The 2nd National Theater Young Performing Arts Critics Award Contest... Grand Prize of 5 Million Won

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] The National Theater Performing Arts Museum is accepting applications for the "2nd National Theater Young Performing Arts Critics Award (hereinafter Critics Award)" until November 30.

The Critics Award is open to anyone residing in the Republic of Korea who is 45 years old or younger and has no prior awards in similar critique contests. The submission topics are ▲ one critique on a National Theater Repertoire Season work and ▲ one critique on any performing arts work outside the National Theater, with a total of two critiques to be submitted along with summaries. The works must be original creations that have never been publicly presented, and theses or co-authored research papers are excluded. The length should be approximately 30 pages of 200-character manuscript paper per topic in Korean.

The winning works will be selected by a judging panel composed of related experts. The selected winners will receive the Grand Prize (one person) with a prize of 5 million KRW, the Excellence Award (one person) with 3 million KRW, the Merit Award (one person) with 1 million KRW, and the Encouragement Award (two persons) with 500,000 KRW each.

All winning works will be published in the "Collection of Winning Works of the National Theater Young Performing Arts Critics Award" and distributed to major domestic libraries including the National Library of Korea and performing arts-related institutions. The Grand Prize and Excellence Award works may be published in the second issue of the performing arts academic journal "Performing Arts Culture Research," published by the National Theater.

Applications can only be submitted via email.

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