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Celebrating its 25th anniversary, 'Nanta', the originator of the Korean wave, is back on the Broadway stage in New York, the center of performances. 



Culture and arts reporter Soo-Hyeon Kim met Seung-Hwan Song, the artistic director of NANTA, who endured difficult times due to COVID-19 and took off again.



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Preparing for the wedding reception, the chefs banging on anything and the exciting rhythm of Nanta resonated with the Broadway New Victory Theater season opener.



This theater is also where Nanta first realized his dream of going to Broadway in 2003.



It became a great gift for Nanta, who went through a crisis with Corona and turned 25 without a fancy birthday party.



[Song Seung-hwan/Artistic Director of 'Nanta' (appeared on SBS podcast 'Curtain Call'): It was very difficult for everyone.

Just because I can't perform.

The cost is also theater rent, so I still have money to go out.

Anyway, we have to start again from now on, and it was a pleasant start that we were able to start it on Broadway in New York.]



Song Seung-hwan, the producer of Nanta, had foreign audiences in mind from the beginning and focused on a percussion performance without lines. Incorporating play rhythm.



Starting with Broadway in 2003, we performed all over the United States, and we are discussing a tour across the United States again this time.



[Song Seung-hwan/Nanta Art Director: (even in 2003) Is it a Japanese performance?

Is this a Chinese show?

I was asking this.

But this time, of course, I knew that Nanta was a Korean performance, and my interest in Korean culture was very high.]



The theater in Seoul, which was closed due to the corona, resumed performances last July, and plans for a theater in Hawaii that had been stranded are being promoted again. no see.



Nanta is now looking at the next 25 years beyond the past 25 years of knocking on the hearts of 15 million viewers in 59 countries.



[Song Seung-hwan / Nanta Artistic Director: When I was 5 or 6 years old, I held her mother's hand and watched this.

Nanta will be continuously performed in the future, and I would be grateful if many such young audiences would visit.]



(Video editing: Choi Eun-jin, VJ: Oh Se-gwan, video provided: PMC)