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May 18, 2026

Seoul Choir + Ballet Company Blend Music & Dance for Carmina Burana

The Seoul Metropolitan Chorus is pairing with Yun Byul Ballet Company to perform Carl Orff's classic "Carmina Burana" on May 21 at Sejong Center. This marks the chorus's second major dance collaboration—15 years ago they worked with b-boys, but now they're backing a rising contemporary ballet troupe. The artistic director says adding dance actually fulfills Orff's original vision for the secular cantata.
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If you're into Seoul's performing arts scene, this shows how Korean culture is constantly reinventing classics with fresh local talent worth catching live.
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