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Clubs, Exhibitions & For Kids

Clubs Club Garden Apgujeong-dong The Garden is an electronica hotspot, with the big draw being its line-up of guest DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Mondo Grosso, Afrika Bambatta and Goldie. Near Galleria Department Store on the so-called Rodeo Street in southern Seoul. Call (02) 518-5115 or clubgarden.co.kr. Club Evans Hongdae or Hongik University Area This place, located near Hongik University, is great for intimate live performances. The line-up of performers is generally top-notch and the acoustics are good. Located near exit 1 on Sangsu Station on subway line 6 or exit 6 on Hongdae Station on subway line 2. Call (02) 337-8361 or www.clubevans.com. Club Caliente Itaewon The patrons are so diverse, DJ Josh sometimes has a hard job appealing to everyone. But he keeps the dance floor going, playing a variety of standbys and new Latin music. The song selection is what keeps people coming back. Located near exit 4 of Itaewon Station subway line 6. Call (011) 9094 8484 Club M2 Hongdae M2 features top DJs from home and abroad. The dance floor

Jul 19, 2007

Concerts, Museums & Performances

CLASSICAL CONCERTS 2007 Asia Philharmonic Orchestra Seoul Arts Center (Concert Hall) Aug. 4 Comprised of Asia's finest young musicians, this impressive orchestra will perform under the guidance of conductor Chung Myung-whun. Tickets cost from 20,000 won to 80,000 won. Visit www.cmikorea.co.kr or call (02) 547-5694. Located near exits 4 and 5 of Nambu Bus Terminal station on subway line 3. Turkey Antalya State Symphony Orchestra Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Complex (Aram Music Hall) Aug. 13 Made up of three different orchestras from the Mediterranean, the Turkey Antalya State Symphony Orchestra will be led by maestro Lee Joung-wuk and accompanied by the Clarion Quartet (comprising four Korean clarinetists). Tickets cost from 10,000 won to 50,000 won. Visit www.artgy.or.kr or call 1577-7766. Located near exit 3 of Jeongbalsan Station on subway line 3. Summer Trip with Two Pianos Seoul Arts Center (Recital Hall) Aug. 12 Pianist Ju Young-mok and Russian pianist Dmitry Kosmachev will perform works by Paganini, Piazzolla, Bennet, Tchaikovsky, and more f

Jul 19, 2007

Ballet Dream Team to Go on Stage

By Seo Dong-shin Staff Reporter World-class Korean ballet dancers based abroad and at home will come together for the fourth Korea World Dance Star Festival scheduled July 25-30. Subtitled ``Sue-jin Kang With Friends,'' the biennial event features Kang, the principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany, as artistic director. It is the first time that the 39-year-old internationally acclaimed ballerina has taken on the job. The line-up offers the best of the Korean ballet circle, along with a few foreign dancers who will come with their Korean partners. Kang, who became the first Asian dancer to be honored as ``Kammertanzerin'' (chamber dancer) by the German state government of Baden-Wurttemberg in March this year, selected stars and starlets for the programs ranging from classic pieces such as ``Romeo and Juliet'' and ``Onegin'' to contemporary ones such as Uwe Scholz' ``Ein Lindentraum'' and Wayne Eagling's ``Duet.'' Kim Ji-young, second soloist at the Dutch National Ballet, will dance with Tamas Nagy from the same company in ``Duet.'' Kim Seh-yun of the Zuri

Jul 17, 2007

Incense Offers Glimpse of Traditional Life

By Chung Ah-young Staff Reporter For many people, burning incense is seen as a religious ritual, as depicted throughout history. However, incense is widely used in various fields and has many social roles, regardless of race or region. It was originally associated only with religious activities, but over time, it has developed gradually into everyday culture around the world. Incense materials and their smoke have been adopted in medicine and emerged as a culture of aesthetic appreciation, which has facilitated even greater ubiquity for incense burning. To show various aspects of incense and aromas, the Coreana Cosmetics Museum is holding an exhibition titled ``Hyang, the Experience of Incense.'' The exhibition displays 30 pieces of incense-related items, as used through Korean history. The exhibition is designed to show incense not only through the sense of smell but through all five senses, raising awareness of the traditional fragrance and reviving it as a traditional aroma culture. Incense was used in religious ceremonies in Korea, presumably going bac

Jul 16, 2007

Exhibit Wind From Istanbul Fetes Korea-Turkey Bond

By Seo Dong-shin Staff Reporter Those who read Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk's novel ``My Name Is Red,'' in which the exclusive world of miniaturists in the Ottoman Empire is depicted, would have felt curious about the miniature paintings. An exhibition that will satisfy that curiosity opens Wednesday at the Cultural Center of the Korea Foundation. Celebrating half a century's relationship between South Korea and Turkey this year, the exhibition ``The Wind From Istanbul'' is co-organized by the Istanbul Cultural Center in Seoul, the Korea-Turkey Friendship Association and the City of Istanbul. The exhibition brings about 40 works of Omer Dincer Kilic, a leading painter in the traditional Turkish skill of miniaturist paintings, primarily used in illustrations and embellishments for religious books until the mid-19th century. Other unique paintings using traditional Turkish skills are also on display. Kadir Ekim's 13 paintings are on papyrus, a material used in Europe before the 8th century and the advent of Chinese paper making. Sadreddin Ozcimi's 15 works are d

Jul 15, 2007

Edinburgh to Feature Korean Works

A scene from ``Binari,'' Korean traditional spiritual performanceBy Chung Ah-young Staff Reporter The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which will be held Aug. 5-27, has been a rite of passage for Korean theaters to put their efforts to the test on the international stage. ``Nanta'' by PMC Production Company, also known as ``Cookin,'' the non-verbal percussion performance, knocked on the door of the festival in 1999, the first time for a Korean production. Since then, other Korean performances such as ``A Midsummer Night's Dream'' by the Yohangza Theater Company, and the martial arts-based performance ``Jump'' by Yegam have successfully followed. This year, Korean productions are gaining momentum in heading for the festival with the support of the government. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Seoul City Metropolitan Government will sponsor the productions. Among a total of 14 works that will be performed at the festival, six will receive intensive government support. They will each receive 10 to 30 million won in accordance with the length of the performance and judges' rev

Jul 15, 2007

`B-Show’ Continues B-Boy Boom Thread

By Seo Dong-shin Staff Reporter Compared to the late last year, when a stream of new B-boy shows flooded onto stage, the B-boy craze seems to have died down here these days. New performances are hardly presented, nor does the media heap them with lavish attention anymore. Nevertheless, two or three original B-boy works continue to meet audiences, building on the popularity they gained since the last year. ``B-Show,'' which opened its third run on June 28 at Ziller Hall in Daehangno, is one of them. The piece was produced by actor and producer Lee Gun-hee, the man behind the creation ``The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy,'' which was the first of the successful fusion B-boy performance series that set up a trend last year. The title ``B-Show'' comes from the idea that B-boying culture is composed of many elements with alphabet B _ such as beatboxing and battle, not to mention breakdancing itself. Riding on the popularity of the Korean Wave and world-renowned reputation of top-notch Korean breakdancers, ``B-Show'' tested overseas market with a showcase in Hong Kong in Apri

Jul 13, 2007

Concerts, Museums and Performances

CLASSICAL CONCERTS Korea Festival Ensemble "Four Days' Summer Festival" National Museum of Contemporary Art July 19-22 During the four-day classical music festival, the program sets aside one day for each musical era (baroque, classic, romantic, and contemporary) and works by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, and many more. Tickets cost from 8,000 won (student) to 15,000 won. Visit www.korfestival.or.kr or call (02) 501-8477. Located near exit 4 of Seoul Grand Park Station on subway line 4. Son Ae-yeong's Homecoming Violin Recital Kumho Art Hall July 19 Korean violinist Son Ae-yeong celebrates her homecoming to Korea with a violin recital filled with Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Frank, and Wieniawski. Tickets cost 10,000 won. Visit www.kumhoarthall.com or call (02) 6303-1919. Located near exit 7 of Gwanghwamun Station on subway line 5. Cantemus Children's Choir Goyang SPART Complex & Park July 21 The heavenly voices of Hungary's children's choir take part in the fourth Heavenly Harmony Series in Goyang. Tickets cost from 10,000 won to 15,000 wo

Jul 12, 2007

Clubs, Exhibitions and For Kids

CLUBS Club Garden Apgujeong-dong The Garden is an electronica hotspot, with the big draw being its line-up of guest DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Mondo Grosso, Afrika Bambaatta and Goldie. Near Galleria Department Store on the so-called Rodeo Street in southern Seoul. Call (02) 518-5115 or clubgarden.co.kr. Club Evans Hongdae or Hongik University Area This place, located near Hongik University, is great for intimate live performances. The line-up of performers is generally top-notch and the acoustics are good. Located near exit 1 on Sangsu Station on subway line 6 or exit 6 on Hongdae Station on subway line 2. Call (02) 337-8361 or www.clubevans.com. Club Caliente Itaewon The patrons are so diverse, DJ Josh sometimes has a hard job appealing to everyone. But he keeps the dance floor going, playing a variety of standbys and new Latin music. The song selection is what keeps people coming back. Located near exit 4 of Itaewon Station subway line 6. Call (011) 9094 8484 Club M2 Hongdae M2 features top DJs from home and abroad. The dance flo

Jul 12, 2007

Summer Ice Ballet Returns to Korea

By Seo Dong-shin Staff Reporter ``The Nutcracker'' visits South Korea twice a year _ around the Christmas season and in the summer, skating across the ice all the way from Russia to cool audiences here. This year, the St. Petersburg State Ice Ballet marks a decade since it began presenting the classical ice ballet shows annually in Korea, having racked up over 250,000 spectators here in total. To celebrate the anniversary, the company will present two of its highly popular repertoires _ ``The Nutcracker'' and ``Swan Lake'' _ across the nation in several venues. Dancers wearing skates instead of toe shoes will grace the ice with their ballet skills to the classical, fantasy-ridden scores of Tchaikovsky. The troupe, which debuted in 1967, features former figure skating champions among its members. General Director Mikhail Kaminov was a champion of Leningrad pair figure skating. Konstantin Rassadin, principal choreographer, is a Merited Artist of Russia. ``The Nutcracker'' will hit the stage at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul from July 31 to Aug. 2,

Jul 11, 2007
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