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  • Korean performing arts
    / Chosŏn and modern periods

    Gu gug (literally “old plays”) became popular about the middle of the 19th century. They were dramatic songs, danced to gestures and simple group movements. Troupes played throughout the countryside and in the National Theatre, built in Seoul by the government in 1902. Until the…

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    Gu gug (literally “old plays”) became popular about the middle of the 19th century. They were dramatic songs, danced to gestures and simple group movements. Troupes played throughout the countryside and in the National Theatre, built in Seoul by the government in 1902. Until the…

    Read More