Chuncheon International Mime Festival

  Open call The Chuncheon International Mime Festival 2025 Thank you so much for the time and for your interest in us.  Open call for The 2025 festival has begun! How to Apply? For more information, please check our SNS. (@mimefestival) And if you have any further questions please let me know.

2024 Chuncheon International Mime Festival Guidance <General Guidance> ▶ Smoking is prohibited at the festival. : There will be a designated smoking area at ‘City of Fire; Dokkaebi Nanjang' So, please use these designated areas. ▶At all performances except the theatre performances you are allowed to bring your own food and drink. Guests who cause disturbance to other attendees due to excessive drinking may be asked to leave by event staff. ▶ There is no locker available at the festival site. Please be careful about all your belongings. The festival is not responsible for your loss of belongings due to personal negligence. ▶ Admissions - Free admission : ‘City of Water; Ah! Surajang’, ‘City of Spring’, ‘Festival Theater MIME Outdoor Performance’. - Ticket purchase needed: ‘City of Fire; Dokkaebi Nanjang’, ‘Daylight Dokkaebi Nanjang’, ‘Theater Performances’ ▶ In case of rain : Even in rain (excluding natural disasters), the festival will continue. However, some performance

2024 ARTIST/FIREWORK The ecstatic hospitality exchanged between warm-hearted individuals at 36.5 degrees. Our hospitality reaches and resonates with your emotions, colliding and bursting until it ignites into flames! the FIREWORK of The City of Fire; Dokkaebi Nanjang is a special performance unique to the Chuncheon International Mime Festival created in collaboration with various performance teams. Dance Ccompany TEUL Genre : Korean Dance 'Dance Company TEUL,' founded in 2017, aims to explore the essence of dance through various artistic experiments, focusing on the development of regional arts centered around Gangwon Province. Inspired by the primal movement of life, 'twitching,' 'Dance Company TEUL' seeks to build and transform our framework based on flexibility, creating a solid structure imbued with adaptability. Fire Album Genre : Fire Performance 'Fire Album' is a team that moves forward under the slogan ‘the brightest fire illuminating the world’.

 ARTIST/CHUNCHEON PUPPET FESTIVAL A meeting of twin festivals born in Chuncheon in 1989. Chuncheon International Mime Festival and Chuncheon Puppet Festival come together. Puppets are our friends and companions who realize our fantasies, understand our emotions, and empathize with us. Sometimes, we project ourselves onto puppets and find comfort in them. Meet the puppets permeating throughout the festival grounds. The troupe Maroohan The Troupe ‘Maroohan' meaning ’tall and big‘, began as a joyful and entertaining performance based on our traditional culture, as actors' talents in percussion and eloquence shone brighter when realizing old creative works. It has become the color of the theater troupe Maruhan. Alongside various performances such as puppetry, courtyard plays, and mime, we diligently continue our work to bring laughter to children and happiness to adults. Culture Art Bakery FFWANG 'Culture Art Bakery FFWANG' is an arts group where artists from various gen

ARTIST/WORKSHOP PROGRAM DODA Street <Step by Step> Genre : Street Dance Dance time with funky rhythms! 'Step by Step' is a program where anyone can easily learn basic steps to funky music with professional dancers. Participants can easily follow along, and a professional DJ provides music with appropriate tempos for the occasion. Blow Burla (Theater kidlet) <Four Different Places with Blow Burla> Genre : Clown Mime Let's party with the Dokkaebis of the Chuncheon Mime Festival! Red-nosed Dokkaebis crash the festival and throw a lively feast for the audience. 'Four Different Places with Blow Burla' is a program where artists teach various skills in mime, balloon art, circus, and magic directly to participants. Sonic energy <Recharge Station> Genre : Sound therapy A mystical and soothing sound to recharge life's energy. At the 'Recharge Station,' you can listen to relaxing music created by the powerful resonance of crystal singing bowls

ARTIST/PERFORMANCE (O ~ T) Oikado Ichiro <KAPPA> Genre : Fire Performance Kagura, a traditional Japanese performance celebrating encounters with diverse spirits! Best wishes to all of you! 'Kappa' is a popular Japanese yokai living near the water's edge. They always observe how people live and try to exchange energy and strength with us, but they can be a bit overwhelming. However, today is a festival, so they've come to share joy with the audience. This performance, consisting of traditional Japanese lion and mask dances, brings luck and drives away misfortune. ON&OFF Dance Company <Our Origin> Genre : Modern Dance Where do we come from, and where are we going? Living beings move in harmony with nature's cycles in the universe. 'Our Origin' symbolizes the fusion of humans into an ecosystem connected to the universe, aiming to portray the inter-connectedness and diversity between humans and nature. It delicately expresses the fundamental beau

ARTIST/PERFORMANCE (M) Magí Serra & Anamaria Klajnšček <COSSOC> Genre : Modern Dance A hypnotic choreography where two bodies achieve a harmonious balance. 'COSSOC' is a duet performance created by a Catalan and Slovenian dancer. Maintaining continuous balance, the two bodies present choreography that seems mesmerizingly unified. This captivating acrobatic performance offers comfort and stability to the audience. Marine BOY <Voyage> Genre : Pantomime 'The Voyage' of a Being Searching for Dreams. ‘The Voyage’ tells the story of a person embarking on a journey in a space that feels like a dream, riding a moving bed. As the bed, seemingly unreal yet grounded in reality, carries him through surreal landscapes, a clown begins to communicate with the world and people through gestures. MArt <MArt show> Genre : Clown Mime Why doesn't the clown say a word? A clown purchases items that are necessary for the performance from a supermarket prior to his sho

ARTIST/PERFORMANCE (D ~ K) DAMA’s <DAMA’s> Genre : Clown Mime Joyful Birthday Party with Two Comical Clowns! 'Happy Birthday' captures the preparations for an unexpected birthday party by two clowns in an immersive format where the audience participates. Using handbells that cannot be played perfectly alone, performers and audience members collaborate to create a magnificent performance. Damir Theatre <Damir’s Present> Genre : Clown Mime With Damir, the audience suddenly feels 'purity and fun.' When Damir's hand touches an empty street, it transforms into a restroom, a room, and a stage. Objects from everyday life turn into special props. This performance, where Damir gives laughter as a 'present' to people through magic and mime, is heart warming. Exteme Moon <Circus of Magic> Genre : Circus A hybrid performance combining elements of magic, circus, and juggling, showcasing various tricks reminiscent of childhood circus tents such as fire-t