Jeongdong Theater Arts Troupe Creative Platform 'Bounce' to be Released Online on the 23rd

Performance scenes of 'Myot', 'Song of the Fallen King', and 'Jindong' from top [Photo by Jeongdong Theater]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] Jeongdong Theater will release the Jeongdong Theater Arts Troupe's creative platform 'BOUNCE,' whose performances were canceled due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), online for 24 hours starting at 7 PM on the 23rd.

The video to be showcased online this time was recorded during a non-face-to-face performance on the 11th. 'BOUNCE' was scheduled to be performed at Jeongdong Maru in Jeongdong Theater from the 11th to the 13th but was canceled due to the impact of COVID-19.

The Jeongdong Theater creative platform is a stage where Jeongdong Theater arts troupe members directly plan, direct, and choreograph to explore various experiments and attempts in traditional arts. In 'BOUNCE,' you can experience three original performances?'Meot,' 'Song of the Deposed King,' and 'Jindong'?each created with different genres and personalities, planned, directed, and choreographed by the troupe members themselves.

'Meot' is a work planned and directed by Jeon Jun-young of the Jeongdong Theater percussion team. It expresses the wounded inner voice through a collaboration of percussion, dance, and melodic instruments. The piano and double bass performances harmonize with the dancer's movements, offering musical comfort to the weary inner self.

'Song of the Deposed King' is a work planned and directed by Yoon Sung-jun of the dance team. It is a performance based on theatrical elements, incorporating the musicality of pansori and dance. Deposed King Yeonsan, who was once a king but not recorded as one, directly expressed his feelings through his own poetry, which served as the foundation for the sound and story. Yeonsan’s self-composed poems are expressed through dance, acting, and sound.

'Jindong' is a work planned and directed by Lee Ki-soo of the percussion team. Inspired by vibration, it is a performance that contemplates the relationship between the unseen small world and humans. Through the interaction of instrument playing and dancer movements, it reveals the world of vibration and resonance.

The video will be available for 24 hours from 7 PM on the 23rd on Jeongdong Theater’s Naver TV channel and YouTube channel. Jeongdong Theater plans to re-stage the Jeongdong Theater creative platform 'BOUNCE' on its stage in July next year.

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