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Campus Carnival: Celebrating Community

Posted on 28 February 2023 by Jan Creutzenberg

It has been a while since I participated in any large on-campus event. Ewha Womans University has returned to face-to-face teaching last semester, but seminars were small (a class of one, even!) and the largest events I had attended, apart … Continue reading →

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Pansori and Passion

Posted on 29 June 2019 by Jan Creutzenberg

I like to compare apples with pears and, once again, Christian events seem to offer a perfect foil for productively looking at parallels with traditional Korean arts such as pansori. Even though I was born into what is called the … Continue reading →

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Daehangno Poster Session 4

Posted on 28 October 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

After work I went to Daehangno to see a very special theatre performance – Iphigenie x 5 (이피게니아x5), a collaboration by five Korean directors and actors from Germany and Korea, in preparation for a larger project planned to premiere next … Continue reading →

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What is the Difference between a Catholic Wedding and a Full-Length Pansori Performance?

Posted on 30 November 2014 by Jan Creutzenberg

Today I went to a wedding ceremony and to a wanchang (완창, full-length) performance of pansori. It had been a while, in both cases. I have never been religious, but I’ve attended church services as a child, both catholic and … Continue reading →

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Miraculous Memories

Posted on 11 December 2010 by Jan Creutzenberg

A small follow-up on my memories of “Miracle”, the “modern play of passion” I had witnessed back in May—which seems like half the world away, by the way. First, someone put a video on youtube, seven minutes in the middle … Continue reading →

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Campus Passions

Posted on 26 September 2010 by Jan Creutzenberg

Founded by Jesuit missionaries after the Korean War, Sogang University turned fifty this spring. Freshly immatriculated, my first casual visit to the campus took place the night of the major celebration, an open-air spectacle in the spirit of Medieval passion … Continue reading →

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