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ESEA Culture Festival and Prelude for Harvest Festival 2023

Date: Sunday 13 November 2022, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Venue:
Rose Theatre | 24-26 High Street | Kingston KT1 1HL | | [Map]

Tickets: £5 | Book here
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ESEA Culture Festival trailer

The Korean British Cultural Exchange (KBCE) is celebrating the 7th Anniversary of the Kingston Korea Festival 2022 with the launch of the ESEA (East & Southeast Asian) culture festival.

The ESEA community share the exact date for the Harvest Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, regardless of its name: Chuseok (Korea), Tsukimi (Japan), Tết Trung Thu (Vietnam) or Moon Festival (China). Hence, next year, KBCE will collaborate with Kingston’s ESEA (East & Southeast Asian) communities to celebrate the bringing together of these cultures and reach out to local communities about authentic experiences or traditions they may never know about.

The Programme includes traditional music and dance performances, storytelling and traditional clothing fashion show from ESEA communities, and KPOP performances. On the day, there will be a dance premiere performance by SY Park and emerging artists from Kingston to commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II. There will be stalls to serve Korean street food and a Korean language experience on the 2nd Floor.

The provisional programme, which is subject to change, is set out below:

MC: Natalie Cheung & Sunny Lee
Costume fashion show ESEA communities
Korean fan dance LKDG
Japanese story Griseldis Kirsch
Thai music – Lao Duang Dokmai
Khamen Lai Kwai & Khang Khao Kin Kluay
Alcinda Dhamdusdi (Khim)
Korean story Becky Lee Smith
Chinese umbrella dance KCA
KPOP: Twice / The Feels Annabelle
Chinese story Cecilia Luk
Korean dance `Onara’ from ‘Jewel of Crown’ LKDG
Chinese fan dance KCA
Interval
Eastern bouquet
(A medley of songs about flowers)
Hibiki Ichikiwa (Shamisen), Hyelim Kim (Daegeum), Jason Lau (Guzheng)
Winter crows playing in water Jason Lau (Guzheng)
Wishing for the King’s long life Hyelim Kim (Daegeum)
The song of Jongara Bushi Hibiki Ichikawa (Shamisen)
Folk song melody Hibiki Ichikiwa (Shamisen), Hyelim Kim (Daegeum), Jason Lau (Guzheng)
Contemporary dance (World premiere)
Map Project UK
Interactive performance with audience
Gong-Won Suyoung Park
Hibiki Ichikiwa (Shamisen), Hyelim Kim (Daegeum), Jason Lau (Guzheng)
Clockwise from top right: Hibiki Ichikiwa (Shamisen), Jason Lau (Guzheng), Hyelim Kim (Daegeum)

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