January - February, 2013 - Korean Cultural Center New York

Korean Cultural Service NY Presents OPEN
STAGE: Dance Beats of Korea
January 30 – February 1, 7PM
Korean Cultural Service NY
 Yoo and Dancers: “Glass Ceiling”
Wednesday, January 30, 7PM
Yoo and Dancers is a modern dance company which was founded in
2009 by Hee Ra Yoo upon completing her MFA at NYU Tisch. Before
coming to New York, Yoo had danced with the Korean National Ballet,
the California Ballet, the San Diego City Ballet, the Canberra Dance
Theatre in Australia, and the Kirov Ballet company Russia. She has
also coached the Australian and Korean Olympic Gymnastics Teams.
In New York City, Ms. Yoo has taught at the Joffrey Ballet School,
Dance New Amsterdam, and Peridance.
In “Glass Ceiling,” dancers defy the audience’s understanding of
traditional physics by performing as if various walls and surfaces of the
space are in fact the floor. By opening the viewers’ minds to different
perspectives, we are forced to think of our relationship to space in new
ways.
 NARU Korean Contemporary Performing Arts: “Movements in Time”
Thursday, January 31, 7PM
Founded in 2007, NARU is a mainstream performing arts organization
in New York City featuring some of the youngest and most versatile
artists in the field, specializing in both contemporary and traditional
Korean dance repertoire. Through collaborations with traditional
Korean musicians and film artists (dance camera), NARU seeks to
explore the essence of Korean artistic culture.
“Movements in Time” consists of two sections that exhibit the journey
in time from the past to the present. By juxtaposing traditional dance
styles with a modern approach, NARU bring the possibilities of Korean
dance into bold relief.
Korean Cultural Service NY presents an opportunity for talented
performers/performing arts organizations to perform their work by
communicating with audiences in New York through Open Stage. Selected
performers/performing arts groups will be featured in one series at Gallery
Korea of Korean Cultural Service New York.
The Dance Beats of Korea series is scheduled to run from Wednesday,
January 30 to Friday, February 1 at 7PM at Gallery Korea. This season
Open Stage is comprised of three dynamic programs that feature a
modern, multidisciplinary take on traditional Korean dance.
 Wednesday, January 30:
<Glass Ceiling> by Yoo & Dancers
 Thursday, January 31:
<Movements in Time> by NARU Korean Contemporary Performing Arts
 Friday, February 1:
<Tradition & Beyond> by Song Hee Lee Dance Company
JANUARY 29 – PADAK (2012, 78 mins)
Korean Movie Night
from January 15– February 26
Presented by the Korean Cultural Service
Tribeca Cinemas @ 7pm
(54 Varick Street, on the corner of Canal Street)
FREE ADMISSION
All seating is first-come, first served.
Doors open at 6:30pm.
In Korea’s surprisingly powerful take on Pixar’s
Finding Nemo, a mackerel from the sea named
Flappy ends up caught in a net and dumped
carelessly into a restaurant tank. A pessimistic old
flatfish, who has somehow avoided death for ages
inside the tank, becomes her confidant and mentor...
even if his means for survival border on cowardice.
Very quickly, Flappy refuses her fate and becomes
determined to make it out of the tank and back to
the ocean – even if that means going against the
old flatfish and shattering the hierarchy of the tank.
A feel-good adventure for the whole family, Padak
combines computer animation with traditional handdrawn art, delivering a funny, lovable film that’s also
packed with social drama and subtext.
Series One: Drawn Into Film: Korean Animation!
It’s a brand new year, and The Korean Cultural Service NY is ready to draw you
back into their Free Movie Nights by offering up four of the greatest animated films
to ever come out Korea!
While animation has flourished in America, Europe, and Japan for over a century,
Korean artists have only recently stepped up and begun delivering product of their
own - and the results have changed the industry worldwide. With top American
television programs like The Simpsons and Futurama now being animated in Korea,
it’s time to shine a spotlight on the talented Korean wiz kids who are drawing us all
back into animation – and reminding us that this beautiful storytelling medium is
anything but child’s play!
With a whole new year of exciting films, unexpected guests, and a few surprises
that you certainly won’t see coming – the Korean Cultural Service NY welcomes
you to the first Free Movie Night series of 2013. Now let’s get animated!
FEBRUARY 12 – THE HOUSE (2010, 82 mins)
The House, which echoes of the wildly surreal
worlds seen in Spirited Away, focuses on Ga-young,
a young woman who moves to an old town where
she meets Zipsin, the spirit of a house that is soon
to be demolished. Whisked away on an enchanted
adventure, Ga-young and Zipsin seek out a new
spirit who may be able to help them – and together,
they hatch a scheme to save the house from those
who don’t believe in its magic.
 Song Hee Lee Dance Company: “Tradition & Beyond”
Friday, February 1, 7PM
Song Hee Lee, director of the Song Hee Lee Dance Company and
dance instructor at the Lotus Music and Dance School, is a Korean
traditional dancer from Korea. After graduating from Busan Women’s
University with a BA in Korean traditional dance, she joined the Busan
Metropolitan Dance Company, where she danced for 18 years. After
receiving positive reviews from the New York Times for her solo recital
at the Hudson Guild Theater in 1997, she decided to remain in the US.
“Tradition & Beyond” is a multi-disciplinary project that explores
traditional and contemporary choreography through an infusion of
live world music. This unique project will be the culmination of Song
Hee Lee’s artistic expression, giving Korean tradition a modern edge.
Her world music ensemble will include Korean traditional instruments
including the gayageum (Seung Min Song) and haegeum (Hee Jung
Han), and Western instruments such as the contrabass (Joonsam Lee),
drum/percussions (Satoshi Takeishi), and electronic synthesizer (Tarek
Yamani).
Admission is free, but RSVP is required.
RSVP for all events will be open on January 7th at our website www.koreanculture.org.
JANUARY 15 – THE KING OF PIGS (2011, 96 mins)
The first animated Korean film to screen
at Cannes, the award-winning The King
of Pigs is near-perfect cinema visualized
through jaw-dropping animation. KyungMin’s business is failing and he’s just
murdered his wife. On top of that, he can’t
stop thinking about his middle school days,
back when he was one of the lowly, bullied
“pigs.” His old school friend, Jong-Suk,
agrees to meet, and each man tells the other polite lies about their wrecked lives.
But both of them have one thing on their minds: their old class comrade Chul-Yi,
the quiet, deadly boy in the hoodie who fought back against their aggressors and
became, for one blazing moment in time, The King of Pigs.
An intensely brutal, not-to-be-missed masterpiece.
FEBRUARY 26 – THE WINDOW (2012, 29 mins) accompanied
by short films
North American Premiere
The King of Pigs director YUEN Sang-ho delivers
yet again, with his stunning new short feature, The
Window. Private Jung is proud to be a member of
a leading military division; but after Private Hong
joins, disruption runs abundant. Jung tries in vain to
train Hong, who is indifferent to everything, but the
new cadet only ends up causing more trouble. And
after an altercation, their woes become even more
intense, leading to a shocking, powerful conclusion.
This special short feature, celebrating its North
American Premiere, will be accompanied by
additional short films. The evening’s program will
have a two-hour running time.
2013
January~February
Ensemble Mise-en Season Concert II
Saturday, February 9, 8PM
Cell Theater at Chelsea
(338 W 23rd St., NYC)
KOREAN
CULTURAL SERVICE
NEW YORK
Saturday, February 23, 3PM
The Edison Ballroom
(240 West 47th St., NYC)
The Korean
Performing Arts
Center proudly
presents the
Korean Cultural
Experience event
on Saturday, Feb
23, 2013 at Edison
Ballroom in NYC. The event celebrates Jeongwol Daeboreum, which
refers to the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar and is the first full moon
of the lunar year. There are many traditions and customs associated
with Jeongwol Daeboreum in Korea. Some of these traditional
performances include “Ganggangsullae” and “Jishin Balpggi” or
“Stepping on the Spirits of the Earth.” Some of the traditions the
audience will participate in are the cracking of the Bureom nut, Yut
Nori, a traditional board game, and the making of a wish for the New
Year. Through this celebration, we hope to drive out negative energy,
and bless them with good fortune, hope, peace, and prosperity in the
New Year.
General Admission tickets cost $10, and Senior & Student tickets cost
$5. For more information, please contact the Korean Performing Arts
Center by email: info@kpacnyc.org., or by phone: 212-921-9344.
By Bus
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Madison Avenue
Ensemble Mise-en, a promising New York classical music group
organized by South Korean composer Moon Young H, will share a
unique cultural experience by showcasing feminist voices through
music. One of the ensemble’s goals is to consistently highlight
the sounds and musical ideas of other cultures and bring these
experiences to diverse audiences.
2013
January~February
KOREAN
CULTURAL SERVICE
NEW YORK
55th St.
Ensemble Mise-en Season Concert II
Ensemble Mise-en Season Concert II