Korean Cultural Center in Egypt launches K-pop Academy 2022

 

CAIRO - 29 August 2022: The Korean Cultural Center in Egypt successfully launched the 2022 K-POP Academy event at Ballet Institute affiliated to Egypt’s Academy of Arts.

 

 

An educational course introducing K-POP dancing skills, the 2022 K-POP Academy will run till September 18. 

 

 

 

This year's K-POP Academy event is more meaningful as it supports the establishment of a self-sustaining K-POP community in Egypt in line with the cultural and artistic trends that have changed due to the COVID-19.

 

Usually in K-POP Academy instructors used to be dispatched from Korea, but due the cultural and artistic environment changed by COVID-19, the winners of the K-POP WORLD FESTIVAL held by the Cultural Center last May, will serve as instructors.

 

 

 

 

People with passion and stage experience of K-POP will become instructors while sharing their accumulated know-how during the academy’s classes. 

 

 

 

 

A total of 12 instructors will teach songs from famous K-POP idol groups such as Stray kids and BTS.

 

 

 

 

60 students have been selected out of 320 people applied for the event, showing participants’ high enthusiasm.

 

 

 

 

The 60 selected students will learn a dancing skill over the next 3 weeks. 

 

 

 

Oh Sung-ho, director of the Cultural Center, expressed his happiness by organizing the event, noting that it is expected to contribute to the strengthening of the of K-pop community.

 

 

 

 The director of the Center noted that he plans to invite many experts in all cultural fields to deepen and strengthen cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Egypt and South Korea.