Korea Open Stage

Korea and Korean culture are right up your street?
Would you like to share your skills and interest in Korea with others?
Then show your passion for Korea on stage!

At our "Korea Open Stage" event on April 12 from 6.30 pm, you will have the opportunity to present yourself and your talent or your personal connection to Korea.

• Do you dance and sing to K-pop in your spare time or play Korean songs on an instrument?
• Have you always wanted to recite your poem(s) about Korea or simply talk about your passion for Korea?
• Do you draw fan art or manwha, paint pictures inspired by Korea or want to show your photographs of Korea?
• Are you fascinated by pansori, gayageum and the like and would like to perform a short piece?
• Your magic tricks are all about Korea and no one looks as stylish in hanbok as you do?

No matter what interests you about Korea, how you deal with the country and what you want to present - we offer you a stage^!

Who can take part?

• People of all ages and nationalities with a keen interest in Korea
• We are looking for amateurs who want to present their contribution to Korea on stage. No professionals!

What can you present?

• You are free to choose what you want to present - the main thing is that it is about Korea. The more original, the better!
• Your presentation can be in German or Korean (for Korean presentations, please provide a brief explanation of the content in German)
• Length of the contribution: maximum 5 minutes

How can you take part?

Send your application by February 29 as a zip file (text as PDF, images as JPEG/JPG and videos as MP4/MOV, together max. 1 MB) to mail@kulturkorea.org with the subject "Korea Open Stage - Contribution".

The application should contain the following:

• Full name
• age
• Contact details
• A short description (max. 150 words) of personal background and motivation for participation
• A short description (maximum 150 words) of the entry

Depending on the type of contribution, please attach the following illustrative material:

• Your own speech contribution:
  A video of your poetry presentation or speech contribution
• Dance, song and instrumental performance:
  A short video of your performance (please specify artist, title and length of the song)
• Your own art, drawings and photographs:
  Digital file with the works to be shown, including a brief description of the individual works
• Other:
  Text, image and/or video material to accompany or describe your entry in more detail
  

In the case of your own creations such as works of art, poems, essays, etc., please confirm informally in the registration form that it is your own work ("I hereby confirm that the works presented (speech, poem, photographs, works of art) are my intellectual property and that my contribution does not contain any third-party intellectual property.")

*An internal jury will make a selection ^fromall submissions based on various criteria such as originality, feasibility, etc.

The selected entries will be announced by e-mail on March 6.

Those who are accepted will take part in the stage event on April 12.

As a thank you, all participants will receive a surprise as a gift.

But you can also take part in the event and watch the various performances without making your own contribution (register at mail@kulturkorea.org - subject: "Korea Open Stage - Audience" from March 6).