SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, built in downtown Seoul in 1978, was the mecca of classical music and fine arts in South Korea and remained mostly closed to pop artists for years. When Korean pop singer Patti Kim staged a performance at the grand theater of the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul introduced a new stairway wrapping that depicts Big Ben and London’s cityscape on June 22. The image on the wrapping is ‘Big Ben’ by André Derain, a French artist famous for introducing Fauvism, a modern style of painting. The Big Ben [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Sejong Center for the Performing Arts announced on Monday that it had installed a massive bearbrick sculpture by its iconic central stairs to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. The center collaborated with Im Ji-bin, a renowned South Korean pop artist, to build an 8-meter-tall HUG bearbrick that is [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A new performance hall will be opening to the public on October 18 in the center of Seoul. At a press conference held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts yesterday, reporters were given a first-hand tour of “Sejong S Theater,” a space that aims to “break down [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Allegations of sexual misbehaviors levied against esteemed directors and thespians brought forth from South Korea’s #MeToo movement have caused the performing arts industry to close down shows and modify aspects of productions deemed insensitive in the current climate. In a show of support for #MeToo, theater goers have expressed [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean squad for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics was launched on Friday as athletes vowed to give their best at the quadrennial event. The delegation of 83 members, including 36 athletes, held the ceremony for the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games at Sejong Center in Seoul with some 180 [...]