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Imagination at play with Noridan

12-Jun-08

Imagination at play with Noridan

Saharial meets with the members of Noridan, the unexpected stars of the Dano Festival. Before going to the Dano festival in Trafalgar Square this year, the highlight for me was going to see the Yoon Band play again and feel thoroughly spoiled for having the opportunity twice. Much to my surprise, I actually found that the Performance group Noridan was the real highlight for me to the extent that most of my pictures and video clips were of the three sets they did. As the opening act of the festival, they began with a parade around Trafalgar Square pausing in front of the main steps for dance and drumming before continuing back to their start point. Despite the weather being already hot, ...
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Sun, percussion, and yang energy

11-Jun-08

Sun, percussion, and yang energy

Jennifer Barclay celebrates her first anniversary with LKL with her report from the second Dano Korean Summer Festival The sound of percussion crept around Trafalgar Square as a strange vehicle circled the fountains and wheeled into view: a tall Mad Max-style contraption with coloured flags waving from poles, people dressed in black and orange hanging off the sides and beating at bizarre instruments: sheets of metal arranged as a xylophone, black rubber tubes, drums made from steel wheels. It sounds like it should produce an unpleasant cacophony, but the truth was far from it. These energetic people were skilled musicians and created harmonious music that captured everyone’s attention. As the human-powered ‘Sprocket’ came to a halt in the middle of the square, crowds ...
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More photos from the Square

09-Jun-08

More photos from the Square

Here's a selection of Jennifer Barclay's pics. Jennifer's article will be up soon. [gallery]
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Photos from Trafalgar Square

08-Jun-08

Photos from Trafalgar Square

I seem to have mislaid my camera, and am therefore dependent on my phone for pictures at the moment. Hence the snaps I took in Trafalgar Square this afternoon are very poor. Please feel free to send in any photos you're particularly proud of (my email address is philip at this website's URL), or upload them to the London Korean Links Facebook group for all to see. All photos shown on this site will be credited to you. For me, as I suspect for many of you, the unexpected stars of the show were Noridan, the wacky percussion group from Seoul. More on them soon. Until I get some better pictures, here's the best my phone could do: [ad#small-horizontal] [gallery]
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