Three Performances in 'Think Next 23' Emphasizing the Value of Coexistence

Elephants Laugh 'Muljil'
Seo Samuel & Jihutree 'Then Who Talks About Love Stories'
Irang & More 'Why Don't I Say I'm Your Friend'

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts announced on the 21st that it will present three of the twelve powerful performances combining artistic experimentation, challenge, and contemporaneity from the contemporary season 'Sync Next 23' at the Sejong Center S Theater in July and August.

Sync Next 23 Elephants Laugh_Matter Poster.
[Photo by Sejong Center for the Performing Arts]

'Sync Next 23' consists of various performances that combine popularity and artistry, featuring diverse music genres such as electronica, indie, R&B, trot, and rock, as well as street dance, mime, and installation art.

The three performances coming to audiences this summer?'Muljil' by The Elephants Are Laughing, 'Then Who Will Tell the Love Story?' by Seo Samuel x Jihutree, and 'Why Don’t I Say I’m Your Friend?' by Irang x More?reflect the flow of the times by breaking down the boundaries of genre, language, and class, aiming for harmonious artistic activities and the value of coexistence in various ways.

'Muljil,' directed by Lee Jin-yeop, which runs from July 20 to 23, will be presented as its first indoor performance. It focuses on the lives of those who live with us but are excluded from society’s attention. Especially, the performances on the weekend of July 22 and 23 will be barrier-free shows providing audio description services for visually impaired audiences.

From July 28 to 30, 'Then Who Will Tell the Love Story?' featuring the music of Seo Samuel and the sign language of Jihutree will be performed. This work installs two stages facing each other with the audience seating arranged between them. The screen forming the background of the two artists’ stages will broadcast their images in real time.

Poster for Sync Next 23 and xMore_Why I Don't Say I'm Your Friend.
[Photo by Sejong Center for the Performing Arts]

On August 8, Irang, who has sung standing on the boundary sometimes inward and sometimes outward, and More, who has danced erasing all boundaries of the world, will present the relay reading play 'Why Don’t I Say I’m Your Friend?' to the audience. The performance is characterized by the text of the conversation between the two people projected on a curtain hanging in the center of the stage and the visualization of the lyrics through sign language interpretation.

On this day, Irang and More will share stories they could not fully express on stage and mingle together through an after-party, breaking down the boundaries between the stage and the audience.

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