Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 Showcases Productions by Current and Graduate Students of K-Arts

The creative performance works by three teams whose members are the current and graduate students of K-Arts took part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 from Monday, 8 to Sunday, 28 August. This year more than 3,000 performances from around the world joined the festival.

The K-Arts annually produces more than 200 creative works. Then the K-Arts Performance & Exhibition Center selects about 10 outstanding works out of them through a program, “K-Arts Borderless Online Festival (BOF),” and introduces them to the audience through the festivals, performances, or performing arts networks across the globe. The K-Arts cooperates with the organizational institutions of the events and fundraises the productions to advance overseas upon invitation. This year, three out of ten works from the BOF received an invitation from the Korean Cultural Center UK (KCCUK) and entered the Korean Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

From 16 to 28 August, the TOB, a creative dance team composed of the current students of the School of Dance, presented “Are You Guilty?” at the Dance Base. With its original voice, the production cast a question, “Why?” on social issues to discover and tell the stories of matters overlooked in society. It was included on the list of the Guardian’s pick of the “Edinburgh Festival 2022: 50 Shows to See.”

From 8 to 18 August at the Space Symposium Hall, WeMu’s “Six Stories” showcased the original rhythms and melodies of Korean shamanism music. Its motif was on the six different shaman rituals, wishing for the wellness and good luck of the audience.

From 12 to 20 August, Variety E-Seo’s “Korean Yeonhee Concert” takes place at the Space Triplex. The performance is a re-construction of the Korean traditional dance performance in a youthful sense. Four members of the band played the various rhythms and beats of samulnori, pansori, and pangut, delivering an energetic vibe and passion.