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Reviewingballetperformance,LaFilleMalGardeere-madebyKoreaNationalBalletCompany
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Laughsexplodedattheballet
Readingleadstheway
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Justenjoyprominentdifferences
oyouloveballet?FormostKoreans,
ccordingtorecentresearchesontherealityofuniversitystudent¡¯s¡¯readinghabits,
ballet is just a difficult genre to
Spectators can realize La Fille Mal
the results were very disappointing. It showed that students do not read books,
understand, especially, for students. Many
Gardee is just like our lives and it differs
even though they know the importance of reading. These days there have been
people think that only high-class people
fromotherfantasticalballets.WhenSimone
increasingworriesthattherearenotenoughreadingsrecommendedtostudentsandalso
exclusively possess ballet performances.
soothes her daughter and she gets sulky,
thatstudentsarenotinterestedinanybooks.Lookingataresearchonstudent¡¯s¡¯reading
There have been few efforts to popularize
Lise¡¯s sulked expression like a kid and
habits,studentsthosewhoreadeverydaycameouttobeonly41%oftherespondents.
the genre. Even common audiences can
Simone¡¯s expression trying to soothe Lise
Consideringthatitisanimportanttimeoftheirlife,thiskindofundesirableresultsin
easily enjoy the funny ballet with La Fille
comes to audiences as a real mom and
readinghabitsofuniversitystudentswhoneedsandisinanimportanttimeoftheirlife
Mal Gardee, performed by Korea National
daughter. Also Lise pretending not to be
toreadasmanybookastheycanshowsaseriousprobleminouruniversitysociety.¡¯So
BalletCompany(KNBC).
happywithColaseventhoughshelikeshim
tospeak,ifthegoaloftoday¡¯suniversitiesistoofferaneducationthatcanprovidethe
showsareallifecouple.
societywithwellmanneredstudents,presentlyitisaplacethatdoesn¡¯tcomeuptoit¡¯s
Synopsis
KNBC attempted many new methods.
itsgoalatall.
La Fille Mal Gardee means a stubborn
Three sceneries each expressed just each
There have been efforts by the media to raise the boom of reading booster reading
daughter in French. In the countryside of
only one color-blue, red, brown like wood-
habitsandmakingtomakepeoplerealizetheimportanceofreading.Sureithasbeena
France,awidow,Simoneandherdaughter,
blockprint.Itwasasurprisingattempttothe
successincatchingpeople¡¯sattention,buttherehavebeenproblemsaswell.Theshow
Lise,livetogether.Lisefallsinlovewithan
public who are familiar with realistic
hajahaja¡¯sbookreadingcampaigncornerstartedoutwithgreatexpectations,butsoon
unsophisticated young man, Colas. Her
sceneries. Usually, many Koreans associate
theshowfacedcriticismthatthecontentsoftheshowwasnotmuchofusetothepeople
mother, however, doesn¡¯t like Colas as the
classic tutu in ¡°Swan Lake¡± with ballet
and the book introduced in the show always made the best seller list, so there were
husband for Lise and wants her to marry
costumes. In La Fille Mal Gardee many
doubtsthatthebookselectinghadinvolvedsomekindoffraudinvolvedwhetherornot
Alain,arichbutstolidman.Duringanopen-
stripedclotheswereshown.
it is intentional. Despite the ambition to raise the book reading population, there are
JoHyun-mi/TheArgus
air festival, young men and girls enjoy the
The orchestra, conducted by a young
prospectsthatitdidn¡¯tgivemuchaffects,astheyhadintended.Thesocietywelivein
LaFilleMalGardeeprovidestheaudiencewithlaughandtheromanticfeeling.
exciting mood and Lise shows her love
conductor, Pavel Klinichev, is also of high
todayisfilledwithvarioustemptationstheinternet,television,videos,andothermany
towards Colas, not towards Alain. A
level. Their prelude did a good job for
thingstoenjoy.
rainstorm ends the happy time and makes
female simultaneously, that made the
he brought big pleasure too. Especially, it
audiencestohaveexpectationforthewhole
Somesaythatthereisn¡¯tanytimetopayattentiontoreadinginthisquicklymoving
everybodygobacktotheirhouses.
obstinate and unrelenting character of her¡±
wasanexceedingensemblewhenhedanced
performance. Audiences were well-
world.Inasurvey,bookreadingrankedlastinthequestionwhatuniversitystudentsdo
Inact2,Simonehasherdaughterspinona
commented by Jung Hyun-ok. Also he
with Simone. After Thomas held her up, as
mannered too. Most of the audiences were
induringtheirfreetime.Instead,theydootherthingstorelievestressortohavefunin
spinning wheel. Lise looks for a chance to
added, ¡°Just watch how a man can walk in
he seemed to feel hard to hold her up, he
on time. Moreover, their hearty cheers and
duringtheirfreetime.So,thisshowshowmuchuniversitystudentsdon¡¯thaveinterest
run away to Colas. Finally they meet when
toe-shoes.¡± In act 2, all of Simone¡¯s
toucheshiswaistmakingawryface.Hisand
goodmannerswereconsiderable.
inreading.Eveniftherearestudentswhoreadbooks,alargenumberofthosestudents
hermotherleavesthehouse.Colasgiveshis
capabilities are shown. The scenes, such as
her face are worth watching, when he
Even a goat appeared on the stage. How
themenjoyfantasynovelsandchivalrylikenovels.Thiscomesasanotherproblemalso.
scarf to her. Hearing a sign of Simone¡¯s
running after her daughter with a
touchesherhipfurtively.Itisapowerfuland
many people could imagine that a goat
Butstudentsalsohaveexcusesfortheirlackofreadinghabits.
return,hehidesinacloset.Simonefindsan
broomstick, or whacking Lise¡¯s hip while
funnyscenethatSimoneandThomasdance
wouldappearonthestage?
Anothersurveysaidthat39%ofstudentsdonothavethetimetoreadbooksbecause
unfamiliar scarf and locks her up in the
holdingherareenoughtoinducebiglaughs.
togetherholdingeachotherbyturns,andthe
This ballet associates with a joyful play.
of other reasons than studying. Some even answered that they didn¡¯t have any books
closet. Alain and his father Thomas visit
After Simone assents to their marriage, she
scene Simone throwing Thomas is very
Mostballetperformancesaredifficultforthe
theywanttoread.
their house to confirm their promise of
dances with other young men in toe-shoes.
delightful. Thomas¡¯s exaggerated gestures
publictounderstandhowthestorygoesand
Thisresearchshowsanevenseriousproblemamongstudentsthesedays.Theyshould
marriage. After Simone gets dowry, she
ShegivesColasascoldwhentheirstepsare
showhischaracterwell.
what dancers want to express. On the
atleasthavearecognitionthatreadingisinneedfortheirownknowledge.Theserious
gives closet key to Alain. When Alain
not matched. The scene that she dance
Many audiences admire at Pas de deux
contrary,LaFillemalgardeegavelifetothe
probleminreadingwefacetodayistooserious.Booksarestillrecognizedasoff-line
openeditsdoor,heissurprisedandupsetto
pleasantly with toe-shoes is one of the best
(dance of two heroes) of Lise and Colas,
entirestorywithacomicmoodtoeventhose
productsunlikethemusicindustrywhichisfacingmajorproblemsduetoon-linemusic
seeLiseandColastogetherinthecloset.The
scenes.Alsothereisascenewhereshetries
when they express their love to each other.
who do not enjoy ballet. ¡°Other ballets are
services.Stillifthereadingpopulationsdon¡¯tincreasegrowthanthepresentstate,the
couplebegsforgivenessandconsentfortheir
to kiss young men in town, and of course,
Theygavefullplayoftheirabilities.Infact,
too difficult for beginners to understand. I
book and reading itself will face big problems. In order to avoid these problems the
marriage. After all, Simone accepts their
themenarebusytorunaway.
reallovers,NohBo-younandJangUn-kyu,
want ballet to be easy to enjoy, so I chose
readinghabitsofpeoplehavetochangefromtheroots.Puttingeverythingaside,asin
loveandallowsthemtomarryeachother.
Alainenteredthestagewithhisjumpsthat
the dancers perform as Lise and Colas,
this work to approach to the public easily.¡±
readingweshouldgobacktothepastwhenpeoplethoughtreadingasavirtueandthe
bring up the image of a frog, making
expressed their real love to each other
mentioned Kim Geung-soo, the artistic
mostimportantlessonofoureducation.
Focusthesecharactersandscenes
spectators laugh. Also he always carries
perfectly. Also he kissed her on the cheek
directorofKNBC.LaFilleMalGardeeisa
Obviouslytherearevariousmediumsmediaintheworldtoday.Bookreadingisn¡¯tthe
The ballet characterizes a cheerful mood.
around an insect net; whenever he appears
duringthecurtainroll.
balletperformancetryingtobeclosertothe
onlywaytoacquiringtheinformationweneed.Everybodyknowsthatbooksarenotthe
This mood is made by many dancers, but
onthestagehewaveshisinsectnetshowing
Inact1Scene2,thefarmer¡¯sfestivalends
publicwhofeeldifficultytoappreciateballet
onlywayandwecanuseothermediumsmedia.Butnothingcanexchangethegoodwill
especiallythreecharactersarerepresentative-
great performances, such as Grand Jute,
withLise¡¯sFouette.(Itmeans32rotations.)
performances. These attempts should
ofreadingabook.Abookcoversmorethanjustgeneralinformation.Aswereadabook
Simone,AlainandThomas.
everyspectatorclapandapplaudeachtime.
Afterawhile,thelightningflashandthunder
continuetokeepitsvariatyanditsqualityat
closelywecanachievemorethanwecanimaginethroughtheprocessofreading.
Simone was acted by two male dancers,
When Alain expresses his love to Lise, he
sound fill the air. Jump of male dancers,
thesametime.
ShinMoo-seopandJungHyun-ok,although
fallsupsidedownandhecries,stampinghis
countenance with movement in surprise of
Simoneisawoman.
feet on the floor, importuning like a baby.
dancers, lightning and music express the
ByOhSae-hoon
¡°Simone led the whole drama and the
There are many scenes that show Alain¡¯s
situation very well. Even in this disorder
ByJoHyun-mi
AssociateEditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
choreographer also stressed the role of
cuteandtouchingfeatures.
Alaingetsawayfromthestormbyhidingin
ReporterofCultureSection
Simone.Simonehasthemoodofamaleand
AlthoughThomasdidnottakeabigrole,
Simone¡¯sskirt.
Films&Realityat¡°SIDOF¡±
ThevoiceemitsthelightinFranceandKorea
T
he third Seoul Independent
beforethebiggestentranceexam,Suneung.
Documentary Festival (SIDOF) began
Inthedocumentary,thedirectorexpresses
attheSeoulArtCinemainAnguk-dongby
the honest feelings and life of her and her
the ¡°Association of Korean Independent
friends in a serious, yet light and humorous
N
Film and Video¡± and ¡°SIDOF 2003
view. The film seemed to arouse the
ah Youn-sun, the owner of a sweet
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
offusion.Whatdoyouthinkofthat?
Executive Committee.¡± Under the slogan
memory of Suneung that most audiences
voice has charmed many jazz fans.
N:Weperformdifferently,butthatisnot
¡°Experiment! Progress! Communication!¡±
holdincommonasitwaspresented.
After the broadcasting of a special program
fusion. Even if the color has changed, the
SIDOF played total of 38 movies from
¡°I was totally immersed to the film,¡± Sin
about Nah Youn-sun Quintet (¡°Report of
basicharmonyisjazz.Thisisnotfusionbut
October25to30.
Hyeong-ju,ahighschoolstudentremarked.
The Korean People¡± of KBS 1TV) on
modern jazz. We were influenced by main
The movies were divided into four
¡°The film expressed just how I feel these
August 4, jazz manias as well as non-jazz
stream.
categories, ¡°New Korean Independent
days.IwillalsohavetoprepareforSuneung
fansarepayingattentiontoheractivities.In
R: Jazz is not a popular genre here in
Documentaries,¡± ¡°This Year¡¯s Focus,¡±
soon.¡±
1994, she made her debut with a rock
Korea as it is in France. What are the
¡°Retrospective : Robert Kramer,¡± with two
SIDOFalsoheldaforumwiththesubject
musical¡°Line1¡±andshestudiedjazzvocal
needstopopularizejazz?
films as Opening and Closing films. In this
¡°Independent Documentaries and Public
in CIM in France, the first jazz school in
N: Jazz is not a popular genre in France
annual film festival, the current stream of
BroadcastingSeenthroughP.O.Vcases¡±on
Europe. After graduation, she taught there
too.Swingjazzwaspossiblehadachanceto
documentary films and videos are put on
October 29, and the second forum with the
for one year. She now gives lectures at
be popularized because it was the popular
screen, and promising documentarians from
title ¡°Independent Documentary, A half
Dongduk Women¡¯s University and Suwon
music at the time. As time passed music
allovertheworldareintroduced.
choice?OneofTwoSuggestionsonKorean.
Women¡¯s College. Her activities, such as
became various, and rock and pop music
On October 26, ¡°D-?¡± by the youngest
Independent documentary, Feminism and
performing in clubs and festivals in France,
becameextremelypopular.Europeansenjoy
director of the festival, Yoo So-ra, was
Digital¡± was held on October 27 at the
and winning prizes at various jazz contests
andlovevariouscultures,andjazzisoneof
shown. The film was made in a form of a
MediactAuditoriuminSeoulArtCinema.
areenoughforustobeproudofher.
them. Even though there is easy jazz music
videodiary,withthecameratrackingthelast
likewhatNorahJonesdoes,itcannotbesaid
50 days of the director and her classmates
ByLeeHyae-myung/TheArgus
Reporter: Your career is quite special.
strong,thusthereisnoneedtoworryabout
broadcastedaremostlytheoneswithKorean
that jazz itself is popular. However,
You made your debut with ¡°Line 1.¡±
living. In Korea, however, most students
lyric. Also they said that Korean lyrics are
popularization in Korea is impossible but
Whatmadeyouperformin¡°Line1?¡±
havetoconsiderotherjobforliving,sothey
nicetolistento.
development is around the corner, because
Festivalofdynamicrhythm
Nah Youn-sun: Although my parents
can¡¯t concentrate upon music. That brings
R: you put in lyrics for ¡°The moon¡¯s
more and more people are enjoying and
have careers in music, I did not think that
that lectures cannot be professional, only
harsh mistress¡± by Pat Methney and
lovingjazz,andalsotryingtostudyit.
musicisjustahobbyandIwouldnotdoit.
basicsaretaughtintheschools.
¡°Rainyday¡±byKimKwang-min.¡°Rainy
R:GiveapieceofwordstoHUFSans.
¡°
I
t was totally fun. Especially, the last
countries Japan, and Korea teams drew
After graduating university, I got a job in a
R: Can you tell us about performing
day¡± is written in French. How did you
N: I feel familiar to HUFS; I have many
one,Nanta,wasthemostinteresting.
enthusiastic applause. The Japanese team
company. But I felt it wasn¡¯t my way, and
cultureinFrance?
gettodothiswork?
friends there. Moreover, a professor in
I could see ¡®how to cook¡¯ in Korea.¡±
¡°SonReinas¡± was a female salsa band that
then one of my friends advised me to sing
N: The French government drills their
N: They are very good songs originally
HUFS helped me choose a song for a
Raphael, from Europe, said laughing. The
performed authentic Latin music. They also
andtotryfortheauditionof¡°Line1.¡±SoI
nationality to appreciate the eyes of people
and I have always loved them. I asked if I
chanson contest. Before I returned from
5th annual Seoul Drum Festival was
taughttheaudiencehowtodancesalsa.The
gave it a try and I got the part as the first
goingtoperformances.Theyalsoinvestalot
could write the lyrics to my French friend
France,IworriedifIcoulddowell.Iwantto
presentedonOctober9to11.Thethemesof
dazzling vocal of Japan got a storm of
Seonnyeo, a young ethnic Korean woman
onculturalperformances.
without any prejudice. The reason that
say thanks to the fans loving me. Just do
the festival were sound harmonized with
applause.AndKoreateam¡°Nata¡±performed
fromYenbian.
R: Most jazz vocalists usually sing
people like them is its familiarity, many
what you want. Travel a lot and make old
light, and the sound of harmony created
how to cook with 4 cook utensils such as
R:WereyouinterestedinJazzfromthe
standard numbers, but we find many
peoplesaiditiscomfortabletolistento.
friendssuchasprofessors,seniorsandsoon.
through human rhythm. The festival, that
pots,frypan,dishes,andknives.Performers
start?
creative works in your album. Do you
R: Tell about Cho U, the last song in
Lastly,listentovariousgenreofmusicfrom
showsestheticsinpercussion,actuallybegan
recklessly stroke cabbages, carrots, and
N: I thought learning Jazz is necessary
haveanyreasontomakeyourownsongs?
your¡°Reflet¡±album.
various countries. It will widen you
withthestreetperformanceatJeongdong-gil,
pumpkins to cook. The Samulnori rhythm
becauseJazzistheverybasicofmodernpop
N: We agreed to have our own color.
N:Itwasaverypopularandfamoussong
perspectiveviewofmusic.
Sejong Center for the Performing Arts and
was dominant overall and to express its
we listen today. My major was French
Usually,eachmemberwritesasongandfirst
which was sung by Patty Kim. Actually, I
Gyeonghuigung Palace. The performance
typical primitive explosion, strength and
LiteratureandIlovedChanson,soIdecided
tries them out. Of course, we do standard
intended to sing ¡°Moonriver¡± sung by
Before the interview, the reporter felt
hasaparadewiththeLionDanceofTaiwan,
speed was emphasized. Although the
to go to France to study. In CIM, I studied
numberstoo,butthatisnotthemainweuse
Audrey Hepburn in movie ¡°Breakfast at
charisma coming out from her live concert
traditional percussion performances such as
performance was constructed by only
Jazz. It was very amusing and something I
inourperformances.
Tiffany¡¯s.¡±Somebodysaiditisverysimilar
withsaxophonist,LeeJeong-sik.Incontrast,
Samulnori; 4 percussion instrument¡¯s
rhythm,anybodycouldeasilyenjoytheplot
coulddowithdelight.
R: ¡°Light for the people¡± was released
to Cho U. I sang Cho U as a just trial, and
she showed modest attitude by praising
ensemble,andsoon.Laserperformanceand
anddrama.
R: You taught students in CIM in
in France. There are songs performed in
otherssaidithasthemoodofEasternEurope
another people and lowering herself. Nah
fireworks were displayed as an opening
¡°Ihadagreattime.EveryyearIenjoythis
France,andnowyougivelecturesonJazz
Korean. Didn¡¯t the French people feel it
andtheylikeditbecauseitissentimentaland
Youn-sun Quintet will hold a concert on
ceremony. Participants included not only
festival to make precious memory with my
Vocal in Korea. Please tell us the
heterogeneous?
itsmelodyissimple.
DecemberinKorea.Let¡¯skeepoureyeson
Korean instrumental teams, but also
children.KimJi-eun,ahousewife,said.¡°The
difference in students between these two
N: Never. The French are very open in
R: Do you have interest in old Korean
heractiveactivitiesinbothcountries.
renowned teams from Japan, Taiwan,
Japan team was the most interesting.¡± Her
countries.
acceptingnewthings.Theyareinterestedin
poptoo?
Senegal,Ireland,andU.S.Diverseprograms,
children added with happy looks. Valdecir,
N: Frankly speaking, difference is the
new and strange things. I thought songs
N:Koreanpop¡¯smelodyisverysimple,so
whicharecharacterizedbyartisticvalueand
Brazilian, expressed. ¡°It was great.
understanding ability of the students. In
written in Korean wouldn¡¯t be suitable, but
justputtingclothesonthemispossible.After
popularity, and traditionalism and
Everythingwasverynice.Ienjoyedit.¡±
France,jazziswelldeveloped,becausethey
theothermemberspersuadedmeenoughto
studyingmore,Iwanttotryagain.
ByJoHyun-mi
modernism, were performed during this
accepted the music in the early days. The
write a song in Korean. The response was
R: Many people think that although
ReporterofCultureSection
internationalfestival.Amongtheparticipant
ByShimHye-jin/TheArgus
support on culture by the government is
really surprising. Now songs that are
youdojazzofmainstream,yousingjazz

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