2010 The NCKTPA First Full Moon Festival

The Dream of the Moon and the Ground of Moonlight

The first full moon Festival in the royal court! Today, a modern version of court dance will be offered. It is created a new, through a dual-stage rendition that features state-of-the-art imaging and lighting.

information

Data :

4 p.m. on Feb. 28, 2010 (Sun)

A place :

Yeakdang (Main Hall) & Front yard The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts

Admission :

Seat A 10,000 won, Seat B 8,000 won

Discount: 50% discount for seniors aged 65 or older, youths aged 24 or younger, and the handicapped

Organizer :

The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (NCKTPA)

Sponsor :

Gugak FM, KTV

Cast :

The Court Music Troupe, the Dance Troupe and the Folk Music Troupe of the NCKTPA

Inquiry :

NCKTPA 02-580-3300 www.gugak.go.kr

The Festival for the First Full Moon in the Lunar Calendar, heldin the Royal Court!

Dal-kkum Boreum-ttang (the dream of the moon and the ground of moonlight), the 2010 seasonal performance by the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (NCKTPA), will be held on the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar. A feast will be held in the garden of the palace. Jeongjae is held to wish for good luck. The king appreciates the dancing under the full moon, and the high-tech lighting on the stage emphasizes the pious character of the festival.

‘Dal-kkum Boreum-ttang’ is reborn through a two-tiered stage.

‘Dal-kkum,’ the lunar year’s first full moon, is a dancer’s dream of her hometown. Boreum-ttang, the year’s first full moon, is the King’s dream of a prosperous nation. It portrays a royal court dancer’s yearning for her hometown and lover based on the moon. This is an experimental work that reenacts the Gungjung Jeongjae (royal court jeongjae). The performance starts with Mangwolnori, and various Jeongjaes including Bakjeommu, Musanhyang and Hak-yeon-hwa-dae-cheo-yong-hap-seol are reborn through the story-telling. The stage combines phenomena and the inside story. The front stage is the garden of the palace where Jeongjae is held, and the rear stage is a space that represents a dancer’s memory and unconsciousness. "The motion of the moon" is shown in the dual space of the front stage and the real stage, and today’s Jeongjae is presented on a mature stage, backed by projections and sophisticated lighting.

Experience customs of the first full moon in the lunar calendar along with audiences

"Taste Gwibalgisul ("ear-quickening wine") and Bureom""Ganggangsullae" with audience