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13th Busan International Dance Festival Takes Place at Haeundae Beach June 2-6

2017-06-01 414  Views
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13th Busan International Dance Festival  

The 13th Busan International Dance Festival (BIDF) will take place at Haeundae Beach and Busan Cinema Center from June 2nd through June 6th, 2017.

 

Under the theme of “Busan Love is painted! Dance through”, the Festival is hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and organized by the Busan International Dance Festival organizing committee.

 

The BIDF presents a broad spectrum of dance performances, ranging from modern dance, ballet to folk and traditional dance by 46 dance troupes from 15 countries, including Ghana, Taiwan, Germany, Latria, the United States, Israel, Italy, India, Indonesia, Japan, China, Czech, France, Hungary and the ROK.

 

Free outdoor dance performances in various genres will be presented at Haeundae Beach from June 2nd to 4th at 6:30p.m. The BIDF official invitation performance, “World Folk Dance Night” is scheduled to be showcased on Sunday, June 4th at Haeundae Beach.

 

BIDF New Young Choreographers is a new program aiming to discover young Busan-based talented choreographers and to give a boost to dance related fields in Busan.

 

The closing performance of the festival will be “Mystery of Time” performed by the Prague Chamber Ballet. It will be performed on June 6th at the Busan Cinema Center and attract the attention of the audience with its unique costumes and stage, while providing outstanding artistic value.

 

Major Festival Schedule

Free outdoor dance performance: June 2-4, 6:30p.m., Haeudae Beach

AK (Art Korea) 21 Performance for Development of International Choreographer

June 5, 7:00p.m., Busan Cinema Center (Ticket 10,000 won)

 

Closing Performance, “Mystery of Time” by the Prague Chamber Ballet

June 6, 7:00p.m., Busan Cinema Center (Ticket 20,000 won)

 

Contact No. : (051)868-7881

 

Website: http://bidfeng2017.tlog.kr/