The Venue for Performing Arts Distribution, '2023 Busan International Performing Arts Market (BPAM)' Opens

From 13th to 16th at Citizen Hall Area, 'New Wave of Performing Arts' Theme, Over 10,000 Participants from 33 Countries Expected

Opening Ceremony at 4 PM on 14th at Busan Citizen Hall Grand Theater with Around 1,000 Attendees, Opening Ceremony and

The largest performing arts distribution event in Asia, the ‘2023 1st Busan International Performing Arts Market,’ will open on the 14th.

The ‘Busan International Performing Arts Market (BPAM)’ will be held for four days from the 13th to the 16th across Busan, centered around the Busan Citizens Hall, as well as at Ilteo Small Theater, Gaon Art Hall 1 & 2, and KT&G Sangsangmadang. More than 130 domestic and international performing arts industry professionals, artists, and over 10,000 citizens will participate.

BPAM, held for the first time this year, is themed ‘A new wave of performing arts’ and was organized to establish a global network and a performing arts distribution platform through connections and cooperation between representative performing arts cities worldwide and Busan.

The official opening ceremony will be held on the 14th at 4 p.m. in the Grand Theater of Busan Citizens Hall. Approximately 1,000 participants, including Mayor Park Hyung-jun, National Assembly member Hwang Bo-seung-hee, city council members, performing arts industry professionals from 33 countries, artists, and citizens, will celebrate the opening.

Starting with the screening of the BPAM promotional video, the event will open with a welcome speech by Mayor Park Hyung-jun, a congratulatory address by National Assembly member Hwang Bo-seung-hee, and an opening declaration performance. Following this, five opening performances combining magic, dance, theater, music, and musicals in a comprehensive omnibus format will be presented over 60 minutes.

At 5:30 p.m., a welcome reception for performing arts industry professionals from 33 countries will follow, expected to facilitate practical exchanges within the performing arts ecosystem between nations.

Additionally, until the 16th, various programs will be held, including ▲92 performing arts distribution events ▲a conference discussing major trends in the performing arts ecosystem ▲one-on-one meetings for matching performing arts industry professionals and artists ▲BPAM Night for free networking ▲and pavilion and booth operations for executing performing arts distribution.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, “I am grateful for the great interest and support from home and abroad for the start of the ‘Busan International Performing Arts Market,’ a representative performing arts distribution platform in Asia. Through this event, we aim to build a global network of performing arts by connecting and cooperating with performing arts worldwide, and to establish Busan as a stopover city among famous overseas performing arts cities by creating a distribution support system for performing arts. I ask for more interest and participation in the diverse performing arts market programs over the three days.”

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