Gangneung Tourism
Brand Performance

Gangneung International
Performance Festival

The best domestic and international performing arts are coming to Gangneung, a cultural city embracing the East Sea.
A feast of performing arts will be held at Gangneung Arts Center and the Lawn Plaza for 8 days,

The 2025 Gangneung International Performing Arts Festival!

Crossing borders and transcending genres,
we come to understand one another through music, language, and movement.
Art, where diversity coexists, gently seeps into our lives, coloring everyday moments with something extraordinary.

Centered around the Gangneung Tourism Brand Performance that served as a priming water,
not only excellent domestic performances,
but also stages that capture Gangneung’s traditions and future,
a new concept performance combined with cutting-edge technology,
non-verbal acts that break down language barriers with wit and humor,
and acclaimed works from around the world!
We invite you to a festival filled with the waves of art.

At this moment,
Gangneung is a theater.

- Period
- 2025. 09. 06. ~ 09. 13.
- Venue
- Gangneung Arts Center & Lawn Plaza
- Program
- Gangneung Tourism Brand Performances [Architect of the Shore]& 2 other works
  International Guest Performances [André and Dorine]& 8 other works
  Domestic Guest Performances [Jeongdongjin]& 5 other works
  Domestic Open Call Performances 18 works
  Various Sub & Experience Programs
  
  Gangneung Tourism Brand Performances [Architect of the Shore]& 2 other works
  International Guest Performances [André and Dorine]& 8 other works
  Domestic Guest Performances [Jeongdongjin]& 5 other works
  Domestic Open Call Performances 18 works
  Various Sub & Experience Programs

Gangneung Tourism
Brand Performance
Gangneung International
Performance Festival

Architect of the Shore

2025.9.6.(Sat) ~ 9.7.(Sun) Saimdang Hall, Gangneung Arts Center

Opera-Theatre

Architect of the Shore is a signature production commissioned as part of the Gangneung Tourism Branding Project
—an initiative to promote cultural tourism by cultivating the city’s unique artistic identity.
Written and directed by Artistic Director JuA Lee, the work seamlessly merges operatic and
theatrical elements to deliver a deeply imaginative and intellectually resonant experience.
At its core is a powerful ensemble of distinguished Korean opera singers, actors, traditional musicians, and dancers.
Under the musical direction and baton of composer-conductor Sukjin Chang, more than 90 performers
—including members of the Gangneung Symphony Orchestra and Gangneung Chorus—join forces on stage.
By boldly reinterpreting local narratives through an original artistic lens,
this production not only enhances Gangneung’s cultural presence but also redefines
its role in the national performing arts scene as a landmark regional brand performance.

RE-MATCH

2025.9.6.(Sat) ~ 9.7.(Sun) Small Theater, Gangneung Arts Center

Musical

A creative musical that combines Nongak,
hip-hop, and 60s acoustic guitar music based on the Korean traditional
seasonal customs of Sacheon Village in Gangneung and Sacheon Haepyeong Dapgyo Play,
designated as Gangwon State Intangible Heritage No. 10.

Roasting Dreams

2025.9.12.(Fri) ~ 9.13.(Sat) Saimdang Hall, Gangneung Arts Center

Media Performance

A nonverbal performance for all to enjoy.
Future-oriented media performance that showcases Gangneung’s ‘Coffee Culture’
with the latest performance technologies such as XR,
digital twins, immersive projection mapping, holograms, etc.

Andre and Dorine

2025.9.12.(Fri) ~ 9.13.(Sat) Small Theater, Gangneung Arts Center

Masked Theatre, Non-verbal

André and Dorine is a poignant illustration of enduring love and
a celebration of theatre’s ability to capture the most intimate of bonds.
A show without borders which has been performed in over 30 countries worldwide.
Through movement and masks, this deeply emotional and non-verbal work follows a pair
of elderly artists as a disease forces them to relive and reinvent their love.
‘It’s hard to imagine a more tender and captivating work,’ raves LA Weekly.
‘One of those magical evenings in the theatre that shall live with me forever,’ says Stage and Cinema.
Kulunka Teatro has created a piece of thoroughly contemporary and
committed mask theatre that transcends language barriers.
With no words, uplifting and thought provoking, it explores important themes with warmth and humour.
André and Dorine has toured extensively in Spain, South America, United States,
China and Europe, visiting over 30 countries in 13 years.