Last night I went out with my PEACE buddy and our "group" (Insung, William, Jenn, and Kasey) and we went to NoreBang (the very popular Korean version of Karaoke). You can find a Norebang place ANYWHERE in Seoul. It is one of the most common activities. What you do is you go in and you get a room and it has a TV and a HUGE book full of songs to choose from, Korean or American. We reserved an hour and went to a room that had the front outside view from this HUGE mirror. The busy Seoul street outside could see our every move. The room even had an upstairs. NoreBang was sooo much fun! We sang many songs and even danced a little. My friend and I are really into Korean music, so we knew many of the songs that were played. Though our Korean was not that great, we still managed to earn a score in the 90s. (Yes, it rates how well you do).
Today was our first field trip with the International group and it was a show called, "Ballerina Who Falls in Love with a B-Boy." A "B-Boy" is a breakdancer. They are very popular in Korea and are still gaining more and more attention everyday. Everyone on campus was excited about the show because I think most of us hadn't really seen a "real" B-Boy show. (There are sometimes shows on the streets). We all took the subway to HongDae and excitedly piled into the theatre. The theatre was small, but comfortable, which made the show seem more personal. The show was absolutely AMAZING. Everyone was into it and it was so much fun. There were even B-Girls! I loved watching the main B-Girl show off her moves.
The storyline was about a ballerina has no interest in breakdancing until she sees a local crew dancing near her dance studio. The breakdancing crew absolutely despises and makes fun of the whole idea of ballet and tries to show her what "real" dancing is about. In the end, the ballerina decides she doesn't want to be a ballerina anymore and falls in love with a B-Boy who is, along with his crew, impressed by her natural breakdancing skills. The dancing was amazing, there was almost no talking in the entire show, which made everything very animated and lively. The acting was great and everything was easy to follow. THere were sort of scary parts, but it was really cool to see a show that you normally would never see in the States. If they had shows like this in America, I think they would be big hits. After the show, the Ewha students got to meet/take pictures with the Cast. It was an amazing experience and my friend, Kasey, and I are talking about going to the show again. I hope that if some of you readers get the opportunity to go to Korea, you are able to try to see a "B-Boy" show. You won't regret it.
That's really all for now. Please see below for some pictures from the show and if you'd like to see some of the MANY videos I took, please go to youtube and type in my username in the search box: yoojin15 . The first video is one of mine, but if you look to the right, you'll see my username in a link. Click that and it will take you to my page and the videos from the show tonight will be there.
Again, if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email me!
Allie
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We want pics! And video of you singing karaoke!!!
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