Prince Hodong

The ballet Prince Hodong, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism as a part of the Nation Branding project, is an original work based on a traditional tale, Prince Hodong and Nakrang Princess. Sung-nam Lim, the 1st Artistic Director of the Korea National Ballet, choreographed Prince Hodong in 1988 and Byung-nam Moon, the Deputy Artistic Director, newly interpreted it as a 21st-century ballet. Although there have been many dances created based on Korean literature over the last 50 years of the Korea National Ballet, the ballet Prince Hodong is itself a great piece of art because the tale Prince Hodong consists of a dramatic plot. Prince Hodong is based on our cultural text and with the themes - the nations, war, love, betrayal, and death - this work is composed of 2 acts and 12 scenes which combine modern techniques and classical sentiment. Prince Hodong is a ballet which presents an example of the globalization of Korean culture in the 21st century by combining western artistic culture with Korean traditional culture.