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Immersive theater represents a transformative evolution in the world of performing arts, diverging significantly from traditional theater s format. In this dynamic and interactive approach, the audience doesn t merely occupy seats as passive observers — instead, they step into the heart of the narrative, moving and existing within the same spaces as the actors.
12th Korea Opera Festival puts women in the spotlight
Posted : 2021-04-21 15:11 Poster for the Korea Opera Festival Courtesy of Korea Opera Festival
The 12th Korea Opera Festival will be held from May 7 to June 6 and will showcase six works on women s life in two theaters in Seoul.
The festival, which will take place in Seoul Arts Center and the National Theater of Korea, will present three classical operas ― Aida (May 7 to 9), Tosca (May 21 to 23) and Anna Bolena (May 29 and 30) at the Opera Theater of the Seoul Arts Center while showcasing The Telephone & The Medium (May 28 to 30) and Una Furtiva Lagrima (A Furtive Tear, June 4 to 6) at the Jayu Theater and [Brahms…] at the National Theater of Korea.
Performing arts industry takes blow from strengthened social distancing in peak season
Posted : 2020-12-10 09:09
By Kwon Mee-yoo
The year s end is typically a big season for the theater industry, but the COVID-19 pandemic has marred this year s mood as the resurgence of infections has seen the tightening of social distancing rules, delivering a blow to theaters.
With COVID-19 infections spiking, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency raising the alert level in early December, the Korea Performing Arts Box Office Information System (KOPIS) announced that the number of theatrical tickets sold so far this year was 66,000, approximately one fourth of the corresponding period last year of 1.1 million.