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Prince Hodong (ballet)
The ballet ''Prince Hodong'', sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism as a part of the Nation Branding project, is an original work based on a traditional tale, Prince Hodong and Nakrang Princess. Sung-nam Lim, the 1st Artistic Director of the Korea National Ballet, choreographed ''Prince Hodong'' in 1988 and Byung-nam Moon, the Deputy Artistic Director, newly interpreted it as a 21st-century ballet. Although there have been many dances created based on Korean literature over the last 50 years of the Korea National Ballet, the ballet ''Prince Hodong'' is itself a great piece of art because the tale ''Prince Hodong'' consists of a dramatic plot. ''Prince Hodong'' is based on our cultural text and with the themes - the nations, war, love, betrayal, and death - this work is composed of 2 acts and 12 scenes which combine modern techniques and classical sentiment. ''Prince Hodong'' is a ballet which presents an example of the globalization of Korean culture in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea National Ballet
The Korea National Ballet is a South Korean ballet company. It was founded in 1962 in Seoul as the National Ballet Company. It was one of the affiliates of the National Theater of Korea until 1999, when it separated to independently reestablish itself in the Seoul Arts Center in the following year. It has sixty-five dancers, chosen annually through open audition. There are currently 80 members in the company, including regular members, associate members, and trainees. Equipped with the nation's top dancers and diverse repertoires, the Korea National Ballet has taken the lead in developing the field of performance. Welcoming artistic director Tae-ji Choi who was reappointed in 2011, the Korea National Ballet reflects on its past achievements done under the slogan of Globalization, Refinement and Popularization of ballet for the past half century. Overseas tours have included performances in Egypt and Israel in 1997, China in 2000 and 2001, Japan in 2002, and more recent trips to R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Hodong And Nakrang Princess
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The female equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word ''prince'', from the Latin noun , from (first) and (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble ruler, prince". Historical background The Latin word (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, literally "the one who takes the first lace/position), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the transition to empire, the ''princeps senatus''. Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on the basis of principate, not dominion. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in the country or attending religious rituals, and, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
