2018 Heart of Korea

Meet profound gesture and spirit of the Korean

 

October 27, 2018, 6:00 PM

Painted Bride Art Center

Open: 5:00 PM

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The Heart of Korea is a feast of Korea’s traditional dance, music and Hanbok fashion show organized by Korean Cultural Foundation. The program is organized to appreciate the soft melody and dynamic rhythm of Korean traditional percussion and to give the audience a taste of grace and mystery in Korean dance. 

 

The Heart of Korea is a feast of Korea’s traditional dance, music and Hanbok fashion show organized by Korean Cultural Foundation. The program is organized to appreciate the soft melody and dynamic rhythm of Korean traditional percussion and to give the audience a taste of grace and mystery in Korean dance. 

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 The event opens with “Hanbok, Korean traditional dress fashion show,” then continues to “Samulnori,” “Modeumbuk of Korean percussion,” by Chunseung Lee, Sunyoung Park’s performance of “Dance of Great Peace (Taepyeongmu)", "Jindo Drum Dance (Jindobulchum)," "Sword dance", and finally to "Gayageum" and "Gayageum Byungchang" which is unique forms of Korean traditional music that combines gayageum and vocal music , playing a song while playing the gayageum.​

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