New Korean Performing Works Showcase Contemporary Issues in 34 Productions
Creatrip Team
2 months ago
The 18th annual ‘Performance Arts Creation Studio: This Year’s New Works’ (창작산실) lineup has been announced, featuring 34 new productions across six foundational performing-arts genres (theater, original musical, dance, music, new opera, and traditional arts). The works address contemporary concerns—virtual reality and surveillance, gender and women’s narratives, personal choice and growth, climate crisis, democracy’s history, migration and community—through diverse formats including SF, documentary-style theater, ballet, modern dance, and mixed-genre pieces. Theater highlights include seven plays focusing on women’s stories and speculative forms, while the musical slate features titles such as “Blue Lion Wanini” (based on a bestselling children’s book) and imaginative pieces like “James Byron Dean.” Dance selections tackle future-society issues through physical vocabulary, and the program also presents two new operas and five traditional-arts works. The 34 productions will be staged across Seoul venues over roughly three months.
