1. Purity and tremor (Korean classical orchestral music and traditional percussion
quartet)
There is a woman with a pure beauty. She is scared to come out to the world and to meet with
others. She only cares about a man who passes by before her from time to time. Her emotion is
expressed in dynamic melody of traditional string orchestra and the rhythm of percussion quartet.
This is a show of traditional percussion quartet and orchestra. The harmony of chamber music
and traditional percussion quartet creates the stage full of passion. The audience can appreciate
the technic of traditional percussion quartet and enjoy various rhythms of Korean music.
2. Feeling of love (Exorcism dance)
The entrance of a man comes as a surprise to her. She can't get over the man no matter how
hard she tries to forget by dancing away. Such emotion is expressed through exorcism dance.
The exorcism dance refers to a ritual dance which was performed during the exorcism to
release 'evil spirits' for the year, to reach new divinity and to earn new life. Normally, the
dancer wears white skirt and coat, holding a smooth and light white handkerchief, which creates
the most mysterious harmony of subtle curve and the beauty of blank space.
3. Curiosity (Gayageum chorus)
The woman suffers from her feeling of love that comes and goes against her will. Finally,
she decided to open her heart but she's still not familiar with her own feeling toward the man.
Her mixed emotion is expressed in Gayageum chorus.
Gayageum chorus refers to a type of play that the singer plays Gayageum themselves while singing
a phrase of Pansori or folk song.
4. A new beginning (Ogomoo dance and Modeumbook percussion)
For her, the man is the first challenge to the new world outside. Her overflowing emotion of
experiencing the new world through the meeting with a man is expressed in Omogoo dance and
Modeumbook percussion.
Originated from the Buddhist ritual dance, Omogoo dance and Daebuk are played with 5 drums
hung in the drum frames in 3 sides. It is a moderate and dynamic variation of Korean
traditionalrhythms which are classified in Jajinmori, Dongsalpoori, and Whimori.
Omogoo satisfies both the visual and audio at the same time when played with fast beat and
delivers the traditional beauty of Korea to the audience.
5. Lovers (Sarangmoo dance and Pansori)
The woman accepts the man and the love blossoms. The feeling of such blossoming love is
expressed in Sarangmoo dance and Pansori. The movements of the two create lines, pictures,
melodies, poems, and finally the dance of love. Sarangmoo dance is a duo-dance performed
by a man and a woman that shows the feeling of pure and affectionate love of young lovers in
traditional dance movements and creative movements.
6. Joy and delight (Cheonseonmoo dance - Fan dance)
The joyful moment of meeting the lover is expressed in the form of Cheonseonmoo dance
(Fan dance). Cheonseonmoo is a variation of glorious and mysterious dance of heavenly fairies
based on one of the traditional dances, Fan dance. The stage is filled with full blossom of
flowers and dynamic hopes for joy, wish, and future that the waving body movements create.
7. Blessed by everyone... (Pangood exorcism, Gyeongo dance, Sogo dance)
The two unite and blossom in beauty with everyone's blessing. This special performance
provides the true aesthetics of Korean traditional art with dynamic movement of long ribbons
flowing in the air combined with music and dance. The passionate and dynamic percussion
play of percussion quartet creates great harmony with the glamorous Sogo dance moves of the
female dancers, which highlights both the individual technics as well as team work.
8. After Show
Please follow the performers to outside the seats and join the after party show.
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