Alpo Aaltokoski¡¯s performance & workshop in Korea
Contemporary
dance from Finland
Alpo Aaltokoski¡¯s performance & workshop in Korea
Workshop:
27-28 February 2006 at Department of Dance, Korean National University of Arts
Performance: 03-04 March 2006 at the
Starsands Theatre of Goyang Cultural Foundation, Korea
In
Cooperation with:
Embassy
of Finland to Korea
Korean
National University of Arts
Goyang
Cultural Foundation, Korea
NOMADI
Production, Finlnad
Sonoann
Oy
Finland-Republic
of Korea Association
Supported
by
The
National Arts Council of Finland
Goyang
Cultural Foundation, Korea
Korean
Shamanism & Modern Life of Korea
Seminar
& Performance to Finland, Estonia, Norway
Seminar
on
Korean Shamanism and Shamanistic Traditions in Eurasia
Finnish Literature Society, Main Hall, Hallituskatu 1,
2nd floor Thursday 11 May 2006 PROGRAM
Performance
A Korean Shaman Performance, Namhaean Pyolsingut
(Intangible Cultural Asset No. 84-d, Shaman Ritual in Southern Coast) will be
presented by the Society for the Preservation of Shaman Ritual of the Southern
Coast of Korea.
Performers:
Jeong YoungMan, Jeong Okei, Park JunSik, Jeong EunJu, Jeong SeokJun
Lee HyunHo, Jin OkSub, Jeong SeongHoon
Finland
Saturday 13 May 2006 19:00pm Alexander Theatre, Helsinki
Estonia Monday 15 May 2006 19:00pm Drama theatre, Tallinn
Norway Tuesday 16 May 2006 18:30pm Konserthus, Oslo
Sponsors
Korea Foundation
Ministry of Education, Finland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
Organizers:
Amie Ann, Project Manager Sonoann Organization
Lee YongShik, Professor,
Department of Korean Music, Hanyang University
Kauko Laitinen, Professor Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki
Anne Erm, Director,
Jazzkaar Festival, Estonia
Veli Rosenverg,
Director, Asia Festival, Helsinki Finland
Nayoung Mathiesen,
Manager, IntegrAsia, Oslo Norway
Martti Haani, Finland
- Republic of Korea Association, Finland
Korean
shamanism is a collective term to designate a folk magical-religious
tradition that includes private, domestic, and communal rituals.
It centres on the belief of the supernatural beings and on the spiritual experience
of the shaman. Shamanism, the first religion established
in Korea,is an accumulation of ¡°five thousand years¡± of Korean life, thought,
and culture, so is the representative folk belief of the so-called
¡°grass roots¡± of the Korean society. It also has played a key role as the carrier
of traditional culture such as drama, music, dance, myth, and
epic poem. For instance, Korean drama is deeply rooted in the shaman ritual,
called kut. Shaman dance inspires the creation of many
contemporary concert dances while throughout the course of Korea¡¯s long history,
shaman music exerted a forceful effect on the development
of other folk music traditions, and still maintains a ¡°fundamental musical grammar¡±
that supports the underlying Korean cultural pattern.
Furthermore, most Koreans, even though many of them are ambivalent about shamanism,
believe that shamanism helps to preserve the
¡°primitive ethos¡± or the deep-rooted ¡°national ethos.¡±