Washington, D.C.

October - December 2016

The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. strives to play a positive role in our

community as an open cultural space where people can experience the full breadth of

Korean culture through art exhibitions, live performances, film events, literature in

translation, Korean language classes, Taekwondo programs, educational outreach, and

much more.

The KCC also serves as a hub of communication between Korea and the United States

located in Washington, D.C., the heart of international politics and a cultural capital of

the world. Through the medium of Korean culture, we engage broadly with the Ameri-

can public, fellow cultural institutions, and the greater international community.

For more, please visit www.KoreaCultureDC.org.

Courtesy of Jung-A Yoo

Oct Korean Culture Week: Tradition and TransitionThursday – Saturday, Oct. 20 – 22 @ 6 p.m. daily Millennium Stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Thursday, Oct. 20

NANTA (Highlight) by PMC Production, Non-verbal Performance

Friday, Oct. 21

Korean National Gugak Center, Traditional Music and Dance

Saturday, Oct. 22

Darkness PoomBa by Modern Table Company, Contemporary Dance

Essence of Traditional Korean Music and Dance Oct. 19 @ 7:30 p.m. Falvey Hall at Brown Center, Maryland Institute College of Art

K-Arts | Beyond Hangeul Sept. 30 – Oct. 31 / Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 30 @ 6 p.m. KCC K-Cinema | The Classic Thursday, Oct. 6 and 27 @ 6:30 p.m. KCC

Petit Concert Series | Starry Duo for Violin & Viola Wednesday, Oct. 5 @ 12 p.m.

K-Pop Academy Washington, D.C.Oct. - Nov. (4 weeks) at studios in the Washington, D.C. area

K-Arts | Seen vs. Shown Nov. 4 – 30 / Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 4 @ 6 p.m. KCC

K-Cinema | Marriage Blue Thursdays, Nov. 3 and 17 @ 6:30 p.m. KCC

K-Arts | Surreal Dialogue Dec. 9 – Jan. 10 / Opening Reception: Friday, Dec. 9 @ 6 p.m. KCC

K-Cinema | Scandal Makers Thursdays, Dec. 8 and 22 @ 6:30 p.m. KCC

OnStage Korea | The Inaugural OnStage Korea ShowcaseFriday, Dec. 2 @7 p.m. Arena Stage

Taekwondo Classes and After-school Programs Sept.– Dec.

Befriend Korea

King Sejong Institute Washington, D.C.

2017 Call for Artists

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Thursday – Saturday, October 20 – 22 at 6 p.m. daily

Millennium Stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the

Performing Arts, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

Tickets: Free Admission (No RSVP required)

Information: www.KoreaCultureDC.org (call: 202-939-5688)

www.kennedy-center.org (call: 202-467-4600)

The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. proudly

presents the first Annual Korean Culture Week at The

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, October

20 – 22, 2016. This three-day event based on the theme of

“Tradition and Transition” will take audiences on a

journey spanning ancient Korean folk culture to the

dynamic contemporary arts of today, through a diversity

of richly textured live performances.

The First Annual

Korean Culture WeekTradition and Transition

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NANTA

The electric energy of NANTA, a one-of-a-kind comic, musical, non-verbal performance,

draws inspiration from the traditional Korean percussion ensemble, Samulnori. Set in a

kitchen, a quartet of chefs transform knives and other handy utensils into musical

instruments, thrilling audiences with high-flying cabbage and driving upbeat rhythms

that blend a Korean tempo with Western style. Come see what NANTA is cookin’ in this

unforgettable performance of the show’s most iconic highlights.

NANTA has been one of the most popular ongoing shows in Korea since it premiered in

1997, drawing since then the largest number of spectators in Korean stage history.

NANTA’s international debut came in 1999 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and it went

on to become the first Asian performance to open its own off–Broadway theater in New

York City.

NANTA (Highlight) by PMC ProductionNon-verbal Performance

Thursday, October 20

Song, Youngjoo

NANTA

The National Gugak Center is the headquarters for Korean traditional performing arts,

with a history dating back over 1,400 years to the royal music institute of the ancient

Silla dynasty in the first millennium. The Center cultivates and preserves for future

generations a broad variety of performing arts traditions ranging from royal court

music and dance to contemporary innovations on traditional music.

This show presents a variety of the most well-known Korean folk music and ensemble

dance repertories to demonstrate the abundance and profoundness of Korea’s

traditions and heritage. It includes sinawi, an instrumental ensemble with improvisa-

tion derived from shamanistic music, and pansori, a deeply moving musical genre

combining narrative song, storytelling, and body movements accompanied by solo

percussion. In addition, seungmu is among the most well-known solo folk dances

developed from Buddhist monks, and iconic folk music of Gyeongsang Province,

Namdogutgeori and Seongjupuri, will round out the performance.

Korean National Gugak CenterTraditional Music and Dance

Friday, October 21

Saturday, October 22

Darkness PoomBa by Modern Table Company

Contemporary Dance

Darkness PoomBa is inspired by the Korean tradition of the outspoken itinerant enter-

tainers known as poomba, reimagined as a contemporary dance blending vocalise,

physical comedy, rock music, and soulful, melancholy song reminiscent of the blues

tradition. Poomba has evolved into a type of community theater performance art, and

Modern Table has taken this evocative genre a step further with modern stage produc-

tion and choreography. At its core is an everyday sorrow expressed with such raw

passion and verve that audiences inevitably become part of the show, as well as the

keen social dialogue at work.

Modern Table, founded in 2006 and led by choreographer Kim Jae-duk, is a contempo-

rary dance company that aims to communicate with audiences through interdisciplin-

ary performances and creative projects. Dance is at the group’s core, but they have also

created a genre-bending stage musical blending Korean pansori (traditional solo story-

telling through song) with rock and hip-hop. Modern Table is famous for breaking the

“fourth wall” that normally separates performers from audience, and for expressing

traditional Korean themes in a contemporary artistic language. Their signature works

include Darkness PoomBa, Jokers’ Blues, Simcheong Guys, Awake, Clocker, Kick, Sinawi, Hey

Men, Sinawi Sanjo, Earthquake, and Smile.

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Essence of

Traditional Korean Music and Dance

Wednesday, October, 19 @ 7:30 p.m.

Falvey Hall at Brown Center, Maryland Institute College of Art

1300 W Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, MDFree Admission

RSVP: koreanessence.eventbrite.com

The National Gugak Center, Korea’s premier institute for the preservation of traditional performance arts, will present a showcase of iconic traditional Korean music and dance by renowned masters. This special free program is presented in partnership with the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

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싹둑 by Daechul Lee, Together by San Lee, Beosun by Hee Sook Kim,

Sending Scent of Heart by Ji Won Baek, Late Flowering by Jounghwoe Kim, Fluid Language 3 by Jiyoun Lee-Lodge

The K-Art Gallery at the Korean Cultural Center promotes cultural exchange between Korea and the United States by presenting Korean art, bringing East and West together. The space is approximately 1,200 square feet. Divided into two exhibition halls, the gallery accommodates various types of art, including oriental painting, photography, calligraphy, sculpture and media art.

Beyond Hangeul On View: September 30 – October 31Opening Reception: Friday, September 30 @ 6 p.m. Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.

Artists: Ji Won Baek, Hee Sook Kim, Jounghwoe Kim, Daechul Lee, Jiyoun Lee-Lodge, San Lee

This exhibition features a variety of installation, painting, calligraphy and sculp-

ture works by seven Korean artists on the theme of Hangeul, Korea’s elegantly

scientific writing system developed in the 15th century. Just in time for Hangeul

Day, a national holiday in Korea every October 9, these art works creatively

explore the past, present, and future of Hangeul through not only its systematic

and practical value, but also its aesthetic and formal beauty.

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Seen vs. Shown: Perspectives on Human Identity

Artists: Jaeuk Kim, Ho Sung Kim,

Daphne Ji Yeon Jang

When it comes to people, what is seen

and what is shown do not necessarily

coincide.

By crossing boundaries of past, present,

and future, this exhibition of contempo-

rary media and photography aims to

reveal definitions of human identity,

emotion, and anonymity which typical-

ly go unseen. The primary medium is

video art, employed through unique

methods and techniques by artists

Jaeuk Kim, Ho Sung Kim, and Daphne Ji

Yeon Jang.

(The) Kissing, video installation, by Ji Yeon Jang

HUMAN, every human can be someone by Jaeuk Kim

A Phantom City, New York, by Ho Sung Kim

On View: November 4 – 30Opening Reception: Friday, November 4 @ 6 p.m. Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.

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Surreal Dialogue

On View: December 9 – January 10 Opening Reception: Friday, December 9 @ 6 p.m. Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.

Artists: Ji Yoon Hwang, Soyoung Kim

Ji Yoon Hwang and Soyoung Kim focus on experiential communication with their

audience, sharing an individual’s personal feelings through their artwork. Although

they use very different media and methods—fabric installation and canvas paint-

ing—this exhibition invites viewers to consider the human stories and voices in

modern society, and to explore our own imagination through subtly surreal images of

the everyday.

Where the Wind Blows by Ji Yoon Hwang

Living on Them by Soyoung Kim

The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. is accepting proposals for exhibi-

tions for the 2017 exhibition season! The K-Arts Gallery presents monthly

exhibitions which highlight the diversity of Korean art and which bring east and

west together. The gallery accommodates various types of art, both traditional

and contemporary. Selected artists will have an opportunity to present their art

works in a 2017 KCCDC exhibition.

Application Materials (Korean and English)

Individual and Group

- Completed application form

- Current resume

- 10 images of the artwork (JPEG format files with titles; for video works, submit

sample of each work)

- List of images including title, date, medium, and dimensions

- Artist's statement related to the images of works submitted

Group (Additonal Material)

- Exhibition Project Proposal, including description of theme/purpose

- Resume of the curator

Please send all required materials to jiyoungy@koreaembassy.org

For questions regarding your application, please contact us at

jiyoungy@koreaembassy.org or 202-587-6163.

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K-Cinema at the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. presents top Korean films to the general public. Free monthly film screenings are held every second and fourth Thursday at 6:30 p.m. as a means to showcase Korean society and culture. Korean snacks and materials with cultural context for the film are available at each event. Throughout the year, Korean film screenings and festivals are also co-organized with partners including the Smithsonian Institution and Filmfest DC.

The Classic Thursdays, October 6 and 27 @ 6:30 p.m. Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.

Ji-Hye (Son Ye-Jin) and Soo-Kyoung (Lee Tae-Kyung) are friends attending the

same university, and both have a crush on Sang-Min (Zo In-Sung) who is in their

drama club. The more clamorous and outgoing of the two, Soo-Kyoung, asks

Ji-Hye to do her a favor—write a love letter to Sang-Min. Ji-Hye pours out her own

feelings for him on paper, but sadly in her friend's name. Touched by the letter,

Sang-Min is attracted to Soo-Kyoung, and Ji-Hye, feeling uncomfortable and even

guilty, tries to avoid him. Ji-Hye has lived alone with her mother since her child-

hood, and to wile away her solitude she starts cleaning the attic. There Ji-Hye finds

a secret box, in which her mother kept the memorabilia of her first love story from

decades past.

Director: Jae-yong Kwak

Stars: Son Ye-jin, Zo In-Sung, Cho Seung-woo, Lee Tae-Kyung

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Four very different couples about to be married face very real compatibility

issues and start having second thoughts. A baseball player and a doctor, a

beautician and a chef, a florist and an immigrant, and an office worker and

wedding planner confront issues of past divorce, the practicality of marriage,

sexual incompatibility, and pregnancy. Each must find their own way

forward, either in love or out.

Director: Hong Ji-Young

Stars: Ok Taecyeon, Lee Yeon-hee, Ju Ji-hoon

Radio DJ and former teen idol star Hyun-soo (Cha Tae-hyun) is in his 30s when

he suddenly learns he may be a grandfather, thanks to a visit by Jung-Nam

(Park Bo-young), who has a baby son and claims to be his daughter. Hyun-soo

tries to brush it off, but when Jung-Nam threatens to go public, he must

confront his past and find a way to live in this unusual family unit.

Director: Kang Hyeong-cheol

Stars: Park Bo-young, Cha Tae-hyun

Marriage Blue Thursdays, November 3 and 17 @ 6:30 p.m. Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.

Scandal Makers Thursdays, December 8 and 22 @ 6:30 p.m. Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.

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K-Pop Academy Washington, D.C. October- November (4 weeks)

Dance & voice studios in the Washington, D.C. area

The K-Pop Academy program returns to the Washington, D.C. region, offering

fans of Korean pop culture the chance to work with professional vocalists and

dancers to learn the moves and sounds of the worldwide music phenomenon

that is K-Pop. A detailed schedule will be available at www.KoreaCultureDC.org,

or contact program coordinator Hungu Lee at hgl1130@koreaembassy.org for

more information.

Petit Concert Series: Starry Duo for Violin & Viola Wednesday, October 5, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (By invitation only) Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.

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Jin Lee Youn and Dahm Huh comprise

Starry Duo, for violin and viola, and have

actively performed in New York and

Korea since forming their group in 2012.

In contrast to many trios and quartets,

classical music fans have fewer opportu-

nities to enjoy a true violin and viola

duo in concert. Starry Duo introduces

music for violin and viola to expand the

classical music experience and share the

beauty of these two instruments’

profound harmony, while also exploring

the story behind their performance

pieces and their original composers.

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The Petit Concert Series aims to spotlight exceptional talent among an expanding global field of Korean and Korean American musicians and performers, from opera and classical to jazz and traditional fusion styles. Welcoming DC’s unique mix of diplomats and government officials, the program also advances Korea’s special brand of cultural diplomacy by combining culinary and musical arts.

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2016-2017 Season The Inaugural OnStage Korea Showcase

Friday, December 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.Arlene and Robert Kogod CradleArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington, DC 20024

Tickets: Free with an RSVPInformation: www.KoreaCultureDC.org or call 202- 939-5688

The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. proudly presents the inaugural OnStage Korea showcase featuring our first invited performing artist live on stage in Washington,

D.C. in December, 2016.

OnStage Korea seeks to discover brilliant and talented artists and groups actively

performing in the U.S., Korea, or around the world, and to give them an opportunity to

showcase their creativity on stage for the American public in the Capital region. The program

also advances the Korean Cultural Center’s mission to foster cultural exchange by expanding

the visibility of excellent Korean performing arts and artists in mainstream America. Join our

inaugural event in December and enjoy an exceptional performance to kick off the

2016-2017 season!

Details on December’s inaugural event and featured artist will be announced this fall via the

Korean Cultural Center website at www.KoreaCultureDC.org, or call 202-587-6152 for more

information.

OnStage Korea

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Taekwondo Classes and After-school Programs September – December

Spark Matsunaga Elementary School, Damascus Elementary

School, Weller Road Elementary School, William B. Gibbs, Jr.

Elementary School, DC Bilingual Public Charter School

Taekwondo classes and after-school programs in the Washington, D.C. area

help promote fitness, wellness, and a deeper understanding of Korea.

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KORUS Festival Korean American Culture & Food

Saturday and SundayOct. 1 - 2, 11a.m.- 9p.m.

Tysons Corner Center (Bloomingdale's Parking Lot) - Tysons, VA 22182

KORUS Festival gathers together diverse groups

of people in celebration of Korean culture

including live music, dance shows, celebrity

attractions, and martial arts performances.

There are a variety of traditional food and

Korean fusion to keep the spectators fueled.

KORUS serves as a gateway to a diverse cultural

experience, extending and expanding minds

and hearts to the similarities as opposed to

cultural differences.

Main Events: B-boy, (Expression Crew), Samul-

GwangDae, Korean Singer, (Wan Kyu Park),

K-POP, (Se Jin Bang), Taekwondo Demonstra-

tions, Korean Traditional Wedding, Singing

Contests, and Korean food programs.

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SamulGwangDae (bottom)

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With a focus on practical language skills and cultural context, the King Sejong

Institute at the embassy’s Korean Cultural Center offers a range of classes that

build skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing Korean. All classes are of

limited size and led by native Korean-speaking instructors with teaching

experience at U.S. universities or institutions. Classes primarily teach language

skills, while also introducing students to the traditional, modern, and social

culture of Korea.

2016 Fall Class Session: September12 – December 19

Each course consists of 12 two-hour classes that meet on weekday evenings.

Each year offers three full sessions of classes: spring, summer, and fall. Check

our website for updated information. All classes include a catered Korean

dinner at the end of the session, Korean snacks and refreshments during every

class, and additional class and Korean Cultural Center materials. Successful

students also receive a Certificate of Completion from the director of the

Korean Cultural Center at the end of the session.

A detailed schedule of upcoming classes will be available a few weeks prior to

the start of each session at www.KoreaCultureDC.org, or email program coordi-

nator Adam Wojciechowicz at awoj@koreaembassy.org for more information.

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Befriend Korea The Befriend Korea program welcomes groups of all types to visit the Korean

Cultural Center Washington, D.C. for a one-hour presentation, tour, and Q&A

introducing the culture, art, history, and society of Korea. Programs are

tailored for youth, student, or adult groups. To schedule a visit, go to

www.KoreaCultureDC.org and click on Request Group Visit.

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CHours of OperationMonday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closed daily 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

HolidaysThe Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. observes all U.S. federal holidays

and certain Korean holidays. Check our website for details. In case of extreme

weather conditions, please call to check if the center is open before visiting.

DirectionsAddress: 2370 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008

Please note that the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. is a separate

building located between the main Korean Embassy and the Korean Consul-

ate.

By Car

If you are coming from Virginia or Maryland, you can take I-66, I-395 or I-495.

Please factor in traffic jams during morning and evening rush hour. Also, some

roadways (Rock Creek Parkway) may only be open to one-way traffic at certain

times.

By Metro

The KCC is a 15-minute walk from the Dupont Circle station on the red line, or

a 25-minute walk from the Foggy Bottom station on the orange line. For more

information, please visit www.wmata.com.

By Bus

Take N2, N3, N4 line to get off in front of the Korean Cultural Center at Embas-

sy Row. N6 is also available, only during weekends.

Parking

Free temporary parking is available in the KCC lot adjacent to the building, but

space is limited. If you are visiting for an event we suggest public transporta-

tion. Please avoid double parking, or else leave your keys at the at the front

desk.

Contact Infomation2370 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008

E-Mail : munwha15@mofa.go.kr

Tel : 202-939-5688

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