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Clubs, art exhibitions & sports games

Clubs Underlounge Seoul Hongdae or Hongik University Area This is the local club of a hip Japanese chain that’s also in Shanghai. Located in the famous clubbing area, Hongdae, it’s all flashy with loud music and lights. Spacious, with a supersized crystal ball hanging over your head, DJs from near and far make music while you can hang out at the bar or classy private rooms. Located near the main entrance of Hongik Univ. Call (02) 325-5715 or visit www.underlounge.kr. Club M2 Hongdae M2 features top DJs from home and abroad. The dance floor and the DJ are in the center of the club, which attracts a trendy crowd along with models and celebrities. Packed on the weekends. Check www.ohoo.net. Cafe Mou Sinsa-dong This cafe has a rich ethnic interior that mixes inspirations that its owner got from travels to such places as Morocco and France. Its menu is limited, but features desserts. It’s located at the edge of Dosan Park. 650-9 Park View Building, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, near the Cine City Theater in Apgujeongdong. Call (02) 3444-6069. Club Heaven Yeoksam-dong

Mar 24, 2011

Concerts, museums & theater

Classical concerts El Sistema II Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center* (See ‘Venues’ on right for more information) March 27 The Caracas Youth Orchestra from Venezuela will hold a concert under the direction of conductor Christian Vasquez. El Sistema is a musical education program that has inspired thousands of children around the world, and the concert will feature Saint Saens’“Symphony No. 3” and Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 10.” Tickets cost 30,000 to 100,000 won. Pianist Paul Lewis Recital Seongnam Arts Center* April 23 British pianist Paul Lewis will hold his Korean debut recital. As a renowned specialist of Franz Schubert, he will perform the composer’s “Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D. 840” and “Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D. 850.” Tickets cost 30,000 to 100,000 won. For more information, call (031) 783-8000 Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF) Tongyeong March 26-April 1 The 10th Tongyeong International Music Festival will open under its new artistic director Alexander Liebreich. Under the theme “Moving Dimension,” the event will feature open

Mar 24, 2011

Theater festival to heat up Busan in May

By Chung Ah-young If fall is the season of movies in Busan, spring is the season for theater. A variety of performance genres from around the world will attract thespians and theater-goers to Busan in May. This year’s Busan International Performing Arts Festival (BIPAF), from May 1 to 10, has unveiled its lineup under the theme of “Love and Harmony.” Seven foreign works and 12 local productions will be staged around the city during the festival. The festival consists of concept performances, which are relevant to the event’s theme and open performances, which include other foreign and local works. The opening performance “L’homme de l’Atlantique” by Olivier Dubois will take to the stage on May 1 and 2 at the Busan Cultural Center. The French work depicts American singer Frank Sinatra’s music, life and love on stage using dance moves against the backdrop of his memorable songs that epitomize his love, passion, life and agony. Director, choreographer and actor Dubois interprets his life, which reflects the American golden age with materialistic affluence, stability, su

Mar 23, 2011

Longquan wares exude timeless glamour

By Chung Ah-young A merchant ship carrying a large quantity of Chinese celadon sank off the Korean coast in Sinan, South Jeolla Province in 1323, on the way from Ningbo, China to Kyoto, Japan. The ship was inadvertently discovered by a fisherman in 1975 some 650 years later and the site was excavated from 1976 to 1984. Over 30,000 artifacts, including more than 20,000 ceramic pieces, of which more than 14,000 pieces were Longquan wares, were discovered at that time. Longquan wares refer to Chinese ceramics manufactured in Longquan, China, which exude the beauty of unique jade colors and shapes. The National Museum of Korea is hol ding an exhibition to showcase the time-honored beauty of Longquan wares recovered from the Sinan shipwreck from March 22 to June 19 at the Sinan Shipwreck Collection Room in the Asia Gallery.

Mar 22, 2011

Men in tights: UBCs comic ballet Don Quixote

By Lee Hyo-won As of late ballerinos have been pulling off something of a Billy Elliot on national television. But forget the chubby comedians wearing tights _ the classic comedy “Don Quixote” evokes humor in the tall tales of a Spanish knight, not in a parody of ballerinos. The Universal Ballet Company (UBC) will restage its much-loved rendition of the ballet through March 28 in Seoul. Marius Petipa choreographed the original four-act piece to music by Ludwig Minkus, and saw its world premiere in 1869 at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. It was inspired by the famous 18th-century novel by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, which traces the fantastic adventures of the hopelessly optimistic knight Don Quixote and his sidekick. But the ballet focuses on the romance between the barber Basil and Kitri, the daughter of an innkeeper. UBC gave the Korean premiere of the piece in 1997, featuring revamped dance sequences by its former artistic director Oleg Vinogradov. That year, local critics named it the Best Dance Performance of 1997, and in 2000, The Times praised the UBC’s ren

Mar 20, 2011

Take a walk through modern history at Korean Rhapsody

By Kwon Mee-yoo The dynamic history of 20th-century Korea has inspired a museum exhibition, featuring some 80 artworks in various forms ranging from Japanese “ukiyoe” and paintings from the period to contemporary media art. “Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History and Memory,” ongoing at the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, in Hannam-dong, Seoul, sheds new light on the country’s modern history with a creative fresh perspective. “Koreans miss places where memories were made and this is related to social amnesia,” Lee Joon, deputy director of Leeum, said. “The contemporary history of Korea embodies both the past as well as the present, so we placed 100-year-old works next to contemporary artists’ work, juxtaposing our histories side-by-side.” Seemingly odd matches of old and new works direct the viewer’s attention to Korea’s tumultuous past. The exhibition is presented in two sections. The Black Box of Leeum hosts the first part in “Symbols of Modernity,” portraying the time from when ports were opened to foreigners to when Korea was liberated from Japan in 1945¬ . I

Mar 18, 2011By Kwon Mee-yoo

Clubs, art exhibitions & sports games

Clubs Underlounge Seoul Hongdae or Hongik University Area This is the local club of a hip Japanese chain that’s also in Shanghai. Located in the famous clubbing area, Hongdae, it’s all flashy with loud music and lights. Spacious, with a supersized crystal ball hanging over your head, DJs from near and far make music while you can hang out at the bar or classy private rooms. Located near the main entrance of Hongik Univ. Call (02) 325-5715 or visit www.underlounge.kr. Club M2 Hongdae M2 features top DJs from home and abroad. The dance floor and the DJ are in the center of the club, which attracts a trendy crowd along with models and celebrities. Packed on the weekends. Check www.ohoo.net. Cafe Mou Sinsa-dong This cafe has a rich ethnic interior that mixes inspirations that its owner got from travels to such places as Morocco and France. Its menu is limited, but features desserts. It’s located at the edge of Dosan Park. 650-9 Park View Building, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, near the Cine City Theater in Apgujeongdong. Call (02) 3444-6069. Club Heaven Yeoksam-dong

Mar 17, 2011

Concerts, museums & theater

Classical Concerts Korea National Opera’s ‘Faust’ Opera Theater, Seoul Arts Center* (See ‘Venues’ on right for more information) Through March 20 Under the direction of artistic director Lee So-young, the Korea National Opera presents Charles Gounod’s “Faust” with the Korean Symphony Orchestra. Tenor Kim Woo-kyung, the first Korean to become part of the New York Metropolitan Opera Association, appears in the title role. Tickets cost 30,000 to 150,000 won. For more information, call (02) 586-5282. El Sistema II Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center* March 27 The Caracas Youth Orchestra from Venezuela will hold a concert under the direction of conductor Christian Vasquez. El Sistema is a musical education program that has inspired thousands of children around the world, and the concert will feature Saint Saens’“Symphony No. 3” and Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 10.” Tickets cost 30,000 to 100,000 won. Pianist Paul Lewis Recital Seongnam Art Center* April 23 British pianist Paul Lewis will hold his Korean debut recital. As a renowned specialist of Franz Schubert, he wil

Mar 17, 2011

Weekender Seoul Art Space Sindang — Art blooms in underground arcade

By Kwon Mee-yoo Jungang Market showcases traditional Korean stalls full of vitality. However, on heading downstairs through colorful entrances to the underground arcade a new wonderland of artists unfolds before one’s eyes. This is Seoul Art Space Sindang (SASS), an old underground shopping arcade turned into some 40 artists’ studios with a small exhibition hall and common work area. Opened in October 2009, located near Sindang Station on subway lines No. 2 and 6, SASS infused a fresh atmosphere to the market which was established in 1971 and had already passed its heyday. Some 50 out of 99 stores in the arcade were empty, but the art space has brought more vitality and diversity. “This is an example of an idle urban space renovated to support artists,” Kim Hyo-jin of SASS said. The artists are from various fields from fabric, paper art, pottery and metal to book art, embroidery, glass and media art. Visitors can see work in progress through glass doors and windows. Some of the pieces are on sale at Art Market Dosirak, at the center of SASS. Joy o

Mar 17, 2011By Kwon Mee-yoo

AJA lends support for Japan

The Asia Journalist Association (AJA) announced a statement supporting Japan as it recovers from triple disasters — earthquakes, tsunami and radiation leaks from nuclear power plants. Led by Singaporean journalist Ivan Lim, the AJA encouraged the people and government of Japan in need of determination and fortitude in facing the overwhelming chain of natural destruction. “We viewed the footage of the scenes of devastation caused by the tsunami and the deaths of thousands of innocent Japanese people with a heavy heart,” Lim said in a press release. “The AJA extends our deepest condolences to the families of those who perished in the quake and flood.” The AJA will continue to lend their moral and material support for Japan, weathering the national crisis. “Grave challenges are ahead, including the unfolding nuclear emergency, and we are confident the Japanese people and government will come together and show spirit and determining in overcoming them,” the association said. They paid tribute to their fellow journalists who are braving the danger to give the world vi

Mar 16, 2011By Kwon Mee-yoo
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