Performances that capture the identity of a street arts festival, with both artistic expression and popular appeal
Balls and jumps never stop! With just a ball and a rope, they can turn any place into a stage, performing thrilling tricks that captivate the audience. This performance is filled with passion and features stunning freestyle football, basketball, and jump rope skills.
Click, click! It’s a special day, and a family gathers to take a photo. But their old, well-worn camera, which has witnessed the passage of time, keeps causing trouble. Will they be able to take their family photo successfully? Through a heartwarming and laughter-filled story about a grandfather and grandmother’s family photo session, this interactive masked theater performance portrays the love between family members?something that is often taken for granted.
A performance that reinterprets gilnori, a traditional Korean performance, by streamlining its elements and integrating contemporary dance while maintaining the essence of traditional performing arts. By interpreting the tools, techniques, and movements of traditional plays into the language of modern dance, the piece explores the themes of expanding traditional arts and coexistence.
Humans have developed various means of transportation throughout history. How have past modes of transport shaped our lives? And now, in the post-human era, where technology and humanity are intertwined, what does movement truly mean?
A puppet show that humorously and creatively depicts battles, competition, and cooperation among tiny puppets under the theme of the birth of a baby. Presented in a nonverbal format, the performance sparks the audience’s imagination while delivering both joy and a profound message. Experience a fascinating story through the delightful moments crafted by these tiny puppets!
Balance & Imbalance is a piece that blends contemporary dance with traditional music to express heung (흥, 興)-a uniquely Korean sense of joy and excitement. Through creative movements, animal characters, and traditional rhythms, the performance brings out the essence of heung, offering the audience a joyful experience.
Wazac is a sound or a shape when a solid object breaks. A wooden plank is fragile so it’s easily bend and breaks. But with together, it gets stronger and makes new structure. A-Run Crew portrays the journey of overcoming insecurity and hardship together, growing stronger in the process based on breaking(B-boying).
In the distant future, an abandoned humanoid cleaning robot continues its daily routine, tirelessly sweeping the streets, never forgetting its purpose. Feeling lonely, the robot tries to create friends using its own parts and discarded objects. But the more it builds, the more it begins to break down. What should the robot do now? Will it ever find a real friend?
A unique encounter between the late Joseon-era novel The Tale of the Rabbit (Tosaengjeon) and the beloved Disney character, The Little Mermaid. This puppet musical reinterprets our traditional folktale in a contemporary way. Suddenly appearing in The Tale of the Rabbit, what message does The Little Mermaid wish to share in this story?
Bian Lian (Face Changing) is a signature performance technique of Sichuan opera, a traditional theater form from Sichuan, China. Gu Bon-jin, the only practitioner of Sichuan operations in Korea, captivates the audience with his lightning-fast mask transformations. Additionally, enjoy a mesmerizing guzheng performance by Zhang Xinlei, an artist from Shandong, China, along with the graceful gestures of traditional Chinese dance.