Dance-musical Sachoom

 

Sachoom is a festival! ‘Sachoom’ wakes up the suppressed cells. You just have to feel what your body tells you. Stylish scenes are created with powerful dance by talented performers. ‘Sachoom’ denies the audience’s aristocratism. Instead, it encourages audiences to participate in the show with hearty cheers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Points

 

★ One of the most famous and popular performances from South Korea, Sachoom has been chosen as the most popular performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008.

 

★ Sachoom was invited to perform in the Shanghai Expo, the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Guangzhou Asian Games and other such international Mega-events.

 

★ The electrifying dancing of Sachoom never fails to thrill the audience. It is a new and stimulating style of the performance that is much more than a simple musical drama.

 

★ Sachoom is a representative of the ‘Korean Wave’ that is sweeping the world. Whether in terms of choreography, music, costume, or stage design, every aspect reflects the latest trends at the forefront of the movement.

 

★ Sachoom is an interactive experience, allowing the audience to immerse themselves more completely in the experience of the performance. On and off stage melt into a single entity.

 

★ The story being told is succinct but completely absorbing. Regardless of nationality or era, it is a universal story that will move everyone.

 

 

 

Dance is freedom. Dance is a language. Dance is an interaction.

 

The only language that transcends time,
space and nationality… Dance!

 

Dance-musical Sachoom is a wordless performance that uses the universal language of movement to tell a simple story. The usual barriers between audience and performer collapse as audience members become more and more drawn in to the story and the overall experience. Standing ovations are the norm.

 

The “Sachoom Theater” was opened in May of 2008. From its premiere in 2004, Sachoom has performed more than 3,000 times both at home and abroad. As on the most popular representative show of South Korea, Sachoom has successfully performed in the UK, Japan, Germany, Russia, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Vietnam and so on.

 

From its premier performance in Europe at the Fringe Festival, Sachoom received 5 star reviews. The Herald and other major press outlets from Edinburgh focused on Sachoom as one of the most successful shows of 2008. (‘Sachoom’ sold-out 4 shows in 480 seats in the Musical Theatre @ George Square).

 

Sachoom joined in the major international mega-events in 2010
In February, Sachoom performed in Vancouver, Canada as part of the celebration for the 2010 Winter Olympics. From May to September 2010, Sachoom performed at the Shanghai World Expo as the representative performance of South Korea. In November of 2010, Sachoom was invited to be the sole representative performance from South Korea at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

 

Sachoom is a festival!
Sachoom is completely invigorating. Stylish scenes create the backdrop for powerful choreography coming to life through talented performers.
Sachoom overpowers the audience’s inhibitions. Audiences are encouraged to participate in the show with hearty cheers.
Now, Sachoom is going to the world.

 

 

 

 

Synopsis

 

The story is about 3 friends coming-of-age: Jun, Sun and Bin. You will have a look in different stages of their life. Audience might be able to relate themselves to some of the scenes and due to a focus on interaction feel free to react. The language that the performers use is the universal language, dance.

 

<Life in the body>
Witty physical expressions of birth combined with brilliant visual images.

 

<Lantern Dance>
Precise timing creates a flying lantern experience.

 

<Sensuality and Temptation>
Puts the audience into breathless intensity.

<HERO>
Makes the audience identify with the heroic characters with themselves,
swinging arms in the air.

 

<Contest>
Talent and technique is shown in the highlight of the show.

 

<Let’s dance>
After the conflict is solved, the vibrant music and dancing makes the audience stand up
and jive to the music.

 

 

 

 

Recent & the future

 

 

2012
May ~ August	Shows in Yeosu World Expo 2012
2011
December October July ~ September June March	Shows in Bangkok, Thailand Shows in Vietnam and Indonesia China tour Shows for BITE in Beijing, China Shows for ITB in Berlin, Germany
2010
November October September May ~ September July April February	Shows in Guangzhou, China Shows for ITF in Taipei, Taiwan Shows for JATA in Tokyo, Japan. Shows in Shanghai World Expo, China. JPremiere Shows at Esplanade Theatre in Singapore. Shows in Hong Kong. Performed showcases as a guest for NATAS in Singapore Shows for Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in Canada.
2009
December November October September August June Jan ~ May	Performing encore shows at ‘Seoul land’ park Performed showcases as a guest for CITM(Kunming, China) Shows in Moscow Russia Performed showcases as a guest for MATTA in Malaysia Shows in Hochiminh city Vietnam. Shows in Hanoi Vietnam. Korea National Tour in 14 cities.
2008
November	Received the ‘Korea in Motion’s Best Show Award’
October	Find and open AEF2008(Again Edinburgh Fringe 2008) Invited from ‘Korea in motion2008’ as a opening show.
July ~ August	Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland, UK (Invited a showcase in Fringe opening party, 4shows sell out)
May	Open the exclusive Sa-choom theatre
January ~ March	Korea National tour in 10 cities.
2007
August ~ December July May January ~ July	National tour through 9 cities Invited from 28th AITA/IATA as an opening show. Invited from ‘Broad TV’ in Tokyo Japan. National tour through 22 cities.
2004
October	Premiere

 

 

 

Press Reviews

 

Press reviews in Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008
In Musical Theatre @ George Square 2008 (480seats) Sell out show.

 

‘the wow factor is undeniable’
Sa-choom is a whirling, frenetic twirling show of kinetic energy, and even for those who are not big fan of dance or physical theatre, the wow factor is undeniable.
-The Herald-

 

It’s an amazing show which is almost addictive!
It is one amazing show which is almost addictive in its vibrancy making you want to get up and dance or just celebrate in some way.
-One4review-

 

This is heart stopping and exhilarating slice of the Orient.
These Koreans really know how to entertain. It’s so stylized at times it feels like Manga drew the Shaolin Monks and sent them Break-dancing with the Powerfuff Girls.
This is heart stopping and exhilarating slice of the Orient.
-Three weeks-

 

It is all about feeling good!
Big beats mix with big smiles in a rolling collision of break-dancing, martial arts, techno, hip hop and glossy pop. It’s all about feeling good, and with the verve and enthusiasm emitted from this Korea-based troupe it’s difficult to resist the order.

-The List-

 

This is a show that never gets monotonous.
Mixing martial-arts style break-dancing with the odd pop-routine,
this is a show that never gets monotonous.
-Fest-

 

 

 

 

Sachoom Theatre in Seoul

Sachoom is performing shows in Sachoom Theatre everyday.
And Lots of travel agencies got Sachoom in their travel packages.
Visit www.sachoom.com for more details.

 

Show information:

Sachoom Theatre: Nagwon building 4th, Insa-dong, Seoul Korea.
Monday ~ Friday: 8:00 PM
Saturday: 4:00PM, 7:30PM
Sunday: 4:00PM

 

 

 

By subway
line 1, line 3 and line 5 Jongno3-ga station exit 5
line 3 An-guk station exit 4
line 1 Jongak station exit 3

 

 

Contact information

 

William Wang
王海笑
Overseas Marketing Manager
Mobile: +82-10-2629-0331
haixiao331@naver.com

 

Hye Jin Kim
김혜진
Producer / General Manager
Mobile: +82-10-8768-4203

sshj2030@hanmail.net

 

DOBECOM
Phone: +82-2-3676-7616~7
FAX:+82-2-6008-7105

110-707
502 Nagwon Building
284-6 Nagwon-Dong, Jongno-Gu,
Seoul, Republic of Korea (South)

 

http://www.sachoom.com