Korean Cultural Centre India and Seoul Arts Center invite you to the last performance for the SAC on Screen Project, Universal Ballet's Shim Chung, on the 21st of August, 2020 (Friday)

Shim Chung (Universal Ballet)

Choreography : Adrienne Dellas

Music : Kevin Barber Pickard

Libretto : Yongku Park

Costume Design: Sylvia Taalsohn(Act 1), Oleg Vinogradov(Act 2), Hangyul Oh(Act 3)

Set Design : Myungho Kim, yonghan Hong

Casting : Hyemin Hwang, Dongtak Lee, Minwoo Kang, Jaeyong Lim, Yangbum Seo

https://youtu.be/IkOSIFYxPgg

Shim Chung, a pillar of Universal Ballet's repertory. Commissioned for the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Shim Chung is an anchor of the Universal Ballet's repertory. Choreographer Adrienne Dellas and composer Kevin Barber Pickard teamed up to infuse traditional elegance into this classic ballet work. In preparation, they studied the history of Korea and took care in combining Korean cultural history with western classical ballet forms. This resulted in the creation of Shim Chung, a new level of performance blending traditional sentiment and modern artistry into one. The main story line is about Shim Chung's devotion to her blind father and how heaven is moved to restore his eyesight illustrates the Korean family values of 'Hyodo', a kind of dedication to serve one's parents, which is an integral part of the Korean culture. In the production, this virtue of filial piety is refined in neoclassic choreography.