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Poster for 80th Avignon Festival [AVIGNON FESTIVAL]

Korean performing arts, including staged reading of Han Kang work, to gain spotlight at the 80th Avignon Festival

Global spotlights have illuminated various aspects of Korean culture — notably K-pop and K-dramas — but far less attention has been paid to Korean performing arts.

2026.5.21

A demonstration of XpertINC’s subtitle glasses during a musical performance [XPERTINC]

Through the looking glass: AI turns theater dialogue into floating subtitles

Renting glasses at a theater once meant one thing: watching a 3-D movie. Now the practice is crossing into the performing arts — this time to read subtitles.

2026.3.13

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Sahmyook University's campus in Nowon District, northern Seoul [SAHMYOOK UNIVERSITY]

Sahmyook University opens department exclusively for international students

Sahmyook University announced Tuesday it has created the Division of Global Culture & Arts Convergence, a department exclusively for international students.

2024.4.16

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC) Theater QUAD in Jongno District, central Seoul [SFAC]

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture opens multipurpose theater, SFAC Theater QUAD

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC) opened a public multipurpose theater called SFAC Theater QUAD in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. Located on the basement floor of the newly refurbished SFAC Daehakro Center, QUAD is...

2022.7.20

One-hundred and thirty-one fifth grade students at Seoul Myeonmok Elementary School watch the play 'Pepe's Dream' at Kwanglim Arts Center on Nov. 3. [HEO JEONG-WON]

School kids get their culture on as country opens up

After two years of waiting under the virus curbs, 131 fifth grade students at Myeonmok Elementary School gathered at Kwanglim Arts Center in southern Seoul to watch “Pepe’s Dream” on Nov. 3, as field trips resumed along with the introduction of...

2021.11.9

SAC offers up-and-coming musicians a space to perform

Freelance performers in the classical music industry have been hit hard by concert cancelations during the Covid-19 pandemic. While more famous stars might be enjoying an extended vacation, every day has been a battlefield for supporting ...

2021.8.15

This file photo taken Feb. 14, 2021, shows social distancing at a theater in Seoul. [YONHAP]

Performing arts scene recovering on eased social distancing

The virus-hit Korean performing arts sector is heading for a recovery this spring after plummeting last year, thanks to recently eased social distancing rules, data showed Tuesday. The combined revenue of 2,700 theatrical plays, musicals...

2021.6.1

Five balloon installations of League of Legends video game characters playing different instruments stand outside the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts building in central Seoul. The Sejong Center will hold the ″League of Legends Live: The Orchestra″ on Friday and Saturday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

When an online battle arena video game meets a symphony orchestra

Some strange creatures have taken up residence outside the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul. Five balloon installations of the strange creatures playing different instruments stand outside the building. For those ...

2021.4.1

From left, Song Mhin-suk, a licensed dancer of Korean intangible cultural property No. 1 Jongmyo Jeryeak, and Jeon Hee-ja, also a licensed dancer of Korean intangible cultural property No. 97 Salpuri, dance at Jeon's studio in eastern Seoul on July 12. Both are freelance dancers. [PARK SANG-MOON]

[Post-Covid-19 New Normal] Freelance actors, performers take on their most challenging role yet

Jeon Hee-ja, one of 141 licensed dancers of Salpuri, an intangible cultural heritage in Korea, has had zero income for the past six months.“It’s harder because there is nothing to pinpoint the blame on other than the pandemic,” she told the...

2020.8.2