Often found at theaters and museums, Kwon Mee-yoo has covered a wide range of cultural fields from K-pop and dramas to theater and fine art for over a decade. Now as K-Culture Desk editor, she tries to connect Korean culture with global readers through fresh perspectives.
HS Seoul offers diverse performances
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Seoul City is inviting people from mixed nationalities and disadvantaged backgrounds to various view performances such as concerts and musicals as a part of a cultural welfare program.
Seoul Center for Culture and Tourism, located on the 5th floor of the M-Plaza building in Myeong-dong, invited 160 multicultural families to the musical “Welcome to My World” performed at Haechi Hall located in the center.
“We received applications from multicultural families through the Seoul Global Center. Some 60 people have watched the show so far and most of them enjoyed the fun-packed musical,” a center official said. About 100 more people will come see the show until September.
“We plan to invite more multicultural families to our next show,” he said.
Meanwhile, Seoul City also signed an MOU with national and public theaters to provide seats especially for women who may feel alienated as a part of “Women-Friendly Seoul” project.
The city aims to provide around 10,000 seats at a 50 percent discount throughout the year, including 2,400 seats for the Noon Concert at the National Theater of Korea.
“This program will offer concerts and plays to women who did not previously have the chance to enjoy cultural events,” a city official said. “Housewives, married immigrants and disabled women will benefit from this program.”
A musical “Pimatgol Sonata” developed by the municipal government, will also offer certain seats for 1,000 won. For more information, visit www.sejongpac.or.kr.