Changwon Special City Hosts Meeting of Representatives from 16 Metropolitan Cities and Provinces' Dance Artists

“Northeast Asia's Central City Changwon! Opening the Future Through Dance”

Changwon Metropolitan City in Gyeongnam announced that the for the ‘32nd National Dance Festival,’ held in Changwon for the first time in 23 years, took place at 2 p.m. on the 19th in the City Hall Citizen Hall.

The 32nd National Dance Festival was held at 2 p.m. on the 19th in the Citizen Hall of Changwon Special City Hall, Gyeongnam.

At the meeting, detailed project explanations and the drawing of lots for the order of the final competition were conducted ahead of the 32nd National Dance Festival scheduled for October. After the meeting, attendees visited the Changwon Seongsan Art Hall’s large and small theaters and the Masan 3·15 Art Center’s main theater, where the competitions will be held, to tour the venues and various facilities inside.

The meeting was attended by about 120 people, including Jo Myung-rae, the 2nd Vice Mayor of Changwon Metropolitan City; Jo Nam-gyu, Chairman of the Korea Dance Association; heads of 16 regional branches from metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide; representatives of groups participating in the finals and solo & duet choreographers; Provincial Assembly member Park Nam-yong; Vice Chairman of the City Council Moon Soon-gyu; Kwon Mi-ae, Executive Chairperson of the 32nd National Dance Festival; and Kim Il-tae, Advisory Chairperson. They discussed various measures to ensure a safe and high-quality National Dance Festival.

The 32nd National Dance Festival, under the slogan “Changwon, the Northeast Asian Central City, Opening the Future with Dance,” is scheduled to open on October 5 and run until October 14. It will be held at the large and small theaters of Changwon Seongsan Art Hall, the main theater of Masan 3.15 Art Center, and throughout Gyeongsangnam-do and Changwon Metropolitan City.

Prizes include the Grand Prize for group categories with the Presidential Award and a cash prize of 20 million KRW, choreography awards with a cash prize of 2 million KRW for individual categories, and the Best Work Award in the Solo & Duet category with the Speaker of the National Assembly Award and a cash prize of 3 million KRW.

Pre-festival and side events that citizens can enjoy together will begin on the 22nd with the ‘Brush and Dance Pungnyu Madang Performance’ and continue until October 14. These include the Korea Contemporary Dance Collection, K-World Ballet Star Invitational Gala Performance, Dance·?帖, 同·舞·同·樂 (Together Enjoying Dance) (a regional touring performance by the Gyeongsangnam-do branch and chapters of the Korea Dance Association), Gyeongnam Master Dancer Exhibition, Hot and Hip Dance Festival (Youth Dance Performance Festival) pre-festival, visiting dance services, international academic symposium, archive exhibition spotlighting local dancers, outdoor boom-up events, and festival media activities.

Vice Mayor Jo said, “We will do our best to support the 32nd National Dance Festival, which will be a grand celebration for dancers nationwide and a place for citizen harmony in our Changwon, which has produced countless famous dancers including the pioneer of Korean modern dance, Kim Hae-rang, to be a safe and high-quality dance festival.”

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