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The Blood Vessels of Cheongju’s Culture Pacemakers of Regional Art Korean top-performing dancers

Founded in August 1995, Cheongju City Dance Company has opened a new horizon in the Korean dance industry with the harmony of dance and ambitious choreography made up of elegant dance choreography and became a Korean and world-class dance group.

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  • Korean and folksy of materials, and is now a top-class domestic dance company that expresses the lives of the people it walks beside.
  • The dance company has many accomplishments under its belt through domestic and overseas performances. In 2005, its 「Dance. Jikji」 was selected as an outstanding work at the Korean Cultural & Arts Centers Association Art Market. In 2006, it was selected as the ‘Asia Concert Tour Korean Arts Troupe’ for the Korea Foundation, an organization affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for its 「Elegance & Passion」. In 2014, it was chosen as a guest performance group for the “Eastern Sun” supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Portuguese theater Casa da Musica. In 2015, it was selected for the “50th Anniversary of Normalization of Korea-Japan Diplomatic Relations Celebration Concert” as an overseas culture and art performance group. Such successes have led to the dance company being acknowledged as a representative leader of the Korean dance community.
  • From the first choreographer Yun Seung-hui to the 2nd Park Jae-hui, 3rd Park Si-jong, 4th Kim Pyeong-ho, and finally the 5th art director and permanent choreographer Park Si-jong, all choreographers have aided the members of the dance company in honing their talents and secured excellent members, establishing the foundations to transform the dance company into a top-class domestic one. Each choreographer has helped the dance company to set up a vast world of arts through new projects and performances.
  • The harmony of the unique dances of the Cheongju City Dance Company is made possible with the company’s first class choreographer and members who possess unparalleled skills, and the dance company acts as the blood vessel for regional culture with its refined dancing steps and vast repertoire. It is this harmony that drives the growth of the dance company into the pride of Cheongju, the home of culture and art.
  • The Cheongju City Dance Company has constantly been at the forefront in raising the quality of Chungcheongbuk-do’s art, and is sparing no effort in actively awakening the cultural awareness of the people by providing them with more chances to relax through regular concerts, themed and planned performances, visiting concerts, overseas performances, citizens’ culture classes, and more.
  • The Cheongju City Dance Company will continue to stand tall to support regional art communities and take root as 『A Dance Company Connected to the People』, 『Promotional Delegation of Regional Culture』, and 『The Most Korean and Most Global Dance Company』 in its capacity as the representative cultural delegation of Korea as part of its goal to possess variations of multiple dances as well as global competitiveness.