Pas De Quatre Ballet Converted Into Interesting Modern Dance.

From: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) | Date: June 30, 1999 | Copyright information

Nam Jung-ho, 47, professor at the Korean National University of Arts' school of dance, staged a modern dance June 24-25 as a part of the National Theater of Korea's monthly ``Ballet with Commentary'' performances, despite the fact that the stage has been used exclusively for classical ballet since the National Ballet Company of Korea started the popular series in 1997.

Nam's choreography re-adapts Jules Perrot's ``Pas de Quatre'' into a modern dance she calls the ``'99 Parody Pas de Quatre.''

Perrot starred four world renowned ballerinas in his ambitious ...

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