EdFest 2011

Festival visit: Ahn Eun-mi Company – Princess Bari

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by Philip Gowman on 2 November, 2011

in Dance | Edinburgh Festival & Fringe | Event reports and reviews | VoDs

In reviewing the amazing work of Ahn Eun-mi I am always faced with a problem: how to convey in words the extraordinary visual and musical experience that is so unique to her. When writing about her Chunhyang in 2006 I was at a loss for words. Trying to convey the intensity of the visual and […]

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Edinburgh Festival and Fringe 2011: review round-up

by Philip Gowman 28 August 2011
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I didn’t make it to all the Korea-related events at the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe, and for one of the events I did get to I didn’t feel like writing a review. So here are some links to the reviews that are out there. For completeness, I include links to my own reviews. If […]

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Festival visit: Mokhwa Repertory Company – The Tempest

by Philip Gowman 15 August 2011
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At his press conference in London last Monday, Oh Tae-seok spoke about his work with the Mohkwa Repertory Company. One of the priorities of Master Oh, who had spend many years as director of Korea’s National Theatre company, is to nurture the next generation of actors. And one of the pleasures of working with his […]

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A Korean Tempest: Sympathy from Mr Vengeance

by Philip Gowman 12 August 2011
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Those who are familiar with Korean cinema will not need to be told that vengeance is a familiar topic, and indeed forms the theme for Park Chan-wook’s unplanned trilogy of films of which the best known is Oldboy. And probably many an essay has been written in Film Studies classes as to why Korean directors […]

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Top Korean artists at the 2011 Edinburgh International Festival

by Events Editor 29 July 2011
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Every year we get a range of Korean performers at the Edinburgh Fringe. But the focus of the festival in 2011 is the vibrant and diverse cultures of Asia. Consequently this year we’ve got three top-notch groups who have been invited as part of the main festival itself. So for the first time this year […]

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Korea Times previews Edinburgh 2011

by Philip Gowman 21 April 2011
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The Korea Times previews the Korean highlights at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, including Oh Tae-seok’s Tempest. http://bit.ly/if6eAV #. It’s going to be a good year. Keywords: Authors: Oh Tae-seok (오태석) Event tags: EdFest 2011 | Edinburgh 2011

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