Dongseo University Comedy Academy with the Busan International Comedy Festival (BICF) Organizing Committee will open!
Mar 07, 2025
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- Chairman of the BICF Kim Jun-ho, "Wishing that we can develop comedy talents through hands-on lectures"
The Busan International Comedy Festival Organizing Committee has taken the first step toward fostering comedy personnel.
The Busan International Comedy Festival Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Committee) opened the Dongseo University Comedy Academy on the 5th (Wednesday) and had a meaningful time with students.
In December last year, the organizing committee signed an MOU with Dongseo University to foster comedians and opened a 'Comedy Acting' course at Im Kwon-taek College of Motion Picture Arts. Professor Oh Se-joon of Musical Entertainment was in charge of the subject, and Cho Yun-ho, chief of the Busan International Comedy Festival Organizing Committee, was appointed as the homeroom professor.
A large number of executives from the Busan International Comedy Festival Organizing Committee, including Executive Chairman Kim Joon-ho, Honorary Chairman Jeon Yoo-sung, and Deputy Executive Chairman Choi Dae-woong, participated in the academy's instructors, and comedians Park Sung-ho, Cho Joon-woo, and Kim Dong-ha also completed a strong lineup.
Honorary Chairman Jeon Yoo-sung, who took his first class on the 5th (Wednesday), opened the topic of 'Comedy Introduction to Science and Idea Thinking'. Starting with this, students' expectations were raised with solid curriculum ranging from theoretical classes such as 'idea thinking', 'understanding of comedy writing', and 'practice of comedy script creation'character research', 'character acting', and 'physical training and pantomime'. Honorary Chairman Jeon Yoo-sung focused on the core of comedy acting, 'idea idea', and made it possible for students to apply on stage naturally through classes.
On the other hand, the Busan International Comedy Festival' is celebrating its 13th anniversary this year in line with the modifier of Asia's first and largest comedy festival, and as the rounds progressed, the task of 'cultivating comedy genre manpower' has been steadily considered. As it is an international event held in the region at the same time as developing new content held in Busan through the training of comedy personnel, it is also focusing on strengthening the image of 'comedy city Busan' by discovering new comedy personnel.
Chang Je-guk, president of Dongseo University, said, `We want to train new professional talents through a systematic curriculum with Korea's top comedy experts and support them to grow into high-profile comedy actors on the world stage. We will do our best to cultivate a `glocal talent' who starts from the region and makes a leap to the world stage" he said.
In addition, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Busan International Comedy Festival"Kim Joon-ho said, "I hope we can develop famous comedy talents in Busan with solid instructors and hands-on lectures. And at the end of this semester, we would like to provide a place for students who have completed their majors to stand on the stage of the 13th Busan International Comedy Festival."
Meanwhile, the Busan International Comedy Festival' is held for 10 days from the end of August every year with the support of the Busan Metropolitan Government, and this 'Comedy Academy' will be the cornerstone to support many talented young people in Busan to perform.
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