The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) will hold "2025 Korea is performing" from the 14th to the 16th of next month with the Arts Management Support Center (CEO Kim Jang-ho, hereinafter referred to as Yegyeong). "Korea is performing" is a campaign to inform the public that various performances are always held at the concert halls around us, and to provide information and benefits so that the public can watch representative performances of Korea recommended by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the peak performance season (October to November).
To this end, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Yegyeong will promote 210 major performances nationwide to make it easier to access information on performances held in each region, along with major performance festivals and markets such as 'Seoul Art Market (PAMS)', 'Seoul International Performing Arts Festival (SPAF)', 'Lee:Bound Festival', and 'Welcome Daehakro Festival'.
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| Photo =Seoul International Performing Arts Festival |
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| Gu Zaha 'Haribo Kimchi' performance. Photo = Seoul International Performing Arts Festival |
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| Ahn Sang-wook '12 Sound" performance. Photo = Seoul International Performing Arts Festival |
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| Margaret Lengtan 'Dragon Lady doesn't cry' Performance. Photo = Seoul International Performing Arts Festival |
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| Asuna '100 keyboards" performance. Photo = Seoul International Performing Arts Festival |
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▶Promotion of various performances across the country during the peak performance season from October to November
The 210 representative performances of Korea recommended by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism include major performances by national and public institutions, private performances participating in the "2025 Culture and Arts National Distribution Support Project", the "2025 Regional Representative Arts Organizations", and recommended performances by local cultural foundations and literary centers. Information on these performances can be found by region and field on the official website of 「Korea is performing」, and performance-related contents on various topics will also be provided through the official Nuri communication network.
It will also publish a 'Republic of Korea is performing' program book containing 210 pieces of information and distribute it to more than 200 concert halls nationwide. In the program book, you can check information on performance works organized by 17 metropolitan and provincial governments (date, location, price, cast, etc.), and you can go to the page where you can reserve tickets directly through the information pattern (QR code) of each performance.
In addition, Korail will create rail travel products for performance tours during the Korea Performance period and present them through Korail's official website and Korail application program (app). Through this rail travel product, you can get up to 30% off performances and up to 40% off high-speed rail (KTX), which is expected to lead to local tourism.
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| Photo=Seoul Art Market |
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▶ Promoting performances linked to major events such as 'Seoul Art Market' and 'Seoul International Performing Arts Festival'
In addition, '2025 Korea is performing in conjunction with 'Seoul Art Market (PAMS)', 'Seoul International Performing Arts Festival', 'Lee:Bound Festival', and 'Welcome Daehakro Festival' to promote various performances and support the revitalization of performances.
The Seoul Art Market, which supports transactions between companies to promote the distribution of Korean performing arts at home and abroad, will be held at the National Theater of Korea, Arco and Daehakro Arts Theater, and Daehakro Theater Quad from 14th to 9th November. During this period, domestic performance works are distributed through Pams Choice (Korea's best work showcase, full-length performance), Pams Salon (sharing information in the performing arts field), Pams Booth (promotion of arts organizations and institutions), and Pams Speed Date (one-on-one business meeting for performance distribution), and communication and exchange between domestic and foreign performing arts officials are supported.
The Seoul International Performing Arts Festival, which introduces excellent overseas works and domestic and foreign cooperative planned works, will be held from the 16th to November 9th at the Arko and Daehakro Arts Theater and the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. It will be held at Daehakro Theater Quad and others. You can see 10 foreign invited works, including plays, dance, and multiple arts, and 12 works planned in cooperation with artists and domestic and foreign institutions.
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| Photo =2025 Rebound Festival |
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| 2025 Rebound Festival 'Beyond Arirang" Photo = Extreme Mountain |
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| 2025 Rebound Festival 'Me too, chestnut tree' Photograph = Hansori Traditional Art Troupe |
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| 2025 Rebound Festival 'Overseas New Reading Play Festival Taiwan' Performance. Photo = Chungbuk Provincial Theater Company |
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| 2025 Rebound Festival 'Gold Darae-kung' Performance. Photograph = Traditional Performing Arts Festival Hall |
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| 2025 Rebound Festival 'A goblin to be an inspiration' Photo = Ali Opera Company |
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From the 16th to November 16th, the Re:bound Festival, which presents outstanding local performance works in Seoul, will stage works from 15 of the region's leading arts organizations in 2025 at the Seoul Arts Center's Free Small Theater and the main concert hall of the Seoul Autonomous Region Cultural Foundation. The "Welcome Daehakro Festival", a performance tourism festival that promotes domestic performance contents to foreigners, is hosting the Welcome Theater (promoting performances selected through the contest), the Welcome Fringe (outdoor street performances), and the performance tourism market in Daehak-ro, Myeong-dong, and the National Museum of Korea until November 26th.
Minister Choi Hwi-young said that "Korea is performing in the midst of the peak season of the performance, which is a campaign prepared to increase the opportunity for the Korean people to watch the performance."Korea is performing in the hope of organically linking performances across the country with major festivals and markets, actively communicating with audiences, and contributing to the revitalization of the performing arts."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
