time now for our life an info segment where we focus on information we do hope
will be useful for your everyday life it is Thursday so we are going to focus on
culture and the arts here in South Korea to walk us through some of the events
worth checking out I'm happy to say we have our Eamonn ceannt joining us in the
studio so hello min-sun and what do you have for us today hi mark before I start
I would like to ask you what do you usually do after work
well I start work very early so I finish early so I either pick my two kids up
from school I might go to the gym do some much-needed exercise I also
sometimes go and get some acupuncture to relax myself but in regards to evening
activities I'm generally pretty quiet just go to bed early what about you for
me if I get off work early I sometimes go and catch a movie or taking a
performance but as everyone knows movies or performances can take at least a
couple of hours that means if you leave work at 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. and spend
about an hour having dinner it's easily 8 p.m. by the time the movie or
performance start that's true meaning that you might not get home
until 11 p.m. or even midnight especially these days sometimes the
movies less like over three hours sometimes exactly so it can be
exhausting yeah no matter how interesting the contents is so and of
course we have to go to work early the next day so I'm going to introduce some
shorter programs that only lasts an hour or so for those of us who want to enjoy
some culture but don't want to be wiped out at work the next day the Seoul Arts
Center in southern Seoul has an artist lounge program every last Wednesday of
the month this 70 minute classical music performance is a good option for those
who want some refreshment after a long day at the office it's mainly classical
music but it also includes more popular music pieces from musicals and tells
generous the performance starts at 8:00 p.m. and runs without an intermission
what makes this program even more accessible is the chip automation charge
it's 10,000 won per person less than nine US
dollars which is the same or less than a cinema ticket for many people the Seoul
Arts Center is not an easy place to visit
so we've shortened the performance time to about an hour and we present various
genres from classical jazz and Korean traditional music our audience members
were mostly housewives or people who live nearby when artists lounge was held
in the morning it was a difficult time for people with jobs now a lot more
office workers are coming to enjoy the performances without feeling too
pressured I often come to this heart center the performance that starts at
8:00 p.m. so there's a plenty of time for me to get here even after work we
both work and try to enjoy cultural events as often as we can having a
shorter performance time is great for office workers since we have to worry
about going to work the next day it ends fairly early and I can enjoy the
performance without getting bored seems like he was dragged along there by his
girlfriend and would have preferred to be watching a Spiderman in the cinema or
something but for people watching at home when is the next artists lounge
performance actually happening so the next performance is on Wednesday July
24th and it will be a piano quartet presenting familiar tunes like Romeo and
Juliet and Swan Lake and more performances are lined up through the
end of the year so if you can make in case if you can make that one you can
have more to catch up yeah so it's gonna be held once every month but considering
that it's only held on the final fright final Wednesday of the month
some people might not be able to make that so are there any other of these
short compact cultural performances we can enjoy here in Seoul sure a social
venue too long located in Kangnam also provides this one hour long music
program specifically designed for office workers in their 20s and 30s and they're
a soirée program which means evening party or gathering inference
which is titled a cup of music on the way home from work the concert starts at
8 p.m. on every third Thursday of the month a nice touch is that if you arrive
early you can enjoy a free drink at the outdoor cafe the concert consists of
various music genres such as cinema music jazz bossa nova and electronic the
next performance is set for Thursday July 18th and it will present bossa nova
a music genre that combines Brazilian Samba and des well I must admit that
looks rather nice the cafe setting it would be nice in the summer as well
providing we don't have any monsoon rain might be worth checking out if that's
what you're interested in looking for and the admission is cheap and lots of
young people there perhaps you can meet people of similar interests and make
some new friends now in regards to we've spoken about musical kind of
performances so if you're not really interested in listening to music but
want to try something else out just to relax yourself at a long day at the
office what other kinds of cultural events are being held in Seoul
yes um there are contemporary dance performance coming up next week and in
August that are presented for about 60 minutes contemporary dance performance
swing will have its second show in August at Seoul Arts Center the rhythm
and energy of swing music is expressed through modern dance moves visitors can
enjoy seventeen swing jazz songs including some well known ones like in
the mood Mack the Knife and sing sing sing from July 19th to 21st the Korea
national contemporary dance company present Samsung a new piece by a Spanish
choreographer these dance performances are being presented for three days only
so make sure to mark your calendar if you don't want to miss it ok so July
19th to the 21st so that's coming up very very soon and it's only over a
limited period if you have been watching this and want
to check out any of those events you can google them or go into Naver might be a
better idea to check out exactly where and when all these performances will be
held as always min-sun it's always a pleasure to have you and thank you for
coming in and sharing the information yep thank you
well that was nice now we're going to take a look at some other cultural
events that are coming up right here in Korea