School of Dance Presents “The 25^th Anniversary of K-Arts Ballet”

From Friday, 22 to Saturday, 23 October, the School of Dance in K-Arts hosted “The 25^th Anniversary of K-Arts Ballet” to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the foundation of the School of Dance and the 30^th anniversary of the Korea-Russia friendship bridge. Since 1997, the School of Dance has been in partnership with the Vaganova Academy in Russia for 25 years, tied with ballet. Before the joint concert scheduled for upcoming December, School of Dance had a chance to unveil its ballet repertoires, presenting outstanding competence by our students at “The 25^th Anniversary of K-Arts Ballet.”

In this event, the School of Dance staged eight works. The lineup included creative ballets that combine classical ballet with Korean traditional music, “Sujecheon” and “Thrust, Exhilaration,” choreographed by professor Jo Ju-hyun, and the representative works of classical ballet, “La Esmeralda,” “La Gioconda,” and “Pas de Quatre.” Georgian-American ballet choreographer George Balanchine’s masterpieces, “Stars and Stripes” and “Theme & Variation,” and professor Kim Sun-hee’s “Throbbing” were also staged this day. The ballet masters from all around the world, the art directors of the Boston Ballet and State Ballet of Georgia, ex-art director of the Sofia National Opera (Bulgaria) made their presence in this concert.

Professor Kim Sun-hee (School of Dance) stated, “Lots of schools from around the world are indeed showing their great interest in K-Arts’ ballet education system. I’m glad about this opportunity in which we could show the prestige of Korean ballet.”