the school, the performing group are a clarinet performance by Dream With Ensemble; a cello and contrabass is invited every year to perform at the PyeongChang Music Festival & School and Odaesan Mountain ensemble piece by Milal Cello Ensemble; and a percussion performance by Prism Culture Festival. Another youth orchestra, Solhyang Youth Symphony invites the audience to a variety Ensemble. The Special Project delivers in music a message of harmony to unite all of music that an orchestra can play, ranging from Korean traditional music to classical and pop music. people with and without disabilities. The audience can enjoy the magnificent performances to be offered by Gangneung’s young musicians.
When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom Dream Festival by Council of Provincial by Gangwon Provincial Drama Company Orchestra of Korean Music, Korea
9 Mar 2018 12 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 20:40 Time 19:30
Performance Details Performance Details Gangwon Provincial Drama Company turned Korea’s well-known short The Council of Provincial Orchestra of Korean Music, consisting of orchestras from six provinces including story When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom into a dynamic play with songs, Gangwon, Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do provinces, dances and performances in 2016, in hopes of creating an original presents their regional best traditional orchestras before the audience. Gangwon Orchestra of Korean Korean performance work that can appeal to the global audiences. Music plays Gangwon Arirang; while Gyeonggi-do Provincial Orchestra performs Gin Arirang, Noraetgarak(A As of 2017, it was performed in many areas within Gangwon Province and Folk Song), Changbu Taryeong(Shaman’s Song) and Gyeongbokgung Taryeong(Gyeongbokgung Palace 17 cities including Seoul, Daegu, Kyungju, meeting 20,000 audiences. Song). Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Orchestra plays a Taepyeongso concerto, Hojeok Pungnyu(Elegant It is a love story of how one night’s love can capture the life of a man. Taepyeongso); Jeollanam-do Provincial Orchestra a Gayageum concerto, Charm of Gung Taryeong(Charm of Palace Songs); Jeollabuk-do Provincial Orchestra Nolbo Opens the Gourd from Heungboga; and Cheonan-si Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Orchestra a Haegeum concerto, Chusang(Reminiscence). The festival ends with Shin Modeum(New Harmony) where all six orchestras pull together Samulnori, Korean percussion performance.
I Maestri Concert (Guest. Sung Jung “Open PyeongChang and see culture. Trio) (I Maestri Orchestra) Open KAROS and see PyeongChang”
10 Mar 2018 (KAROS Percussion Ensemble) gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 14 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Performance Details Time 19:30 “I Maestri” was founded in 2006 with Korea’s top male vocalists and Performance Details also nicknamed as the “Voice Orchestra.” The vocalist group has been invited to many concerts overseas and acclaimed in the world for its Led by LEE Young-wan, the chief timpanist of the KBS Symphony 이 마에스트리 오케스트라 sound and harmony imbued with the soul of Korea. It has become one Orchestra, the KAROS Percussion Ensemble was established in 1989 with of the country’s representative cultural contents. In I Maestri Concert, about 10 percussionists who had majored in famous colleges of music at 40 male vocalists make a magnificent, powerful sound, presenting the home and abroad. In the Winter Olympic Games, this performing group essence of chorus. In addition to Shubert’s Der Erlkönig, a song from the will present anyone unfamiliar with percussion instruments their first opera the “Barber of Seville” and Korean songs will be arranged for the encounter with the charm of such instruments. a barbershop quartet and performed, providing a thrill to the audience. Furthermore, the guest appearance of the Sung Jung Trio consisting of Korea’s rising music stars (violinist KIM So-jung, guest pianist KIM Tae- hwan, and cellist SONG Min-je) will add rich and abundant melodies to the performance, captivating the audience’s heart.
찬조. 첼로 송민제 바이올린 김소정 피아노 김태환
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Winter Promise by Gangwon GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park Provincial Dance Company, Korea
15 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 20:50
Performance Details Wishing the success of the Cultural Olympiad, Gangwon Provincial Dance Company presents an original dance performance. The performance begins with Winter Lyric that forms a prologue to the story and then solo, duo and 5-member dancers describe the life of cranes, a symbolic bird of Gangwon. Milestones of one’s life including first meeting, love and growth are depicted in beautiful and fantastic imageries. In the next part, Our Special Relations: First Meeting and Friendship, performers express each crane’s ‘winter promise.’ The show ends with the final choreography where all cranes bid farewell to the friends they made through the 2018 Winter Games, looking forward to meeting each other again.
Invitation Concert ·The Spirit of Korea (National Chorus of Korea)
16 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30 - 20:50
Performance Details The National Chorus of Korea was founded in May 1973, with the aim of promoting the expertise and artistic value of Korean choral music. The performing group, which had been one of the organisations affiliated with the National Theatre of Korea, was newly launched as an independent group in February 2000, and since then, it has evolved into the country’s best and world-class professional choir. This concert aims at promoting Korean culture to the world through the national chorus’ performance and dedicating to the further penetration of Hallyu , the Korean Wave. The concert consists of two parts: The Spirit of Korea and The Soul of Korea. The first part consists of WOO Hyo-won’s Korean folk song medley, while the second part presents OH Byung-hee’s chorus fantasy through the beautiful harmony of the chorus group.
Dream Concert: the Healing by Korea Culture Association for the Disabled, Korea
17 Mar 2018 gangneung arts Center Saimdang Hall (grand theatre) Time 19:30
Performance Details The Korea Culture Association for the Disabled offers various cultural programs for marginalized neighbors including Dream Concert: the Healing for everyone. The concert is held during the period of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, featuring not only K-pop, Korean traditional dancing and vocal music but also sign language dancing, magic show and crossover performance. Various performances with the right mixture of artistic quality and popular appeal will entertain all visitors with different tastes.
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Simcheongga Song (Lee Han-seo’s) Jilin City Cultural Troupe from China GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park
21 Jan 2018 10 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 15:00 - 19:00 Time 13:00 - 14:00
Performance Details Performance Details The Kangsan-style Shimcheongga was originated from Kangsan PARK Jilin City Cultural Troupe from Jilin province, China, is a comprehensive art Yoo-jeon, featuring variable beats as well as a well-ordered and refined performance group that was established in 1943, boasting 70 years of style. This pansori song was passed down from PARK Yoo-jeon to CHUNG history. The troupe presents a performance work that is specially planned Jae-geun, to CHUNG Eung-min and to SUNG Chang-soon. LEE Han-seo and designed for the the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. studied under the late SUNG Chang-soon and continues the tradition. The The troupe participates in a national performance event hosted by CCTV performance presents a girl’s story through the voice of LEE Han-seo who every year as well as various events held abroad. touches the audience’s hearts and minds. It offers unique dance and music performances and exotic experiences to audiences.
Bisang (Gangneung Danoje Tottori’s World-Class Shan-Shan Umbrella Dance Preservation Committee) by Audrey, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
27 Jan 2018 10 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 16:00 Time 14:00 - 15:00
Performance Details Performance Details To mark the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the Gangneung “Audrey” comes to Gangwon Province to unite the hearts of the people Danoje Preservation Committee aims to create all-new theatrical contents from all over the world with its Shan-Shan Umbrella Dance, which is that are based on the Gangneung region’s unique traditional art. In addition, originated from the traditional rain dances of Tottori Prefecture. the organisation plans to promote the Gangwon Province’s charms by The team Audrey won multiple awards from Japanese festivals and continuously developing such art contents in the future. In Bisang, the events with its dance performance using Shan Shan Umbrellas, the Committee will present a creative, theatrical performance in a new style, symbol of Tottori Prefecture’s Shan Shan Festival. With its mantra of with the themes of music, song and dance of the Gangneung Danoje “hearts as one,” Audrey hopes to perform the dance that can be enjoyed Festival, which is designated as not only the UNESCO’s intangible cultural by everyone. heritage but as the country’s 13th intangible cultural heritage asset.
MIYABI Soul of Russia by Project Izanami, a modern dance by Alisa and Sadko, the Maritime Province of Russia
company from Chichibu, Japan 10 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre 9 Feb 2018 Time 15:00 - 16:00 gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 17:30 Performance Details
Performance Details Alisa, a skilled and experienced troupe, and Sadko, a Russian traditional music performance group, together present a performance of dance, Project Izanami, a dance company based in Chichibu, Japan, presents a singing, and instrument playing that allow audiences to have a glimpse performance titled MIYABI, meaning sophisticated and elegant. of Russian folk culture. The world of MIYABI is a beautiful and graceful one that has been Soul of Russia will offer audiences a chance to experience an exotic passed down from the old days of Japan With the mix of unique dancers, atmosphere of Russian traditional festivals with a touch of mystery and traditional Japanese drums, pipes and piano, delicate and profound depth. world of modern dance is presented. Audiences will be able to enjoy dream-like stories and fantasies that exist outside the realm of daily lives.
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Sky Wind Cebu, the Festival Island GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park by Sky Wind, Tuv, Mongolia by University of Cebu Dance Company,
10 Feb 2018 Cebu, the Philippines gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 16:00 - 17:00 10 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre Performance Details Time 19:30 - 20:30 Traditional performance group Sky Wind presents Sky Wind, the Performance Details performance named after its group name. There will be traditional dances, music played with instruments and acrobatics. Audiences can Cebu is a festival island blessed with passion and fun. The University experience the sentiments of Mongolian through ‘Urtiin Duu,’ Mongolian of Cebu Dance Company presents the atmosphere of Cebu’s five traditional folk long song, ‘Morin Khuur,’ horse head fiddle, and ‘Khoomei,’ major festivals with unique colours of the Philippines. The performance a throat singing that uses technique of making two sounds consists of a dance of fishermen, a dance to celebrate good harvest simultaneously. and dance to capture the joy of historical moments when Cebu became widely recognized. Exciting festivals and performances praying for the bright future are waiting for the audiences.
Etchu Gokayama Folk Music Taisho-Koto Performance by Kindenryu Taisho-Koto, by Local Entertainment Club, Nanto Taira Senior the Cultural Ensemble of Nagano Prefecture, Japan
High School of Toyama Prefecture, Japan 11 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre 10 Feb 2018 Time 13:00 - 14:00 gangneung arts Center Small theatre Performance Details Time 17:30 - 18:30 The cultural ensemble Kindenryu Taisho-Koto comes from Nagano Performance Details Prefecture where the Winter Olympic Games 1998 was held. The Nanto Taira High school in Gakayama village, Toyama Prefecture, is a small school with only 90 performance is played with Taisho-Koto, Japan’s original musical students, however, it boasts excellent school clubs, especially the Local Entertainment Club, which instrument created by merging Japan’s ancient two-stringed harp with is famous across Japan. Kokiriko is said to be the oldest folk song in Japan and a sacred dance, a structure like a typewriter. The ensemble has played at the Carnegie Hayamugiya expresses the scene of young girls farming, Osayo-Bushi is sung and danced in the Hall in New York and the EXPO 2010 Shanghai. The list of the music to be memory of a tragic heroine who committed suicide due to painful love, and Mugiya-Bushi portrays performed includes “From the Beginning to the End” from the Japanese defeated soldiers with powerful dance with hats. With its experience of winning the first prize in the version of Winter Sonata and “Let it go (ありのままで)” from Frozen. National High School Cultural Contest twice, the Club is ready to show everything on the stage.
Colour of Ha Long’s Heritage by Art Troupe of Ha Native Culture by Dallas Arcand Jr. & Long University, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam Reconciliation, Canada
10 Feb 2018 11 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 18:30 - 19:30 Time 14:00 - 15:00
Performance Details Performance Details The Art Performance Team of Ha Long University from Quang Ninh Dallas Arcand Jr. & Reconciliation from Alberta, Canada presents a Province presents Colour of Ha Long’s Heritage, allowing audiences to performance titled Native Culture to introduce the culture of American feel the atmosphere of Vietnam. It consists of a traditional dance with natives. The troupe skillfully plays traditional instruments such as hand traditional costume Ao Dai, and an orchestra soloist playing traditional drum, and sings beautifully in harmony to its songs. It will definitely musical instrument Trung. Group dances of Vietnamese ethnic touch the heart of audiences with the movement of hoop dance and the minorities including Joining the Spring Market, portraying spring festival, sound of traditional American flute. and Harvesting Fruits, portraying harvesting season, are also part of the performance. Ha Long Wonderland depicting the magical beauty of the world’s natural heritage Ha Long Bay will be the grand finale of the performance.
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Unity in Diversity Ramayana Ballet GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park by Hornbill Cultural Troupe, Malaysia by Yogya Art Troupe, Indonesia
11 Feb 2018 11 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 15:00 - 16:00 Time 18:30 - 19:30
Performance Details Performance Details The Hornbill Cultural Troupe from the biggest state in Malaysia, Sarawak, Yogya Art Troupe from Yogyakarta, Indonesia presents a story of people presents Zapin Sarawak Dance with a theme of Unity in Diversity. and gods protecting the Yogya region. Prajna Paramita Dance tells a Zapin Sarawak Dance is a localized version of Zapin Dance, which was story of an angel that guards a chosen woman with an ability to protect introduced to Malay together with Islamism. The performance will show people, and Rama-Shinta Ballet originated from Ramayana Epic written how multiple traditional cultures along the rivers of Sarawak, the Land in Sanskrit sends a message that the evil will always be defeated by the of Hornbills, located in northern Borneo Island, exist in harmony. good. Mysterious stories of men and gods will be unravelled through music and dances.
National Culture Festival Dang Sen (Lotus Flower Offering) by Puang Chmpa Art Troupe, Laos by Bong Sen Theatre of Traditional
11 Feb 2018 Music and Dance, Vietnam gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 16:00 - 17:00 11 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre Performance Details Time 19:30 - 20:30 Puang Champa Art Troupe from northern Luang Prabang State of Performance Details Laos presents Nang Keo Dance and Samukkhee Phao Dance. Nang Keo Dance was originated from the dance performed by female dancers to Bong Sen Theatre of Traditional Music and Dance from Ho Chi Minh, please the queen in the 14th Century, and Samukkhee Phao shows the Vietnam, presents Dang Sen (Lotus Flower Offering) in hopes of traditions and pride of minor ethnic groups in Laos. Audiences will be spreading the scent of lotus flower, a symbol of peace. Moreover, solo able to experience the traditional cultures of Laos. performance of lithophone, a percussion instrument made of different- sized rocks, is to be performed. Skilled lithophone player will touch the heart of audiences with the sound of the instrument spreading like the scent of lotus flowers.
Apsara Beauty of Korea & Gaiety of Ulsan by Apsara Art Troupe, Cambodia by Ulsan Metropolitan Dance Company
11 Feb 2018 12 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 17:30 - 18:30 Time 13:00
Performance Details Performance Details Apsara Art Troupe from Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, presents Ulsan Culture Art Center presents a colorful performance piece with a Apsara Dance, a traditional dance of Khmer people. The performance is theme of Beauty of Korea & Gaiety of Ulsan. The performance consists a precious opportunity to experience Cambodia’s traditional dances, of Sanjo Ensemble, combining solo performance with an ensemble, including Apsara Dance (a dance of goddesses) and Pailin Peacock Taepyeongmu , a dance for a great peace for the country, Ulsan Yeon- Dance (traditional folk dance of Pailin region, western part of Cambodia). ga, with a story of how flower by the Taehwagang River becomes a bridge to bring lovers together, Hyangbalmu, a dance to praise kings in the Joseon Dynasty, and Ulsan Pannoreum, an exciting percussion performance.
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Simple Symphony Jazz Talk (The Jazz All Stars) GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park
by Gwangju Women’s Philharmonic 15 Feb 2018 Orchestra gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 17:30
12 Feb 2018 Performance Details gangneung arts Center Small theatre The Jazz All Stars consists of two parts. The first part presents a special performance Time 17:30 where representative jazz and classical pianists play beautiful harmonies in a contest Performance Details (about 40 – 50 minutes). In the second part, a captivating jazz concert is held by vocalist KIM Hye-mi, who fascinates the audience with her deep resonant voice and Prelude, PARK Seung-you, the conductor of the Gwangju Women’s Philharmonic a jazz band consisting of KOH Hee-an, CHOI Jin-bae, Richard Roh, and HAN Woong- Orchestra, presents the Rumanian Folk Dance Music by Hungarian won. KIM Hye-mi was named as one of the next-generation jazz divas selected by the composer Bartok, the Flute Concerto in E Minor by Italian composer jazz magazine “Jazz People.” Prelude, a jazz band of four men who graduated from the Mercadante, and the Simple Symphony by British composer Britten, Berklee College of Music, is known for revitalizing the stagnant jazz market, and has which is the main performance of the team. All orchestra members come under the spotlight in the jazz circle. Their annual performance tickets are sold come together to express delicate sentiments of classical music in out every year, and you can meet them here in this Gangneung Arts Center. hopes of capturing the meaning of the slogan Passion Connected, of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games.
“Young Artists in Bloom” concert Pipa (Chinese traditional performance (Jeongdong Theatre) invitation) & Tomb Flower (Tae Hye
13 Feb 2018 Shin Karma Free Dance Company) gangneung arts Center Small theatre 16 Feb 2018 Time 19:30 - 21:00 gangneung arts Center Small theatre Performance Details Time 17:30 - 19:10 좌상 심심한명태 In Jeongdong Theatre’s “Young Artists in Full Bloom” Concert, the 좌중 모던가곡 Xhil Zen, who plays pipa, a Chinese traditional instrument Performance Details 우중 아포카토 following performing groups consisting of talented and young artists will Xhil Zen, who plays pipa, a Chinese traditional instrument, is one of China’s top ten present a creative, Korean traditional music performance: “Affogato,” pipa musicians. As the leader of China’s Twelve Girls Band and a director of the pipa the Korean traditional music band which combines jazz with Korean committee of the Chinese Musician Association, she goes on a world tour every year to folk songs; play ensemble “Bidan,” which adds the elements of noir to a countries such as Japan, Korea, the U.S., Canada, India and Indonesia. The Tae Hye Shin theatrical performance; and the creative music group “Bored Pollack,” Karma Free Dance Company’s “Tomb Flower” is a contemporary adaptation of “Jin oh which plays music comprised of percussion, gayageum and pansori. gui gut (exorcism)” which was held in the past to lead the soul of a dead person, and the dance company’s performance conveys the wish to comfort the deceased so that the world is in peace and happiness. As a contemporary reinterpretation of Jin oh gui gut , which is one of Korea’s traditional exorcisms, Tomb Flower transforms the performance into an art, focusing on abstractness is, and also with its focus on the present, abstract Polish Music Recital and impromptu aspects of modern art. by Lucas Krupinski, a Polish Pianist Tae Hye Shin Karma Free Dance Company 14 Feb 2018 gangneung arts Center Small theatre Time 19:30 - 00:00
Performance Details Lucas Krupinski, a Polish pianist born in Warsaw, presents a charming piano performance that will brighten up the nights at the Olympic Games. He will play the piano pieces of Fryderyk Chopin, a Polish composer who was dubbed as the ‘Poet of the Piano.’ Krupinski, who won many prestigious awards at several international piano competitions, is ready to show everything on the stage.
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Dano Hyang [Bi:Son] – A Spring Dream GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park by Gangneung Danoje Festival by CHO Sung-hee AHA Dance Theatre
Preservation Society 18 Feb 2018 Small theatre 17 Feb 2018 Time 17:30 - 21:30 Small theatre Performance Details Time 13:00 - 17:00 CHO Sung-hee AHA Dance Theatre, a contemporary dance company, Performance Details presents Bi:Son – A Spring Dream, which is a performance that can be Gangneung Danoje Festival Preservation Society presents Dano Hyang , a traditional easily identified by audiences. The Theatre visualized the determination comedy play that highlights Danoje Festival, which was acknowledged by UNESCO as an to abandon an empty desire for wealth and honor and accept the pure intangible cultural heritage, with much excitement and gaiety. Village guardian deities life as it is. The performance is an act of wishing to stay pure despite the of Daegwllyeong are summoned and offered a Gut ritual (Korean shamanistic ritual), changing nature and repetitive daily lives, while to love the life as it is. praying for peace at home and prosperity of business. All villagers come together in the Gangneung Danoje Festival, singing, dancing and acting. Such performance will capture the eyes of the audiences. Such performance will capture the eyes of the audiences.
Flowers and Birds Nanta (PMC Production)
by KIM Jin-Mook Trot Band 19 Feb 2018 Small theatre 17 Feb 2018 Time 19:30 - 21:00 Small theatre Time 17:30 - 21:30 Performance Details
Performance Details NANTA by the PMC Production has attracted the biggest number of audience to date in Korea, since its premiere in October 1997. When it debuted on the stage overseas for the KIM Jin-Mook Trot Band presents old popular Korean music, Trot, which first time in the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the performance received the best rating can also be categorized as a folk song of the modern Korea, and from viewers. After achieving a series of success overseas, it was successfully performed attempts to look back at the songs our parents and grandparents sung. on the Broadway stage in New York, for the first time as an Asian theatrical performance. By looking back at the meaning of the songs that were sung during the It is recognized that NANTA marked a new era in the Korean performance industry. chaotic times of Modern Korea and by understanding the pains of the In NANTA, kitchenware such as knives and cutting boards are turned into wonderful people back then, the Band wishes to share some valuable wisdom that instruments, and men and women of all ages, no matter where they are from, can enjoy will drive us through the future challenges. this powerful performance. As one of Korea’s representative tourist attractions, the performance has also become a must-see for foreign tourists visiting Korea.
Guest Hoedaji Nori by Yangyang Culture & Art Group by Art Company Nongeum of the Hoengseong
18 Feb 2018 Hoeidaji Sori Preservation Society Small theatre Time 13:00 - 17:00 20 Feb 2018 Small theatre Performance Details Time 13:00 - 17:00
Yangyang Culture & Art Group presents a performance of a story where Performance Details a spirit of dead man is looking back at his life. The performance consists of Sound of Nongyo in Sangboggol Valley sung by Yangyang-gun’s Art Compnay Nongeum based in Hoengseong-gun presents Hoedaji farmers, Tak Jangsa Play , a story of a jangsa (strong man) with the last Nori, an original play with a story of an old couple experiencing a death name Tak who won the competition to carry logs for building a palace, of a farming cow they have been raising their whole lives. The couple a story of catching salmons returning to Namdaecheon Stream to lay buries the dead cow and prays for the soul of the animal. Hoedaji Sori eggs and Sound of Sangyeo in Sudonggol Valley sung during the scene is a song the people of Hoengseong sings when they bury the cow and when the old man’s bier is being carried out. All these stories embody cover it up with the soil mixed with lime to harden the land. It gives us a the tradition of Yangyang-gun, allowing the performance to seamlessly chance to ponder on the meaning of life introduce the local culture of region to the audiences.
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SNOW, WIND & FIRE Ariul Story 3 - the Pirate GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park by Incheon Pops Orchestra by Jeollabuk-do Culture and Tourism Foundation
20 Feb 2018 22 Feb 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 17:30 - 21:30 Time 13:00 - 17:00
Performance Details Performance Details Incheon Pops Orchestra presents a original music with the theme of Jeollabuk-do Culture and Tourism Foundation presents Ariul Story 3 snow, wind and fire. The fire-themed piece Pilgrim is played with electric – the Pirate, a non-verbal performance that can be enjoyed by all the violin by the world-renowned violinist KIM Shin-hyung, and snow/wind- audiences. This is one of the Ariul Stories based on the tale of Gogunsan themed piece Silk Road is played with a daegeum (large bamboo flute) Islands, a story of the Ariul queen and a general bravely fighting against and string instruments. Arirang Variation will combine classical gugak the pirate king who appears in the peaceful Ariul. The performance rhythms with the sound of electric guitars, pleasing the audiences with has no dialogues, and only gestures, facial expressions, and dances modern music. are used. This mix of different genres creates strong and spectacular performances for the audiences to enjoy.
Dance & Breath Namdo Pungnyu by Daejeon City Dance Company by Jeonnam Provincial Gugak Group
21 Feb 2018 22 Feb 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 13:00 - 17:00 Time 17:30 - 21:30
Performance Details Performance Details Daejeon City Dance Company presents a banquet of Korean traditional Jeonnam Provincial Gugak Group presents Namdo’s traditional songs, dances and dances, touching the hearts of the audiences. The performance consists lively performances. Falconry is a Samullori accompanied by gugak orchestra, and of Buchaechum, a fan dance representing blooming of Mugunghwa (the Yookjabaegi is a Namdo folk song portraying the livelihood of the everyday people. national flower of Korea), Jindo Drum Dance, a traditional performance Dalbit Jungin is a traditional dance performance about a virtuous scholar chasing passed down in Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, Daegam Nori, shaman ritual after ideals and normal man missing his lover, Hwachojang Part is a Korean turned into a dance performance, Janggo Dance, energetic combination traditional opera of the most humorous part in Heungbuga where Nolbu gets of drum beats and dance, and Cheongo, a dance performance with jealous when he hears a rumor that Heungbu became rich and he takes household various drum beats. Through such performances, the Company prays for goods from his brother. Thousand Years of Drum Sounds is a banquet of percussion the unity of the people across the world and a leap-forward for humanity. instruments. Through these performances, the Group shows the quintessence of Namdo art to the people of the world. Busan Seagull, Flying Toward We Are the World PyeongChang by Busan Dance by Seoul Metropolitan Junior Chorus
Association 23 Feb 2018 Small theatre 21 Feb 2018 Time 13:00 - 17:00 Small theatre Time 17:30 - 21:30 Performance Details Seoul Metropolitan Junior Chorus presents a chorus performance in Performance Details celebration of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games. The Chorus will Busan Dance Company performs traditional dances that have been perform well-known world’s classics, Korean folk songs, children’s songs passed down in the Dongnae area and acknowledged as the intangible and classical vocal music. Using the clear and beautiful voice it has, the cultural heritage of Busan. Dongnae Gomu is a drum dance that began Chorus will sing the songs that can be enjoyed by anyone. “We are the in the early Goryeo dynasty, and Dongnae Crane Dance was enjoyed by world” is an original song, composed for the success of the Olympic lazy yangban class who danced like cranes. Dongnae Hanlyang Dance Games and to express the world coming together. is a dance also enjoyed by yangban class who liked to feel relaxed when dancing. For the finale, all the dancers encourage audiences in joining them to learn a group dance created by Busan Dance Association.
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Curtain Call Gangneung Gangneung Gut(exorcism) with Us GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park by Gangneung City Choir (Gangneung City's special performance)
23 Feb 2018 6 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 17:30 - 21:30 Time 19:30
Performance Details Performance Details Gangneung City Choir with its many enthusiastic members, including “Dance, Danoje and Excitement.” It is a performance where the the conductor PARK Dong-hee, synthesizer player LEE Sam-yeol and excitement of the Danoje Festival is expressed by dance only! Let’s drummer GO Suk-jin, presents Curtain Call Gangneung in the 93rd resolve our deep sorrow! And let’s move and dance to the joy! regular concert. To all the athletes and people visiting Gangneung from all over the world during the Olympic Winter Games, the Choir will perform chorus music from the world and of the 20th Century, Korean folk songs and “Oh, Korea!” as a final song. In this winter, when the world will come together with the Olympic Games at the center, audiences will be able to enjoy the quality performances of Gangneung City Choir.
Smile of Baekje Viva Youth! With Grey Youth Choir (Grey by Chungnam Gugak Group Youth Choir)
24 Feb 2018 7 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 13:00 - 17:00 Time 19:30 - 21:00
Performance Details Performance Details Chungnam Gugak Group presents the music and mask performance The Grey Youth Choir was launched as part of the “Grey Youth Choir of Baekje. Five Musicians of Baekje is an original musical performance Project” of the TV show called “Man’s Qualification.” Even after the TV inspired by five musicians depicted on the Great Gilt-Bronze Incense programme ended, the members reorganized the Choir into a civilian Burner of Baekje, the National Treasure 287. Baekje Mimaji is a mask choir group on Sep. 25 of the same year. Led by conductor KIM Sang- dance with music. Mimaji from Baekje learned the dance from China and kyung, the Grey Youth Choir consists of members whose average age taught it to Japan. Gyeonggi folk songs that include some Chungcheong is 65 and was invited to the UN headquarters in New York. The group folk songs, and Sanyuhwaga, a labour song related to rice farming has also spread the value of peace and harmony by performing for the often sung in Baengmagang River, are performed as well as the Style Three-generation Chorus for Sharing Unification (Seoul Arts Centre and Excitement of Baekje People that portrays the streets of Sabisung Concert Hall) and the Lindenbaum Festival (DMZ, Camp Greaves). Castle, the capital of Baekje at the time. Heritage of Thousand Years Koto Music Performance by Nagano Prefecture by Gyeonggi Provincial Dance Company Cultural Ensemble of Iida High School, Japan
24 Feb 2018 9 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 17:30 - 21:30 Time 13:00 - 00:00
Performance Details Performance Details Gyeonggi Provincial Dance Company presents colorful Korean dances on Nagano Prefecture Cultural Ensemble stages Koto Music Performance the stage. Gainjeonmogdan is a royal dance performance accompanied that won the best Japanese Music award at All Japan Senior High School by Korean traditional music where dancers pick peony blossoms from Cultural Festival. The ensemble presents a beautiful performance the vase located in the middle of the stage. Buchaechum is a fan dance with their whole heart that includes Sakura・21(Cherry Blossoms・ performed as if lotus flowers are flowing along the river and the fan 21), Toshihiko Mizuno’s brilliant arrangement of a traditional song makes the movement of the dance more dynamic. Sarang-ga is a more Sakura(Cherry Blossoms) embodying hopes for the 21st century; Oto tasteful re-creation of Chunhyangjeon, a story that is handed down ・Kirara(Sparkling Sounds) composed by Tadao Sawai rhythmically orally, by adding songs and dances to the story. By adding a modern depicting bright colors and unexpected change of patterns in a twist to the traditional Korean dances that have been handed down for kaleidoscope; and Sousyunfu(Ode to Early Spring) composed by long time, the dances are turned into cultural heritages that can last for Akira Nakada and arranged by Miki Maruta expressing the landscape the next thousand years. with melting snow in Azumino, overlooking the Northern Alps in the northwestern part of Nagano Prefecture and yearning for spring arriving slowly.
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Minyo Traditional Dance of Tottori Prefecture by Tottori Oh, Brothers! & Folkloric Scenery by Vecherki GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park Prefectural federation of Minyo Dance Teachers, Japan from Republic of Altai State, Russia
9 Mar 2018 9 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 13:30 Time 18:00 - 19:00
Performance Details Performance Details The Tottori Prefectural federation of Minyo Dance Teachers seeks to promote cultural exchanges A traditional performance group Vecherki of the Altai State Philharmonic at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Marrying traditions with modernity, their Society stages traditional folklore music and arts performance. Oh, dance performance shows how a ‘ring of dance(輪, wa)’ creates a ‘harmonious society of all Brothers! features traditional Cossack music and dance, while Folkloric people(輪, wa).’ The repertoire includes Tottori Shan Shan Umbrella Dance, an exceptional Scenery introduces traditional Siberian and Altaic songs with dancing dancing parade where thousands of people dance with a colorful umbrella ornamented with tiny that are performed at regional festivals and wedding ceremonies. bells during Tottori Shan Shan Festival; Misasa Kouta Folk Song accompanied by a well-known Vecherki provides the audience with a unique opportunity to experience dance performed at traditional banquets at Misasa Hot Spring Inn; The Sugi Dance, a group content-rich Siberian and Altaic traditions. dance performed in praise of the Sugi Shrine(Japanese cedar tree shrine); Inaba’s Umbrella Dance, a traditional rainmaking ritual in Inaba region; and The New Kaigara Bushi Folk Song that is a new and upbeat version of an old song Kaigara Bushi(Seashell Song). Sky Wind Cebu, the Festival Island by Sky Wind, Tuv, Mongolia by University of Cebu Dance Company, Cebu, the Philippines 9 Mar 2018 Small theatre 9 Mar 2018 Time 14:00 Small theatre Performance Details Time 18:30 - 19:30 Traditional performance group Sky Wind presents Sky Wind, the Performance Details performance named after its group name. There will be traditional dances, music played with instruments and acrobatics. Audiences can Cebu is a festival island blessed with passion and fun. The University experience the sentiments of Mongolian through ‘Urtiin Duu,’ Mongolian of Cebu Dance Company presents the atmosphere of Cebu’s five traditional folk long song, ‘Morin Khuur,’ horse head fiddle, and ‘Khoomei,’ major festivals with unique colours of the Philippines. The performance a throat singing that uses technique of making two sounds consists of a dance of fishermen, a dance to celebrate good harvest simultaneously. and dance to capture the joy of historical moments when Cebu became widely recognized. Exciting festivals and performances praying for the bright future are waiting for the audiences.
Keyboard-driven Songs and Musical Performance Keyboard-driven Songs and Musical Performance by Intellectually Disabled Orchestra Love Band of by Intellectually Disabled Orchestra Love Band of Toyama Prefecture, Japan Toyama Prefecture, Japan
9 Mar 2018 (round 2) 10 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 17:30 - 18:30 Time 13:00 - 13:30
Performance Details Performance Details Love Band consisting of 18 intellectually challenged members plays Love Band consisting of 18 intellectually challenged members plays musical instruments — mostly electronic keyboards — with singing. musical instruments — mostly electronic keyboards — with singing. The repertoire includes Ue wo Muite Ikou(Walking Upwards) and Sekai The repertoire includes Ue wo Muite Ikou(Walking Upwards) and Sekai ni hitotsu dake no Hana(The Only Flower in the World) that are familiar ni hitotsu dake no Hana(The Only Flower in the World) that are familiar songs to the band members and some original songs composed by the songs to the band members and some original songs composed by the band such as Minna no Takaramono(Everyone’s Treasure) and Yume band such as Minna no Takaramono(Everyone’s Treasure) and Yume ni Mukatte(To the Dream). The performance by those who have made ni Mukatte(To the Dream). The performance by those who have made their way against all the odds is profoundly beautiful and impressive. their way against all the odds is profoundly beautiful and impressive.
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Oh, Brothers! & Folkloric Scenery by Vecherki Koto Music Performance by Nagano Prefecture GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park from Republic of Altai State, Russia Cultural Ensemble of Iida High School, Japan
10 Mar 2018 (round 2) 10 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 13:30 - 14:00 Time 18:30 - 19:30
Performance Details Performance Details A traditional performance group Vecherki of the Altai State Philharmonic Traditional performance group Sky Wind presents Sky Wind, the Society stages traditional folklore music and arts performance. Oh, performance named after its group name. There will be traditional Brothers! features traditional Cossack music and dance, while Folkloric dances, music played with instruments and acrobatics. Audiences Scenery introduces traditional Siberian and Altaic songs with dancing can experience the sentiments of Mongolian through ‘Urtiin Duu,’ that are performed at regional festivals and wedding ceremonies. Mongolian traditional folk long song, ‘Morin Khuur,’ horse head fiddle, and Vecherki provides the audience with a unique opportunity to experience ‘Khoomei,’ a throat singing that uses technique of making two sounds content-rich Siberian and Altaic traditions. simultaneously.
Cebu, the Festival Island by University of Sky Wind by Sky Wind, Tuv, Mongolia
Cebu Dance Company, Cebu, the Philippines (round 3) 10 Mar 2018 Small theatre 10 Mar 2018 Time 19:30 - 20:00 Small theatre Time 14:00 Performance Details Performance Details Traditional performance group Sky Wind presents Sky Wind, the performance named after its group name. There will be traditional Cebu is a festival island blessed with passion and fun. The University dances, music played with instruments and acrobatics. Audiences can of Cebu Dance Company presents the atmosphere of Cebu’s five experience the sentiments of Mongolian through ‘Urtiin Duu,’ Mongolian major festivals with unique colours of the Philippines. The performance traditional folk long song, ‘Morin Khuur,’ horse head fiddle, and ‘Khoomei,’ consists of a dance of fishermen, a dance to celebrate good harvest a throat singing that uses technique of making two sounds and dance to capture the joy of historical moments when Cebu became simultaneously. widely recognized. Exciting festivals and performances praying for the bright future are waiting for the audiences.
Minyo Traditional Dance of Tottori Musical Last Concert(Bitdoensori Global Prefecture by Tottori Prefectural federation Arts Association_Federation of Disability of Minyo Dance Teachers, Japan Culture & Arts Association of Korea)
(round 2) 10 Mar 2018 11 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 18:00 - 19:00 Time 19:30
Performance Details Performance Details The Tottori Prefectural federation of Minyo Dance Teachers seeks to promote cultural The Bitdoensori Global Arts Association was established in 2015 to exchanges at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Marrying traditions secure a competitive edge for the disabled through culture and arts, with modernity, their dance performance shows how a ‘ring of dance(輪, wa)’ creates to produce a variety of contents and to discover and foster artists a ‘harmonious society of all people(輪, wa).’ The repertoire includes Tottori Shan Shan with disabilities. As a specialized culture and art organisation, it holds Umbrella Dance, an exceptional dancing parade where thousands of people dance the open concert called “Present” and the World’s Only Exhibition by with a colorful umbrella ornamented with tiny bells during Tottori Shan Shan Festival; designating a day with culture where the disabled and non-disabled Misasa Kouta Folk Song accompanied by a well-known dance performed at traditional can participate together. The creative musical, “Last Concert” includes banquets at Misasa Hot Spring Inn; The Sugi Dance, a group dance performed in praise 14 disabled and non-disabled musical actors including KANG Jae-rim of the Sugi Shrine(Japanese cedar tree shrine); Inaba’s Umbrella Dance, a traditional (direction), YANG Ki-joon (music), BAE Eun-joo (script), KIM Ji-ho, KIM Ki- rainmaking ritual in Inaba region; and The New Kaigara Bushi Folk Song that is a new tae, PARK Hye-jung, KIM Jonog-woo, KIM Do-yeon, LEE Eun-byul and KIM and upbeat version of an old song Kaigara Bushi(Seashell Song). Jin (cast). The musical is based on the real story of the visually impaired singer, Kim Ji-ho.
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Silla Kingdom’s Ritual for Heavenly Gods Neungmal Goblin Play by Committee to Protect GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park by Taebaek Dance Company, Korea Jangneung Goblin Play, Yeongwol, Korea
12 Mar 2018 14 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 13:00 - 14:00 Time 13:00
Performance Details Performance Details Taebaek Dance Company that has been carrying on the legacy Taebaek Dance Company that has been carrying on the legacy of Korean traditional dance in the Taebaek region performs Silla of Korean traditional dance in the Taebaek region performs Silla Kingdom’s Ritual for Heavenly Gods, depicting a royal tour to Taebaek Kingdom’s Ritual for Heavenly Gods, depicting a royal tour to Taebaek by King Ilsung, the 7th king of Silla. Consisting of four parts, the dance by King Ilsung, the 7th king of Silla. Consisting of four parts, the dance performance elaborately expresses the numinous ritual taking place in performance elaborately expresses the numinous ritual taking place in Taebaeksan Mountain. Taebaeksan Mountain.
This is Our Story Rising Korea by Daegu Orchestra of by Theatre Troupe LAHAPH, Korea Korean Music, Korea
12 Mar 2018 14 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 17:30 - 19:10 Time 17:30
Performance Details Performance Details LAHAPH is a theatre troupe at Korea Nazarene University, created by a group Daegu Orchestra of Korean Music presents a performance titled of students who entered the Rehabilitation and Independence Department Rising Korea, putting traditional music instruments, dance, folk song in 2015. Their original performance, This is Our Story, is a story of a high and percussion play all in perfect harmony. Their wide repertoire of school student with developmental disabilities growing up. LAHAPH hopes old traditional music as well as modern traditional music enables the that their musical play can help encourage their peers with developmental audience to engage in the show and feel closer to traditional Korean difficulties to take on the world. It will be a stirring and beautiful experience music. for the audience to watch actors and actresses who themselves have developmental disorders recover their self-esteem, discover their potential, and build social skills and a sense of community.
Heart to Heart Concert (Heart to Musical Arirang Mugeuk Heart Foundation) (Jeongseon Arirang Culture
13 Mar 2018 Foundation) Small theatre Time 19:30 - 21:05 15 Mar 2018 Small theatre Performance Details Time 19:30 - 21:30 The Heart to Heart Orchestra was established by the Heart to Heart Performance Details Foundation in 2006. The members consist of people with developmental disabilities. Since its foundation, the Orchestra has performed over 600 The Musical “Arirang Mugeuk” is a special performance nowhere to times at home and abroad, spreading a positive perception about people be seen except in Korea. Within this performance, various art genres with disabilities. As Korea’s representative role model in cultural welfare, the (chorus, symphony orchestra, rock band, percussion group, dance, body performing group delivers a hope to the people around the globe. painting, performance, etc.) are merged into Arirang. The performance presents a unique stage management by interpreting human emotions from different perspectives based on Korea’s fables and myths and utilizing Jeongseon Arirang.
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Light, Sound, Motion as a Whole by Donghae Jeongseon Arirang Puppet Show GangneungOlympic ParkOlympic Park YOO Okjae Dance Company, Korea by Arari Puppet House, Korea
16 Mar 2018 17 Mar 2018 Small theatre Small theatre Time 13:00 - 14:00 Time 17:30
Performance Details Performance Details Donghae Yoo Okjae Dance Company presents an experimental original performance, Light, Sound, Motion as a Arari Puppet House is an art group specialised in puppet show. For the Whole. The performance is created based on Samhwasa-suryukjae(a Buddhist ritual of Joseon Dynasty) that is 2018 Winter Games, the house presents Jeongseon Arirang Puppet an intangible cultural asset no. 125 as designated by the Korean government. Incorporating the underlying idea of Show, adapting Love Story from Jeongseon Arirang, a designated Samhwasa-suryukjae — communication and harmony — into the performance, the company hopes the 2018 Winter intangible cultural asset no. 1 in Gangwon Province. The actors tactfully Games makes a peaceful Olympic Games and a successful Cultural Olympiad. The first part, Cheon Ji In(Heaven, control large puppets with a gripping narrative, leaving the audience Earth and Man), describes the connection between the mankind and heavenly gods with dynamic and powerful fascinated by the beauty of Jeongseon Arirang. dance moves. The second part starts with a prologue Percussion Ushering in a New World, followed by five chapters finely expressing the birth of a new life and various stages of our life. A charming combination of lights, sounds and motions shows the beauty of human life in a glamorous and dazzling light.
Eoullim Traditional Dance and Music, by Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Orchestra of Korean Music, Korea
16 Mar 2018 Small theatre Time 17:30 - 18:30
Performance Details Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Orchestra of Korean Music presents a performance to promote the novelty and excellence of Korean traditional music. With its history and quality members, the orchestra proudly stages its creative and inspiring program. The repertoire includes Varanasi, composed by LEE Gyeongsub combining dance and music; Charm of Gung Taryeong(Charm of Palace Songs), a Gayageum concerto composed by KIM Gye-ok; Moonlight, an orchestral music composed by JEONG Donghui; A Sticky Moment, a traditional pop song arranged by Lee Jeongho; Blue Bird, an orchestra composed by HWANG Hojun; and Gyeongbokgung Taryeong(Gyeongbokgung Palace Song) arranged by KIM Manseok featuring Korean percussion, dancing and music.
Lightening Up Traditional Silk Lanterns by Sokcho Lion Dance Preservation Society, Korea
17 Mar 2018 Small theatre Time 13:00 - 14:00
Performance Details Sokcho located in Gangwon Province is a first city in South Korea to hold Bukcheong Lion Dance. People who had fled from Hamgyeong- do Province of North Korea during the Korean war settled in Sokcho and started to perform the dance. Every year, Bukcheong Lion Dance is played on the day of first full moon of the lunar year by a group of performers that travels from house to house, wishing for the peace and happiness in the region. For the 2018 Winter Games, the Preservation Society presents Lightening up Traditional Silk Lanterns by reproducing the lion dance with comical elements.
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During (Olympic Games) | 5 – 25 Feb 2018 Cultural sensitivity and inspiration During (Paralympic Games) | 10 – 17 Mar 2018 Venue Gangneung Arts Center 1st, 2nd and 3rd Exhibition Hall Time 10:00 - 19:00 Korea-China-Japan Cultural Exchange / 1st Exhibition Room
In commemoration of the 'Snow and Ice Festival' Winter Olympics opened from 2018 Pyeongchang to 2022 Beijing, International Mask Arts & Culture Organization and the Beijing National Treasure West Garden will exhibit oriental paintings on the subject of 'snow and ice'. This portrays the will to continue cultural exchanges between Korea and China and hopes to become a place of peace and harmony through the Olympics.
Exhibition Name: Ice Calligraphy and Five Continents Festival Organizer: 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, Andong City Organized by: International Mask Arts & Culture Organization, Beijing National Treasure West Garden Participating artists: Woo Ji-hak, Gao Hong, and 14 others.
In addition, the six next-generation artists selected at the 13th Korea-China-Japan Cultural Exchange Forum will exhibit works of painting hoping for the successful Olympics and development of friendship exchanges under the common theme of Korea-China-Japan Olympics leading from 2018 Pyeongchang to 2020 Tokyo to 2022 Beijing.
Organized by: The Korea-Japan Cultural Exchange Council Participating artists: Lee Chae-oh, Kim Jung-hoon, Jeung Ggun-ye, Jang Hoe-wol, Haruna Takahama, Matsubara Ami
Gangwon, THE STORY / Exhibition room 2 · 3
It is an exhibition to present a colorful and rich perspective on the region and art with the theme of the history and landscape of Gangwon, and to draw a new artistic experience and mutual communication. Through this, cultural and artistic values of Gangwon will be promoted, pride of local residents will be elevated, and a consensus with the people from around the world will be formed.
Participating artists: Seo Yong-seon, Cho Hwan, Lim Man-hyuk, Kim Nam-pyo, LEE Lee-nam, Kwon Bu-moon, Jang Yong-sun and Lim Chang-min Nam Kyung-min, Lee Tae-ryang, Lee Sang-won, Shin Ri-ra, Kang Yoo-rim, Jeon Young-keun, Lee Jae-sam, Na Hyung-min (16 persons) Kwon boo-moon Naksan #709, #677, #736, #730, #715, 150 x 200cm, Pigment print Diasec, Devon Mounting. 2016
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