By Jhoo Dong-chan
Cheonan World Dance Competition 2024 is ready to kick off tomorrow.
The five-day occasion is the South Chungcheong provincial metropolis’s largest annual festivity, marking its twentieth anniversary this yr.
In line with the Cheonan Basis for Arts and Tradition, Monday, about 4,000 dancers and performers from 54 international locations are anticipated to showcase a various array of their dance traditions and types for this yr’s occasion.
Beginning with Cheonan Metropolis Arts Firm’s welcome present, pop stars, together with Kwon Eun-bi and Track Ga-in, will carry out for the opening ceremony at Cheonan Stadium on the primary day.
The gala of the Korea Intentional Modern Dance Competitors opens the second day, adopted by the competition’s spotlight, the World Dance Contest, Worldwide Road Dance Championship and a three-on-three tryout for the Korean nationwide dance crew.
The Road Dance Parade will happen on the Shinbu-dong space on Sept. 27, with a complete of 1,900 performers from 47 international and native efficiency teams from the World Dance Contest in addition to an alliance of hip-hop and road dance rivals, including a festive environment to the native streets.
The occasion can even function a platform for fostering worldwide cooperation by way of convening the Federation of Worldwide Dance Festivals’ govt committee and congress, with goals to reinforce cultural understanding and construct relationships inside the world dance neighborhood.
Cheonan Stadium will host numerous dance-related actions for youngsters, a eating zone with 10 meals vehicles and snack cubicles and a free shuttle service working on three routes to supply simpler entry to the competition grounds.
Cheonan Mayor Park Sang-don expressed his pleasure concerning the upcoming competition.
“This yr’s competition is the biggest to this point. It is a chance to boast Cheonan’s wealthy cultural heritage. We must always do our utmost in preparation,” Park mentioned.
In line with town, a complete of 870,000 guests and performing artists joined final yr’s competition, leading to about 43.3 billion received in direct and oblique income for the area people. It was additionally listed within the nation’s 25 greatest native festivals by the Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism in 2009 and for 3 consecutive years from 2011.