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14. Seoul Olympic Arts
Festival
18. 'Paebichangjon', a Korean classical
operatic performance.
19. Theater Group Jak-Up performs 'Hide
and Seek' at the Munye Theater Small
Hall.
20. The National Theater stages 'Palgok
Pyongpung' at the National Theater.
21. The MBC Madangnori Group performs
'Song of Shim Chong' at Munwha
Gymnasium.
22. Theater San-UI-Lim Stages 'Waiting
for Godot' at the Munye Theater.
23. Kim Sook-ja's Dance Group/Korea
Men's Dance Group 'The Sobbing Island'
at the Munye Theater as part of the Seoul
International Dance Festival
24. Theater Cecil performs 'Bul Ga, Bul
Ga' at the Munye Theater.
Washington Ballet, at the National
Theatre, August 30-31
Thirty members of the Washington
Ballet performed classic and contemporary
ballet pieces as choreographed
by George Balanchine. A total of 4,303
persons attended the three performances.
• And Do They Do, Duet of Nymphs
and other pieces, by the London
Contemporary Dance Theatre, at the
National Theatre, September 8-9
Twenty-five dancers performed Forest
and Class in addition to the above two
dances choreographed by Robert
Cohan. A total of 4,477 persons
attended the three performances.
• The Lovers of the Sun and Bolero by
Hungary's Ballet Company of Gyor, at
Munye Theatre, September 17-18
Ivan Marko choreographed modern
dance pieces to The Lovers of the Sun
composed by Carl Orff and Bolero by
Maurice Ravel. Thirty-seven dancers
presented three performances,
which were attended by a total of 2,549
persons.
• Swan Lake and other pieces, by the
Bolshoi Ballet with leading dancers
from other Soviet ballet companies, at
the Sejong Cultural Center,
September 3-5
Participation of Soviet ballet dancers,
mainly comprising members of the
Bolshoi Ballet, in the Seoul Olympic
Arts Festival was not confirmed until
after the schedule of the Seoul International
Dance Festival had been
determined. In Korea they performed
excerpts from Swan Lake and The
Sleeping Beauty choreographed by
Yuri Parkov. Fifty-one dancers,
including Swetlana Choi, a thirdgeneration
Korean-Soviet citizen,
presented three performances for
audiences totalling 18,904.
The Seoul International
Theatre Festival
Thirteen Korean and six foreign
theatrical troupes took part in the
Seoul International Theatre Festival
held at the National Theatre, the
Munye Theater, the Sejong Cultural
Center, the Munhwa Gymnasium and
the Hyundai To Art Hall, between
August 16 and October 2. The steering
committee of the festival was responsible
for selecting the Korean and
foreign groups to be invited to participate.
The 13 Korean dramas presented during
the festival included five works
which already had attained artistic and
commercial success, four new works
specially commissioned to celebrate
the Seoul Olympics, and four Korean
classics reinterpreted with modern
perspectives and adapted in new
styles.
One theatrical group each from Brazil,
Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Japan
and Poland were invited to join the
festival. The festival included 157 performances
by a total of 639 actors and
actresses. Audiences totalled 124,726
persons, filling 83 percent of the
combined seating capacity.
Korean groups
• Anyang Art Theatre
Pakkoji, at the Munye Theater, August
19-20
Lee Kang-jin, So l-sook and 31 others
took part in this drama written by Lee
Chae-hyon and directed by Lee Chaein.
The three performances were
attended by a total of 1,543 spectators.
• Theatre Cecil
Bulga Bulga, at the Munye Theater,
August 22-26
Chae Yun-il directed this drama written
by Lee Hyon-hwa. The cast included
Shin Ku, Lee Ho-jae, Kim Tong-su and
16 others. A total of 4,540 persons
attended the 10 performances.
• Theatre Group Freedom
Blood Wedding at the Munye Theater,
August 27-September 5
A total of 4,644 persons attended the
performances of the drama, which was
written by Garcia Lorca, and adapted
and directed by Kim Jeong-ok. Park
Chong-ja, Kim Kum-ji and Park Ung
and 15 others appeared in the drama.
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