Feeling Rhythm with the Body Instead of Sound... ACC Launches Accessibility Arts Education Program

"Making Music with the Body" and "Dance Class Within Me" for Sign Language Users
Sensory Communication and Collaborative Creation Through Music and Movement

The National Asia Culture Center (ACC) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on April 28 that it will run a specialized accessibility arts and culture education program for people who use sign language as their daily language, scheduled for May and June.

This program is the ACC's first-ever accessibility arts and culture education initiative. It will be conducted in a workshop format, allowing participants to discover their own unique forms of expression through music and movement, as well as to gain experience in collaborating with others.

The program consists of two parts: "Making Music with the Body," which is based on music, and "Dance Class Within Me," which is based on dance. "Making Music with the Body" will be held in May, where participants will take part in an orientation, explore rhythms, learn rhythms through imitation, create rhythm patterns using various media, and experience improvisational performances.

In June, the "Dance Class Within Me" will take place. Starting with warm-ups and basic movements, the class will include breathing exercises, expressing movement using percussion instruments and Buzzbeat, and learning multisensory rhythms. Buzzbeat is a device that helps participants feel the rhythm and vibration of sound through their bodily senses.

The instructors for the program include Jinhyun Kim, Distinguished Professor at the University of the Arts Helsinki and researcher in music technology and movement-based arts; Kwanji Kim, resident choreographer at the creative space Black Cube Lab; and Domin Hwang, a cultural arts educator who planned and directed the Buzzbeat Project.

The workshops will be held a total of 11 times: May 7–9, May 21–23, and June 9–13, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Culture Education Room 2 in the Cultural Information Center and Atelier 2 in the Arts Theater. Participation is free of charge.

Sangwook Kim, Director of the National Asia Culture Center, stated, "This program will offer Deaf participants the opportunity to express themselves through music and movement, and to experience new forms of artistic interaction with others. We will continue to strive to create an inclusive educational environment where everyone can communicate and participate through arts and culture."

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