Tether 인연 review – romantic ceilidh skips from Scotland to South Korea
Summerhall, EdinburghLove stories ring across the generations in this charming fusion of traditional dance and music from two culturesConnections are found in surprising places. You can get from Scotland to...
By Mark Fisher · The Guardian Culture
Summerhall, Edinburgh Love stories ring across the generations in this charming fusion of traditional dance and music from two cultures Connections are found in surprising places. You can get from Scotland to South Korea, for example, via the pentatonic scale. The same five-note structure lies behind Arirang, the ancient Korean folk song, and Celtic airs such as Auld Lang Syne. In an international collaboration that grew out of a chance meeting during a previous Edinburgh fringe, Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse of Scotland’s Wonder Fools and Yoon Junghwan of South Korea’s Theatre San find more points of contact between the two countries. Continue reading...