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| ▲ This photo, provided by EMK Entertainment, shows the poster for the 25th anniversary of Kim Joo-won. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- Kim Joo-won, a prima ballerina who has danced for 15 years with the Korean National Ballet, will meet the audience through a performance to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her debut.
The performance agency, EMK Entertainment announced on the 8th that Kim Joo-won will have a stage to commemorate the 25th year of her debut by performing "Reverence" at the Jayu Theater, Seoul Arts Center from the 9th to the 12th of next month.
Kim Joo-won, who is also the artistic director of this performance, plans to tell the audience her story from when she was young till the present, who is still a ballerina at 46 years old.
Compiling the world of her works, it will include classical ballets such as " Le Corsaire (The Pirate)," "Giselle," "The Dying Swan" and major works that she created like "Dear Moon." Along with that, she will also be showing new choreographies.
"Reverence" is a French word that means "respect," and it refers to a ballet dancer bowing to greet the audience in a curtain call after the performance is over.
Kim Joo-won is said to go on stage for a commemorative performance with respect and love for the fans who have stayed with her for 25 years.
Musical actor, director and playwright Choo Jung-hwa will be directing, while Son Seong-jae, a saxophonist and composer will be the music director. In 2006, as she won the Best Female Dancer Award at the "Benois de la Danse," one of the most famous competitions in the dance world, she has rose to become the top in her field.
After leaving the National Ballet in 2012, she has been active in musicals and has been appearing in a variety of T.V shows to popularize ballet.
Tickets for "Reverence" can be reserved on the Seoul Arts Center website and in Interpark Tickets.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Haemin Kim.)
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