Nanta Non-Verbal Performance
 
                
 
Period : Jan. 1. 03 ~ Dec. 31. 04
 
Address : Cookin' Theater, PMC Theater
 
Description : Since its first performance in 1997, 'Nanta' has been the must-see performance in Korea.
'Nanta' figuratively refers to reckless punching as in a slugfest at a boxing match.
'Nanta' is a non-verbal performance of reckless rhythems that dramatize customary Korean percussion in a strikingly comedic stage show.
Intergrating unique Korean traditional drumbeats with a western performance style, Nanta storms on stage into a huge kitchen where four capricious cooks are preparing a wedding banquet.
While cooking, they turn all kinds of kitchen items-pots, pans, dishes, knives, chopping board, water bottles, brooms and even each other - into percussion instruments.
The typical instruments used in Samulnori(Korean traditional percussions) have been replaced with diverse drums improvised from utensils commonly found in kitchens.
Going back and forth from cooking to pounding out their rhythmic cadences, from cheerful banter to play ful animosity, the kitchen crew creates visual humor and aural fun that entices the audience to aprticipte.
As they complete the best dishes of the day, the performance aulminates in a feast that is shared with the audience to highlight and celebrate the communal bound found in a traditional Samulnori performance.
The audience is swept along in the primitive sound explosions and actions on stage.
Though the performance is built primarily on captivating rhythms and has very few spoken words, audiences of all ages and nationalities can easily enjoy that plot and dramas.
 
Local Transportation
- A ten minutes walk toward Deoksugung Palace from Exit #1 on City Hall station, Seoul subway line 1 and Exit #12 on City Hall station, Seoul subway line 2
- A 200 meter walk toward KyungHyang Newpaper Company from Exit #5 on the Seoul subway line 5
 
Detail Info
- Venue : Jeongdong A & C Theater, 15-5 Jeong-Dong, Jung-Gu, Seoul
- Inquiries : ++82-2-739-8288(English, Japanese, Chinese)
- Website : www.nata.co.kr
- Performance Schedule : Mon-Sat (16:00pm and 20:00pm) Sun & Holiday (15:00pm and 18:00pm)
- Closed : open all year round
- Ticket Price : R seat : \50,000    S seat : \20,000         A seat : \20,000