SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the coronavirus outbreak, nearly all concerts, recitals and theater performances have been canceled around the world, with ballet companies, orchestras and opera productions also suspending their operations. Korean dancers at the world’s major ballet companies had to return home. This unprecedented situation, however, provided 10 of the [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — What do male ballet dancers do after they retire from the Korean National Ballet (KNB)? A recently published master’s thesis written by Lee Sun-jae from Kangwon National University exposes the fragile life of retired ballerinos. The author conducted interviews with 13 former and current members of the KNB, according [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With changing trends, the South Korean public no longer has to be feel objection to ballet as a luxurious Western art. Recently, ballet has been reborn into colorful variation within the mass media and the public no longer feels a psychological distance to the art of ballet. There are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Kang So-ra, Korean actress who was on the news recently for wearing a 39,000 won dress in a music awards ceremony, was put on the limelight again for her appearance on lingerie photos in a magazine. In the October issue of the FirstLook magazine, Kang boasted her voluminous [...]