Yeongdeok Cultural Tourism Foundation Conducts Special Vacation Cultural Arts Education... 'Colorful Dancing Kids' Ballet Class

Gyeongbuk Yeongdeok Culture and Tourism Foundation started the 2023 Cultural Arts Education Program Support Project (Appreciation Type) for children and adolescents, titled ‘2023 Colorful Dancing Kids’ ballet appreciation cultural arts education, on July 24th to celebrate the summer vacation.

Yeongdeok Culture and Tourism Foundation conducting a special summer vacation cultural arts education program.

The 2023 Cultural Arts Education Program Support Project is organized by the Korea Culture and Arts Centers Association. It aims to enhance children and adolescents' ability to enjoy cultural arts by educating them on the historical background of the arts, humanities knowledge, and appreciation methods necessary for watching performances, providing opportunities to attend performances, and improving their artistic sensitivity.

This year’s ‘2023 Colorful Dancing Kids’ is an engaging educational course where children directly learn the basic postures and names of ballet and experience ballet firsthand. In the first class, which serves as the initial encounter with ballet, ballet shoes were provided to all participants to increase their interest. Participants decorated the shoes together, sparking enthusiasm, and an unusual class was held where ballet movements were learned to the background of popular songs rather than classical music.

The ‘Wise Ballet Company,’ responsible for education in this project, is an artistic group that pursues the popularization of performing arts through creative ballet performances that reinterpret classical ballet, preserving the pure beauty and artistic value of ballet.

The ‘2023 Colorful Dancing Kids’ education program is operated for lower-grade elementary school students, and starting this year, it plans to continue the summer vacation special ballet appreciation education program while expanding the target participants.

Instructor U Manje, who leads ‘Colorful Dancing Kids,’ said, “I am learning more from the children as they express their creativity and overflowing energy through ballet,” adding, “I want to let children know that ballet is not a boring art but a way to express and convey emotions through the body, and teach them how to enjoy cultural arts joyfully.”

This program is scheduled to run until August 4th, and following the event on July 28th, the ‘Ballet Gala Concert with Commentary’ by Wise Ballet Company will be held free of charge for all seats at 10:30 AM on August 4th at the Yeongdeok Intangible Cultural Heritage Transmission Education Center Small Theater for Yeongdeok residents.

Inquiries about viewing are available by phone, and detailed information about the performance can be found on the Yeongdeok Culture and Tourism Foundation website.

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