Clik | Edition 14 | November 2021.
Clik | Edition 14 | November 2021.
Dance on Film
is presented in association with
Korea National Contemporary Dance Company
Dance on Film is a specially curated series of contemporary dance projects developed by the Korean National Contemporary Dance Company. The series, co-presented by InKo Centre and the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, will comprise a total of 5 films, varied in theme and technique, to present some of the most exciting choreographers and dancers in Korea today. With the pandemic looming large, the films provide a window to the resilience of the artists in these unprecedented times, acknowledges the march of technology and the blurring of the real and the virtual and examines deeper fundamental questions of co-existence between Man and Nature and of the possibility of transformation and resurgence through art.
Established in 2010, the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) is Korea's only national contemporary dance company. Through dance created in collaboration with artists with exceptional creative capacities, KNCDC aspires to create Korean contemporary dance which tells stories of history, society and daily lives of contemporaneity that can be appreciated across regions and by all generations.
As an organization that specializes in the creation of new productions, KNCDC seeks to realise diverse contemporary values in dance performances. KNCDC commissions productions by inviting choreographers with authentic artistic directions and by selecting the most suitable dancers for each project. Furthermore, by protecting the rights of the artists, KNCDC enables artists to freely express individuality within the dance company’s stable system.
KNCDC continues to work to provide the best environment for dance where the artists and audience can grow together. And as a platform where artists and audiences meet, the company hopes to form a healthy ecosystem where diverse values can coexist. KNCDC plans to enrich the lives of citizens through their experiences with dance at close proximity, in their day-to-day life.
To view Three Angles, click on www.inkocentre.org/Virtual_Connect_Cultural_Collaborations.html on Friday, 5 November 2021 at 6.00 p.m. IST.
The link to view the film, will be accessible until Thursday, 11 November 2021.
Duobud is presented in association with
With support from:
The Royal Opera House, Mumbai.
Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Kochi.
The Korean Arts and Cultural Centre, Guntur.
The Honorary Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hyderabad.
The Royal Opera House, Mumbai: Following extensive restoration, The Royal Opera reopened in October 2016, The Royal Opera House is a performance space and cultural venue par excellence. Widely touted as the city's Cultural Crown Jewel and India's only surviving Opera House, this is one of the last standing Baroque structures in Mumbai today. The Royal Opera House Mumbai, winning an Award of Merit in the 2017 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, was the feather in the cap and a big shot in the arm for this mammoth task of restoration.
Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (RCBS): RCBS is a brand owned by the Rajagiri Group of Institutions and represents its management programmes. The MBA and MHRM programmes are offered by the School of Management, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences and the PGDM and PGDMWP programmes are offered by the Rajagiri Business School. The MBA and MHRM programs offered by the School of Management, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, are autonomous programmes affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The PGDM and PGDM for Working Professionals programmes offered by Rajagiri Business School are AICTE approved and have been granted equivalence to the MBA programmes offered by the Association of Indian Universities. The MBA, MHRM and PGDM programmes are internationally accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), USA.
The Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Hyderabad enables trade cooperation, facilitates economic relationships and commercial transactions including introduction of foreign capital between the state of Telangana and the Republic of Korea, promotes scientific and cross-cultural pursuits, enables organizations of Korean delegations to Telangana and acts a liaison between said delegations, industries and the government. Mr. Suresh Chukkapalli, the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Korea voluntarily heads a subdivision of the Consulate General of Mumbai to protect and provide support to Korean expatriates in Telangana.
The Honorary Consulate General (HCG) Office operates from Hyderabad, with consular jurisdiction over the state of Telangana. The office is primarily supported by Phoenix Group of Companies and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Mumbai. The HCG office also has an additional cultural centre that falls under its jurisdiction called the Korean Art and Cultural Centre in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (KACC).
Since inception, the HCG Office and the KACC have jointly carried out various activities to further strengthen bilateral relations, economic ties and to develop the close cultural links that exist between the two regions- South Korea and South India.
Duobud premieres on https://www.youtube.com/user/InKoCentre on Friday, 12 November 2021 at 6.00 p.m. IST.
The link to view the performance, will be accessible until Wednesday, 24 November 2021.
The K-Sori series is presented in association with
Cheongchun Yeoljeon Chulsapyo, or Chulsapyo, which began in 2015, is a project that aims to provide scholarships to high-school and college students who are studying gugak (Korean traditional music) and to provide prize money to junior gugak groups to create music with traditional music vocabularies and instruments. This scholarship and competition project is aimed to build a foundation of next generation Korean musicians who can nurture, preserve and promote traditional Korean music in the contemporary era.
The 6th Cheongchun Yeoljeon Chulsapyo, presented by Lotte Scholarship Foundation and Noreum Machi along with NOWPAN KOREA, will hold the final competition this year in November 2021.
Gugak, literally meaning ‘national music’, refers to traditional music that has been practiced over the years on the Korean peninsula. It is generally divided into jeongak, or classical music practiced in the court or for the upper class and minsogak, or folk music practiced in the village or enjoyed by the general public until the early 20th century. For example, jeongak includes music played during Confucian rituals for royal ancestors and Confucian scholars and at various festive events and banquets in the court as well as small ensemble music or classical vocal music that the literati enjoyed or geomungo music that was played to enhance spiritual discipline. Folk music includes folk songs played in various contexts, which have regional characteristics in terms of dialects and melodic modes, some entertainment music such as pansori and sanjo, pungmul practiced during village events, and music played at shaman or Buddhist rituals. Currently, an increasing number of gugak musicians seek to create music that can be enjoyed by contemporary audiences, whether it is created with traditional musical expressions and played only with traditional instruments or it is integrated with western or world music.
The Janggu, sometimes called Seyogo (slim waist drum) is the most widely used drum in traditional Korean music. It consists of an hourglass-shaped body with two heads which when played together symbolises the harmony between man and woman.
The Haegum is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a fiddle. With a rod-like neck, a hollow wooden soundbox and two silk strings. It is held vertically on the knee of the performer and played with a bow.
The Ajaeng is a Korean string instrument, a wide zither with strings made of twisted silk, played by scraping a slender stick made of forsythia wood against the strings in the manner of a bow.
The Yanggeum is a is traditional Korean string instrument. It is a hammered dulcimer. Unlike most traditional Korean instruments which have silk strings, the yanggeum has metal strings. Its is played by striking the strings with a bamboo stick.
The geomungo is a six-string zither with three movable bridges and sixteen convex frets. The modernized geomungo increases the strings and uses nylon strings. The instruments are widely arranged in traditional music from solo performance to an orchestra.
The daegeum is a large bamboo flute, a transverse flute used in traditional Korean music. It has a buzzing membrane that gives it a special timbre. It is used in court, aristocratic, and folk music, as well as in contemporary classical music, popular music, and film scores. The daegeum has a wide range and has a fixed pitch, so other instruments tune in to the daegeum when played together.
Korean percussive instruments are made of metal, animal skin, wood, bamboo, and stone. They are also divided into two kinds, one with different pitches and the other without pitches. The pyeonjong and the pyeonggyeong are the most popularly shown melodic percussive instruments, while the bak, jwago, janggu, kkwenggwari, jing and buk have no pitch.
For two scintillating performances in Episode 3 of this series, tune in to https://www.youtube.com/user/InKoCentre on Friday, 19 November 2021 at 6.00 p.m. IST.
The link to view the performances, will be accessible until Sunday, 19 December 2021.
is presented in association with
The Indian Art Museum was established in Seoul in July 2011, to introduce various aspects of Indian culture and art through special exhibitions and education programmes. Since 2012, the Indian Art Museum and InKo Centre have successfully held a meaningful art exchange exhibition series called Emerging Canvas annually.
The Emerging Canvas series that commenced in 2012, was initiated by InKo Centre, in association with The Indian Art Museum in Korea to identify and celebrate emerging young talent from both countries.
To date, 132 talented artists, from both countries have been presented across 6 edition of this series.
Each carefully curated edition of the series, presented 22 artists – 11 each from each country - at exhibitions presented by InKo Centre and the Indian Art Museum in Seoul and in Chennai, every alternate year, respectively. With the exigencies of the pandemic, the seventh edition of this series will this year be presented as an online exhibition at Prism, InKo Centre's virtual gallery.
As the title suggests, the artists are young, their talent emerging as does a butterfly from a chrysalis, their potential obvious, their journey just beginning.
The Korean section of this exhibition has been curated with great care by the Indian Art Museum under the able stewardship of Mrs Kim Young-Shik who over the past four decades has dedicated herself to the promotion of Indian art and culture in general and of Rabindranath Tagore’s work and philosophy, in particular, in Korea. Our thanks, in particular, to Ms Cupid Lee who has curated the Korean section for Edition VII of the Emerging Canvas series, with such dedication and care. Our sincere thanks to Ms Vaishnavi Ramanathan, curator and researcher, who has curated the Indian section of this exhibition, with great diligence and empathy. Both curators have ensured that artists from across Korea and India are fairly represented in this exhibition and that the selection showcases the myriad visual languages that meld to reflect the variety and uniqueness of contemporary Korean and Indian art.
Click on www.inkocentre.org/Virtual_Connect_Infotainment.html to view this exhibition at Prism - InKo Centre's virtual gallery, on Thursday, 25 November 2021 at 6.00 p.m. IST.
The exhibition will be on view until Friday, 7 January 2022.
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To join this conversation, click on www.inkocentre.org/Virtual_Connect_Infotainment.html on Saturday, 27 November 2021 at 6.00 p.m. IST.