Venue: The National Ballet School, studio 4C (400 Jarvis St.)
Date: Feburary 1st, 2012
Time: 8pm-10pm
Admission: Free
For info: Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada 647-403-7653
.Danso (Chungsung gok)
The meaning of ‘Chungsung’ is ‘high’ in Korean and this song contains higher tunes compared to other songs. This is played by Danso, a traditional Korean woodwind instrument that is played vertically. Because the sound of the Danso is clear but not loud, it is often played solo and Chungsung gok is the most representative solo piece for Danso.
1.Seol Janggu
This is a solo piece for the Janggu player, a leader of nong-ak (literally means “farmer’s music”), which requires fancy skills to improvise Janggu dance on free rhythms.
2.Seungmu Drum
Seoungmu is a Korean dance performed by Buddhist monks which is based on the mixture of flowing movements and stillness. This drum dance expresses sorrow and nirvana of the monks.
3.Jindo Drum Dance
Jindo Drum Dance has its roots in nong-ak, which was traditionally performed in rice farming villages in order to ensure and to celebrate good harvest. This is very masculine dance that blends in with cheerful tune and beautiful movements, performed only in Jindo.
4.Kyunggido Danggut-Jangdan
This is common performance in Kyunggi province in South Korea. Its aim is to wish for the well-being and prosperity of a particular village. It contains vermischte taktart beat which might be difficult for the general public to understand.
5.Beona Nori
Beona Nori is a performance with beona. This can be a dish, a basin or a sieve frame. Performers spin and toss the beona into the air by using a thin pipe or a long wooden stick while exchanging witty talks with others. This nori integrates various activities such as dance, music and talks.
6. Binari
Binari is a traditional religious action for Koreans with a song of words of blessing to make a wish which means “I wish you all the best” in pure Korean words.
7.Dosalpuri
The word ‘sal’ stands for inauspicious or even evil influences that may affect out lives, and Dosalpuri is a sort of shamanistic rite that is supposed to rid us of such influences. This dance also has a meaning of connecting this world and afterlife.
8. Ssitgim gut
This rite is used to cleanse the spirit of a deceased person. There is a Korean belief that when someone dies, his or her body cannot enter the world of the dead because of the impurity of one’s spirit. The Ssitgim gut washes away this impurity and wishes people many more years of happy life.
— Organized by the Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada http://www.koreandance.net/
Biographies
Yeon Shik Park, Visiting Artist
Lead Performer, Sin Myung
Yeon Shik Park began his study in traditional Korean music and folk dance at age 18. He has performed with Namsadaingpae (meaning “Traveling Entertainers”) and Binarisoe, a military arts troupe. At age 23, he entered the Korea National University of Arts, where he was trained by Duk Soo Kim, one of the pioneers in modernizing Korean traditional arts and founder of samulnori, which is characterized by small band of men doing acrobatic dance while playing percussion instruments. Upon graduation, Park was recruited by AriKorea and toured the Edinburgh Festival in England, the Avignon Festival in France and many more. He is now the lead performer in Sin Myung, a samulnori company that has done performances and outreach tours throughout Korea and numerous universities in the United States.
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