A two-part performance on successive Saturday afternoons in August: Crossing Over – Ritual of Grief 13 & 20 Aug 2016, 4pm-5pm Free, donations welcome. Registration details below. Live – performance Bongsu Park + Kyung Mi Huh Seong Jun Heo Hyo Been Eom Amit Sharma Marc Stevenson Letitia Wilkinson Laura Lorenzi [PART I] Crossing Over – … [Read More]
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LKL at 10 years: the best of the past decade
Well, if you can’t reminisce on your website’s 10th birthday, when can you? Here’s a collection of some of my favourite London memories of the past 10 years (and one or two from slightly further afield). Some of the moments lived up to expectation: a front row seat at a performance by K-pop ballad diva Lee … [Read More]
Event news: A feast of Traditional Korean Dance
Notice of a dance performance coming to the KCCUK in March: Globalisation of Traditional Korea Culture 2016 Feast of Traditional Korean Dance Date/Time: Tuesday 22 March, 7pm Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall, Korean Cultural Centre Performers: Seojung Dance Running Time: 70 mins Free Admission but booking is essential. RSVP to [email protected] or 020 7004 2600 The Korean … [Read More]
Review: Kingston Welcomes Korea performances at the Rose Theatre
Kingston Welcomes Korea is hopefully the first of several annual events at which Kingston will seek to welcome various foreign communities in a festival that combines cultural and business interaction. Korea was the obvious first choice to be welcomed in this way, given that ethnic Koreans represent around 10% of the borough’s population, and also given … [Read More]
KWK Performance: YMAP – Alice in Wonderland, 7-8 Aug
YMAP’s version of Madame Freedom featured in the Edinburgh International Festival 2013, and it’s going to be interesting to see how they re-interpret Alice. YMAP: Alice in Wonderland Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8, at 7.30 Rose Theatre | 24-26 High St | Kingston upon Thames KT1 1HL running time 70mins Tickets from £10 … [Read More]
KWK Performance: The Stem, the Bud, the Bloom and the Seed, 4-5 Aug
This is the KWK performance we’re looking forward to most of all. We’re big admirers of musician / composter / conductor Won Il from his work with Puri, Baramgot, and the National Orchestra of Korea, and our 2013 interview with him can be found here. He is coming over to Kingston two weeks early to … [Read More]
KWK Performance: In Nam Soon, 30-31 July
Kingston Welcomes Korea kicks off with an opening gala performance on 30 July: In Nam-soon and Company Thursday July 30 at 8pm, Friday July 31 at 7.30pm Rose Theatre | 24-26 High St | Kingston upon Thames KT1 1HL Running time 90 mins Tickets are £10-50 Plus £1.60 transaction fee for Gala evening on 30th … [Read More]
침묵 Silence, A Day at the Temple — at Asia House
An interesting day of dance, tea and meditation at Asia House: 침묵 Silence, A Day at the Temple Monday 13 July 2015, 12:00 – 8:30pm Asia House | 63 New Cavendish Street | London W1G 7LP Admission free but registration required: register here. Join us to recreate a day in a temple with performances by … [Read More]
2015 Travel Diary day 9: Yeongsanjae and Seodaemun
Myeongdong, Seoul, Saturday 6 June Bongwonsa temple and the Yeongsanjae rituals Today is the second UNESCO-listed item of intangible cultural heritage of my brief stay. I am tagging along with a small group of American summer students who are getting course credits by having a whale of a time in Seoul. How this works from an … [Read More]
Royal Ballet dancer featured in Chosun Ilbo
There’s a nice feature on Choe Yu-hui, a soloist with the Royal Ballet, in the Chosun Ilbo. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, to a Korean family, Choe grew up in a pro-North Korean environment. Only 12 years ago did she change her nationality from North to South Korea. (Via Adam Cathcart) Links: From Korean Outsider in … [Read More]
DPRK Youth Para-Ensemble concerts in London, Oxford and Cambridge
Up to a dozen disabled children and teenagers from North Korea will tour venues in the South East and Paris later this month. The programme of music and dance will include numbers from Phantom of the Opera on the accordion and the gayageum and scenes from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. A version of … [Read More]
Dance Beyond Borders: a seminar to follow the performance at Trinity Laban
Next Wednesday the dance company from the Korea National University of the Arts are performing a triple bill at the Trinity Laban Theatre. Global Korean Wave Symposium: Dance Beyond Borders The performance will be followed by a symposium, Dance Beyond Borders, hosted by KCCUK and chaired by Mirella Bartrip, Director of Dance at Trinity Laban … [Read More]
K-Arts Dance Company in Triple Bill at Laban Theatre
The Dance Company from the Korea National University of the Arts makes its UK debut: K-Arts Dance Company: Triple Bill Laban Theatre | Creekside | London SE8 3DZ | www.trinitylaban.ac.uk Wed 28 January 2015, 7:30pm This UK premiere performance celebrates the exciting partnership between two institutions offering the highest level of dance training: Trinity Laban … [Read More]
Cho Yong Min in “Catch the Flowers” at Camden Arts Centre
Choreographer and dancer Yong Min Cho restages his dance Catch the Flowers, first performed at Shelagh Wakely’s studio in 2009, in response to her film Petals. Yong Min’s performance will be accompanied by Korean musician Choi Jeunghyun. Wednesday 24 September, 7.00 – 7.30pm Camden Arts Centre | Arkwright Road | London NW3 6DG Admission free [Read More]
Edinburgh Fringe visit: two Korean monodramas and one Korean American
Korean acts coming to the Fringe have often majored on the non-verbal: percussion, taekwondo, comedy, physical theatre, music and dance. Last year, with Othello – Two Men, we discovered that more traditional theatre, heavy on text, can work well despite the language barrier – provided surtitles are visible. This year the Korean contingent was bolder … [Read More]
Andersen’s Gazes – an outstanding fusion of body, image and sound
Andersen’s Gazes is the second in a series of collaborations between Lee Kyung-ok Dance Company and pop artist Mari Kim. The first, The Boy in the Red Shoes, was performed at KB Haneul Youth Theatre in November 2013. The Boy in the Red Shoes was created by the National Dance Company of Korea, and choreographed … [Read More]