KCET TV-Live @ The Ford: Rhythm & Passion of Korea

Live @ the Ford presents four live performances that celebrate the ways in which music and dance can cross boundaries and bring diverse audiences together.

"Rhythm & Passion of Korea"

Tuesday, November 1st at 9:00pm
Saturday, November 5th at 7:00pm

-For more Info: http://www.kcet.org/shows/live_at_the_ford/rhythm-passion-of-korea

A preeminent example of Korean contemporary music and culture, Haegum Plus embraces the ancient sounds of South Korean and fuses them with the energy contemporary music. Led by virtuoso instrumentalist Kang Eun-il, the group seamlessly weaves modern composition and world styles into a Korean modern sound that is traditional, yet freshly forward thinking. On this episode, Kang Eun-il and the Korean council general Yeon-sung Shin talks about the melancholy and sorrow embedded in the sound of the Korean violin ? the Haegum. Also on this episode, World Champion B-Boy group Last for One, featured in the film Planet B-Boy, displays its winning brand of break dance, melding tradition Korean drumming with breaking, crumping and more.

-About Live @ The Ford-
The celebration of border cowboy and vaquero culture by Grandeza Mexicana; the marriage of east and west through the music of Korea's Haegum Plus and dance crew Last for One; the language of hip-hop to spread a message of peace around the globe and the phrasing of Jazz to embed musical ancestries from India and Armenia, all come together to create an exciting live performance series.