‘Korean Showcase’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Experience Korean Performing Arts Culture in the UK
Experience Korean Performing Arts Culture at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the UK!
With Korean Culture Scene, KOCIS introduces Korean culture
to people around the world by holding K-Culture Festivals abroad!
Every year, KOCIS collaborates with Korean Cultural Centers around the world
to introduce Korean culture through various events.
This August, KOCIS is collaborating with the Korean Cultural Centre UK
to promote various aspects of Korean culture by presenting the ‘Korean showcase’
at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Edinburgh International Festival,
both world-famous arts festivals.
Ranked as the largest performing arts festival in the Guinness World Records,
the Edinburgh Festival Fringe takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland every August.
The festival is an occasion of comprehensive arts and culture and a variety of events,
including theater, dance, opera, and orchestras that take place across the city for the entire month of August.
At this year’s 75th Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
seven Korean performing arts teams are participating under the name ‘Korean Showcase’ from August 3 to 28.
Theatrical performances of various genres, such as puppet pansori,
traditional yeonhee, and fusion music,
will present the novelty of Korean culture in the UK.
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival
attracting audiences from around the world,
the Korean Showcase is expected to introduce a variety of facets of Korean culture to international audiences.
The first show of the Korean Showcase, a K-Culture Festival, is ‘Mary, Chris, Mars.’
It is a major work of the Trunk Theatre Project, featuring a miniature set design,
space objects, and hand puppetry.
Two astronauts spend Christmas Day together, talking to each other.
The story tells of how valuable time is.
This special work was selected by winning a contest held by the Korea Arts Management Service.
The first performance is on the opening day of the festival,
August 3, and a total of 24 performances will be available until August 28.
A puppet play combined with pansori, a traditional Korean genre of musical storytelling,
will be presented to global audiences at the Korean Showcase
during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from August 5 to 20.
‘Puppet Pansori Sugungga’ combines pansori ‘Sugungga’ with puppetry.
Pansori performer Noh Eunsil performs ‘aniri,’ or a descriptive speech of pansori,
in English, for global audiences to enjoy this unique pansori performance.
‘Klaxon’ is a solo performance that will be performed twice a day from August 5 to 12.
A scavenger puppet vividly expresses our lives.
The act was invited to Puppet Festival Chuncheon and ACC Gwangju Fringe International,
and will be performed through the Korean Showcase for audiences at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘BreAking’ is a notable performance in which the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company
and street dancers perform together.
The performance tears down boundaries of gender, generation, and genre.
Modern choreography beautifully harmonizes with the exciting music by the band ‘Jambinai.’
‘Six Stories’ by WeMu, a music production group, uses Korean shamanic rhythms and melodies
to deliver a world of unique Korean music.
It will be performed at theSpace at Symposium Hall from August 8 to 18.
With the motif of six ‘gut,’ or Korean shamanic rituals, the performers wish the audience peace and good luck.
It is one of the performances that UK audiences are looking forward to.
‘Korean Yeonhee Concert’ reconstructs traditional Korean theatrical genres,
such as samulnori, pansori, and pangut, based on the performers’ unique styles.
Watch the exciting traditional Korean performance of young energy,
vigor, and rhythms at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The last performance of the Korean Showcase, ‘Are You Guilty?’
by the TOB Group is listed in the “50 shows to see at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022” selected by The Guardian.
Renowned Korean Pianist Cho Seong-Jin and Company Wang Ramirez, led by choreographer Honji Wang,
have been invited to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Cho Seong-Jin plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 as the soloist
with the UK Philharmonic Orchestra at Usher Hall on August 7 (Sunday).
Company Wang Ramirez gives three performances of ‘We Are Monchichi,’
a work about cultural stereotypes and identities, from August 19 to 21.
The Korean Cultural Centre UK runs ‘Korea House,’ a cultural and tour pop-up center to introduce
various aspects of Korean culture from August 5 to 27.
Korea House will offer various events, such as a Korean food event,
handicraft exhibition, hanbok experience event, performance videos and films,
calligraphy, and walking tour.
To promote the exchanges and cooperation with local business partners,
‘Night of Korean Performances’ will be held in collaboration with KTO London and other agencies.
This August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
the Korean Showcase and Korea House are held as part of Korean Culture Scene
managed jointly by KOCIS and the Korean Cultural Centre UK.
We hope that this will be a special occasion for international audiences
who love arts and culture to experience a new world of Korean arts and culture.
With the hope that the colorful Korean culture will reach people worldwide,
we look forward to much interest and love from audiences for Korean Culture Scene.
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Korean Cultural Centre UK websit
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