By Sophia Whang
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
Finally, music and dancing is allowed in museums.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will celebrate the Korean
culture on Thursday night with a musical event titled “Music
at Court.”
The program also features traditional Korean dancing.
Sponsored by the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles, the
program commemorates the second anniversary of the opening of
LACMA’s Korean art galleries and is inspired by an important
screen painting in the museum’s permanent collection that has
never been publicly displayed until now.
The rare screen, “Royal Celebrations at the Kyongbok
Palace” (1868), depicts a series of events honoring the
Regent, Taewon-gun (1820-1898).
“Music at Court” will also feature the Korean
Classical Music Institute of America.
They will be playing classical music, more specifically
traditional Korean court music of the elite, and selections derived
from court celebrations similar to those painted on the screen.
The program also features traditional Korean dancing performed
by Jung-bu University’s Pai Ju Ok Dance Group from Korea, and
an introduction and brief lecture by Burglind Jungmann, adjunct
associate curator of Korean art at LACMA and assistant professor of
Korean art history at UCLA.
The performances will be held at the Leo S. Bing Theater at
LACMA and the admission is free. Since seating is limited, tickets
must still be reserved for the show.
CULTURAL EVENT: “Music at Court”
will be held on Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets may be picked up at the
museum box office on the day of the event. LACMA is located on 5905
Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.