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Mathias Heymann, a principal dancer at the Paris National Opera Ballet, will replace Mathieu Ganio, who was set to perform as a guest dancer in the Sunday performance and the March 1 gala show. Ganio is unable to appear due to injury, the KNBC said.
The upcoming production marks “Giselle’s” comeback to the local stage after nine years. The KNBC will stage the Paris National Opera Ballet version by its associate artistic director Patrice Bart. It will revive the sweeping drama and periodic details of late 19th-century Romanticism.
The ballet is about a young aristocrat Albrecht, who, disguised as a commoner, seduces the lovely peasant maiden Giselle.
When Giselle discovers that her beloved is an engaged nobleman, she dies of despair in the forest. Yet her spirit lingers and haunts passersby until Albrecht appears. When other virgin ghosts try to harm Albrecht, Giselle saves him.
“Giselle” runs from Thursday through Sunday. Tickets for the performance are sold out but check for cancellations. Call (02) 587-6181 for more information.
hyowlee@koreatimes.co.kr
'Dream High' soundtrack in stores
The soundtrack of the hit KBS drama “Dream High” is now available. The drama, screened on Mondays and Tuesdays, depicts high school students specializing in art in hopes of becoming top singers and entertainers in Korea.
Park Jin-young, or JYP, director of music and dance for the drama, wrote several new songs for the show and even performed one titled “If.”
The 12-track album includes the drama’s main theme “Dream High,” sung by the cast including Taecyeon, Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, Wooyoung and Joo.
2PM’s Junsu worked on the album as composer Jun. K. He sang his own song “Don’t Go” with Lim Jeong-hee.
Seventeen-year-old IU, who plays the role of Pil-suk in the drama, sang “Someday” and Suzy of Miss A sang “Winter Child,” originally a birthday celebration song in the drama.
Kim Soo-hyun, who plays a musical prodigy, sang “Dreaming.” In the series, Kim is the only professional actor, while the others are originally singers.
Other JYP performers, such as Sun-ye of the Wonder Girls, Nichkhun of 2PM and Chang-min and Jin-woon from 2AM, also contributed to the album.
meeyoo@koreatimes.co.kr
Fridge food anime to premiere season 2
The second season of “Cocomong,” an award-winning children’s animation, will premiere with new characters in March.
The animation is set in “Fresh World,” within a refrigerator, where food comes to life through such characters as the sausage monkey Cocomong, egg rabbit Aromi and carrot donkey Kero.
First released in 2008, the franchise won the grand prize at the 2009 Korea Character Awards.
In the second season, the animalized food will fight with evil germs, who want to dominate the refrigerator world. Cocomong invents Robocong, a robot that generates energy from fresh fruits and vegetables, and they join forces against the Germ King.
Director Min Byung-chun said the series aims to improve children’s eating habits.
“The quality of animation has quadrupled in the new season and we changed the character design to make it friendlier,” he said at a press conference Tuesday.
The 26-episode animation will air at 8:20 a.m. on Fridays, beginning March 4.
meeyoo@koreatimes.co.kr
