ARI PROJECT: Pansori Yesterday and Today
Time : 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
ARI PROJECT: Performing Arts
Pansori Yesterday and Today
Promoted by Woori Sori & Sejong Traditional Art Association
-Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 7:30pm
-Place: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles 3rd Fl. Ari Hall
5505 Wilshire Blvd., LA, CA 90036
-Online Reservation: www.kccla.org/english/programs_reservation.asp
The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA) and Woori Sori will present a special performance "Pansori Yesterday and Today" on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 7:30P.M. on the 3rd floor of the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, Ari Hall.
Pansori Yesterday and Today features remarkable art of Korean vocal tradition: pansori, a unique synthesis of song and speech - a kind of verbal dynamic, and minyo, songs of the commoners. Performing pansori requires remarkable virtuosity and strength, yet this extraordinary form of art is little known outside Korea. The origin of pansori goes back hundreds of years to the performance of traveling actors, ritual of rural shamanist, or the bittersweet emotion of commoners. Song of the south interweaves the history of Korean ‘sound’ and presents the old and new, from the elaboration of the tale by pansori performers to the collaboration of modernized minyo.
This special program features Folk Songs 'Flower song, Toward the Dream', Fusion Folk Song 'Beautiful Country', Singing with Gayageum 'Song of Love', Modern Fusion Pansori, Traditional Dance 'Kyobang Chukwonmu', Pansori 'Heungbo Ga', Folk songs, Talk about Pansori- 'Video of Chowol Park, Grand Master, Pansori 'Sugungga', Talk', Folk Song 'Jindo Arirang'.
Participating artists are as followed: Tongdal Cho(Pansori Master), Seungok Hwang(Gayageum), Mi Yun, Daun Jung, Hwi Chan Yoo and members of Sejong Traditional Art Association from Korea, Warren Wonil Kim (Artistic Director, Woori Sori/Sori) & member of Woori Sori, and Ko’s Traditional Korean dancers from Los Angeles, and they are all joining together for this special performance.
Woori Sori (Our Voice) has been a platform for providing quality Korean traditional sound of pansori and namdo-minyo in Southern California. Wonil Kim, the founder and instructor, is the first performer to master the complete epic of Heung-bo-ga in the states and is in the process to master the next epic, Soo-jung-ga. Woori Sori held the total of seven free annual training program of namdo-minyo with more than 300 students; 20 apprentices have been pursuing to master the pansori epic for 5 years. Aiming towards a global audience, Woori Sori is working on the translation of pansori epics.
The performance is free but phone or online reservation is required prior the performance.
-PROGRAM-
1. Folk Songs 'Flower song', 'Toward the Dream'
Sujin Kim, Jeongin Hwang, Hwan Lee
2. Fusion Folk Song 'Beautiful Country'
Mi Yun
3. Singing with Gayageum 'Song of Love'
Seungok Hwang
4. Modern Fusion Pansori
Daun Jung, Percussion: Hwichan Yu
5. Traditional Dance 'Kyobang Chukwonmu'
Ko’s Dance Institute
6. Pansori 'Heungbo Ga'
Hwichan Yu
7. Folk songs
Mi Yun, Daun Jung
8. Talk about Pansori
Tong Dal Cho
a. Video of Chowol Park, Grand Master
b. Pansori 'Sugungga'
c. Talk
9. Folk Songs
Woori Sori members
10. Folk Song 'Jindo Arirang'
All together
* The program is subject to change without notice.
Woori Sori
Woori Sori (Our Voice) has been a platform for providing quality Korean traditional sound of pansori and namdo-minyo in southern California. Wonil Kim, the founder and instructor, is the first performer to master the complete epic of Heung-bo-ga in the states and is preparing to master the next epic, Soo-jung-ga. Woori Sori held a total of seven free annual training program of namdo-minyo with more than 300 students; currently, 20 apprentices have been pursuing to master the pansori epic for the last 5 years. To expand on a global scale, Woori Sori is working on the translation of pansori epics.