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- The Journal of Global Theatre History by Centre for Global Theatre History, LMU Munich (gen. eds. Christopher B. Balme and Nic Leonhardt, open access)
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- Dasrum – 다스름 female gugak chamber orchestra (여성국악실내악그룹)
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- Association for Asian Performance The Association for Asian Performance (AAP) began as a focus group of ATHE but is now its own, incorporated, non-profit group of scholars and artists interested in the theatre and theatrical performance traditions of Asian regions.
- Association for Korean Music Research The Association for Korean Music Research is a special interest group of the Society for Ethnomusicology.
- International Federation for Theatre Research The International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) exists to promote collaboration and the exchange of information between individuals and organisations concerned with theatre research.
- Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation 한국문화재보호재단 (CHF): Official institution dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional culture, runs performances at various locations, including the royal palaces in Seoul
- Korea Verband e.V. An open, politically independent and German-speaking information and cooperation platform for all who are interested in the history and culture of Korea as well as the latest developments on the Korean Peninsula
- Korean Theater Studies Association 한국연극학회: Publisher of quarterly 한국연극학, available for download under 학회지
- Koreanische Brecht Gesellschaft 한국 브레히트 학회: Founded in 1989, the Korean Brecht Society publishes the journal -Brecht und das Moderne Theater- (브레히트와 현대연극), which can be accessed from the homepage (Korean only)
- National Theater Association of Korea Inc. 한국연극협회: Publishes the monthly Korea Theatre Review (한국연극, preview available on homepage)
- The Korean Association of Theatre Critics 한국연극평론가협회: A chapter of The Association of International Theatre Critics, publishes the quarterly Korean Theatre Journal (연극평론)
- The Learned Society of Korean Drama and Theater 한국극예술학회: Founded in 1986, focusing on Korean theatre, dramatic literature, cinema, and TV drama, publishes the bi-annual Journal of Korean Drama and Theatre (한국극예술연구)
- The Shakespeare Association of Korea 한국셰익스피어학회
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- Company ChungWoo 극단청우: Founded in 1994 by young theatre makers (among them director 김광보) as an alternative to the commercially driven theatre system
- Michoo Theatre Company 극단미추: Founded in 1986 by director Sohn Jin-chaek (손진책), now one of the most prominent theatre makers in Korea, the company is devoted to the modernization of tradition
- Minjung – 극단 민중 Minjung Theatre Company
- Mokhwa – 극단 목화 Mokhwa Repertory Company: Famous for performing plays written and/or directed by OH Tae-sook (오태석)
- Myung Pum – 명품극단 Myung Pum Theater Company: Productions based on novels (Korean modern classics and Russian authors)
- National Theater Company of Korea 국립극단
- Sanwoollim Theatre Company 극단 산울림 소극장장 Theatre company with a venue in Sinchon, known for its 60s production of “Waiting for Godot”
- Street Theatre Troupe – 연희단거리패 Founded by famous playwright/director LEE Youn-taek (이윤택) in 1986, runs its own “Guerilla Theatre” (게릴라극장) in Daehangno
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- PlayDB – 플레이DB Portal on performers and performances of all kinds, including news from the world of entertainment (Korean only)
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- Doosan Art Center 두산아트센터 Theatre with gallery, owned by the Doosan conglomerate, Doosan LAB with showcases of new works every spring
- HanPAC Hanguk Performing Arts Center (한팩 / 한국공연예술센터): Comprises two venues, Daehangno Arts Theater (대학로예술극장) and Arko Arts Theater (아르코예술극장), despite the different names both in close proximity in the theatre quart
- LG Arts Center LG아트센터 Theatre run by the LG conglomerate, mostly musicals and international guest performances
- Myeongdong Theater 명동예술극장: Recently re-opened branch of the National Theatre, many Western plays (번역극) in a historical location
- Namsan Arts Center 남산예술센터 formerly known as Seoul Drama Center (서울드라마센터), run by the City of Seoul as a production theatre with new plays by Korean authors, affiliated with Samil-ro Changgo Theater (삼일로창고극장)
- National Gugak Center 국립국악원, formerly known as The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts
- Seoul Arts Center 예술의 전당
- The National Theater of Korea 국립극장: Home of various national ensembles (theatre, dance, changgeuk etc.)
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Tag Archives: Drama
Drama, Theatre, and the Korean Shakespeare
Last Christmas, Charles Montgomery of the blog “Korean Literature in Translation” wrote a short but thought-provoking post on the role of drama (i.e. dramatic literature) in Korea. Referencing a paper by Chan E. Park (EDIT: titled “Korean Drama in Search … Continue reading
Korean Drama in Translation
No, this is not about that kind of drama. The anthology Modern Korean Drama, edited by Richard Nichols (Columbia UP, 2009), is all about original stage plays by Korean authors (창작극). As such, it is the most recent and up-to-date collection of … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliographics
Tagged acta koreana, Drama, 희곡, 이윤택, 창작극, Lee Yun-taek, Translation
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The Novelisation of Theatre
This morning I had the pleasure to participate in a theatre class at Dongguk University (동국대학교), a good place to study theatre in Korea. Today’s topic was “From Literature to Theatre” (소설의 연극화). After some theoretical discussions, we watched scenes from … Continue reading
Posted in Performance Report, Thoughts on Theatre
Tagged Arko Theater, Crime and Punishment, Dongguk University, Dostoyevski, Drama, Dramatization, 명품극단, 봄봄, 김유정, 실험극장, 심판, 죄와 벌, Kafka, Kim Yu-jeong, Myung Pum Theater Company, National Theater, Novel, Novelization, Shilhum Theater Group, Stadelmeier, The Cammelias, The Process, Theatre
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Mother Courage and Her Scholars, part2
I had bought two second hand books on Brecht a while ago. Rhie Won-Yang’s Studies on Brecht (1984), discussed last time, is a mass-produced paperback (as far as academic literature is mass-produced), designed for students all around the country, and … Continue reading
Mother Courage and Her Scholars: A Chronicle from the Cold War
When passing a second hand bookshop in Hongdae, I could not resist. The owner told me that books on theatre were scarce, still I made a bargain: For the price of a large blueberry yoghurt flatccino I got two volumes … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Spoken Drama
Tagged Brecht, Drama, epic theatre, 브레히트, German language and literature, Korea, literature, Mother Courage, Rhie Won-Yang
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Two Ways of Sitting Through a Performance, Part 2 (of 2)
Two days later. Sitting in the dark. I am in the Arko Arts Theater, whose Main Hall (대극장, lit. “big stage”) is a typical proscenium stage. Today’s show is “Simpan” (심판/審判) a production of Kafka’s “Trial” by the Experimental Theatre … Continue reading
Posted in Performance Report
Tagged Atmosphere, Daehang-no, Drama, Dramatization, 대학로, 카프카, Kafka
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Two Ways of Sitting Through a Performance
One week in Seoul—and two performances that could not have been more different. On the one hand sipping a Coke in a wine restaurant where just two meters in front of me “a sad, hilarious and irresistible two man show … Continue reading
Posted in Performance Report
Tagged Drama, Expatriots, Itaewon, 이태원, 제주도, Jejudo, Vin Vino
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