Last weekend’s free seminar at SOAS ranged from Silla dynasty lion dances to last month’s tour of Taiwan by BEAST, and from ancient Confucian ceremonial music to Samulnori and hip-hop via Trot. Juhae Gu introduced us to the dying musical form of Akkeuk (악극) – a form of stage musical using Trot music. It is … [Read More]
Author: Nathan Hesselink
Selected publications by Nathan Hesselink
- SamulNori: Contemporary Korean Drumming and the Rebirth of Itinerant Performance Culture, University of Chicago Press 2012
- P’ungmul: South Korean Drumming and Dance, University of Chicago Press 2006