Nowon-gu Hosts Traveling Orchestra and Nowon Street Arts Festival

Starting with the "Visiting Orchestra" at Junggye Jugong Apartment Complex 2 on October 3, the second half arts festival will be held... A traveling cultural and arts event to expand residents' cultural enjoyment and support local cultural development

Nowon-gu, Seoul (Mayor Oh Seung-rok) will hold the 'Nowon Street Arts Festival' and 'Visiting Orchestra' to welcome the cool autumn in October.

Each performance is a representative arts festival of the district that expands the stage into everyday spaces to connect the lives and culture of residents. The festival has received great responses from residents with various genres of street arts performances such as musical theater, circus, magic shows, traditional Korean performance arts, puppet shows, and orchestra performances.

The district expects that through the touring performances, residents will have more diverse and enriched opportunities to enjoy culture.

The second half 'Nowon Street Arts Festival' will be held every weekend from October 14 to October 22. Considering regional balance and residents' accessibility, the performance venues are two parks and two apartment complexes with high resident contact points: ▲Seokgye Station Cultural Park ▲Junggye Green Apartment ▲Wolgye Hanjin Hanwha Grandville Apartment ▲Sanggye Neighborhood Park.

For the second half street arts festival, much effort was put into discovering new performance groups and producing original works to significantly reduce overlapping concepts and performances from previous years.

A representative work is 'Wazac,' produced by the local arts group 'Aeron Crew.' The title 'Wazac' borrows the sound made when a wooden stick breaks. It metaphorically applies the easily bent, shaken, and broken nature of wooden sticks to the dancers' feelings of alienation, deficiency, anxiety, and desire, conveying a positive message through dynamic movements that encourages overcoming individual shortcomings together.

To ensure high-quality street performances, the renowned Korean street theater troupe 'Momkkol' will also visit Nowon. Their representative work ▲Impulse, showcased in the main performance, expresses life that must constantly sway to continue through the balance and tension shown only by the movements of the body, ladder, and hemisphere.

Additionally, there are performances such as ▲'Hap,' a circus performed with plastic ▲'Nolbu Flex,' a modern-day Nolbu story seen through the eyes of lively swallows ▲'Gukpop Concert' by the Upside-down Project rooted in traditional music. Each program reflects the preferred genres and concepts based on research conducted among residents.

The 'Visiting Orchestra' will be held on October 3 and October 22 at Junggye Jugong 2 Complex and Nowon Central Prugio, respectively, from 4 PM for about 70 minutes. The Western Symphony Orchestra (conductor Bang Seong-ho) and saxophonist Kim Seong-hoon will perform familiar OST pieces such as ▲Avengers ▲White Tower, as well as various orchestral pieces like ▲Cs?rd?s ▲Libertango.

Reflecting the steady popularity of high-quality classical music concerts such as the 'Wolgye Cherry Blossom Concert' and 'Danghyeoncheon Water Music Concert,' the district moved the stage of the 'second half Visiting Orchestra' to apartment complexes closest to residential areas. The district plans to offer a healing time through the sweet melodies of the orchestra performed right in front of residents' homes.

Both the 'Street Arts Festival' and 'Visiting Orchestra' are free to attend without prior reservation. Detailed schedules and information can be found on the district office website and the Nowon Cultural Foundation website.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “I hope that the visiting cultural performance project will enrich the daily lives of residents,” and added, “Starting with the second half Nowon-gu Street Arts Festival, I hope everyone spends a warm and abundant October filled with culture in Nowon.”

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