SAC on Screen: watch the finest performing arts at home

SAC on Screen is a performing arts screening production organised by the Seoul Arts Center, enabling the audience to enjoy outstanding cultural arts content free of charge in the comfort of your home.

The Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) proudly presents a selection of top-quality Korean performing arts for Australian audiences to be live streamed for free on 12 and 19 May.

DITTO PARADISO, a 10th-year gala concert of the renowned chamber group Ensemble DITTO will be live-streamed on 12 May. Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmJdmDY_Rbk

Program:

• W.A.Mozart - Divertimento in D major K.136

• J.S.Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048

• J.S.Bach - Concerto for 4 Pianos in a minor, BWV 1065

• Schubert - Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 'Trout'

Ensemble DITTO: violist Richard Yongjae O'Neill / pianist Lim Dong-hyek / pianist Steven Lin / double bassist Sung Mije / cellist Mun Tae Guk

Shim Chung, a story ballet based on the Korean folktale portraying the theme of "Hyodo" or filial daughterly devotion where the daughter, Shim Chung, sacrifices herself in the hope of restoring her blind father's sight.

The production was created in 1986 as part of the repertoire of Universal Ballet's World Tour, a groundbreaking global creation presenting an authentic story drawn from the Korean folktale in classical ballet form and technique. The Costumes are adapted from traditional Korean clothing, Hanbok, to accommodate ballet movements.

To be live-streamed on 19 May. Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UPrbYATTk

• Act I, scene I - A fishing village

• Act I, scene II - The deck of a ship

• Act II - Under the Sea

• Act III - Korean King's palace

Shim Chung, a modern day classical masterpiece has been staged over 200 times in and out of Korea.