The National Folk Art Troupe in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea creates and performs stage art works such as music, dance and opera embodying the national sentiments of the Korean people.
It was founded as the Opera Troupe of North Korea in October Juche 36(1947).
It was strengthened and developed into a more comprehensive group for creating national art works and renamed the National Folk Art Troupe in Juche 81(1992).
Since its foundation, the troupe has created a lot of national operas including "The Tale of Ondal", making a contribution to inheriting and developing the musical heritage of the Korean nation.
It also created excellent art works showing the vigorous struggle of the Korean people.
In the 1970s, a new turn was made in the creative activities of the National Folk Art Troupe.
At that time, the original "Sea of Blood"-style opera was created in Korea, which introduced stanzaic songs and pangchang (off-stage song) for the first time as well as orchestral music, dance and new form of stage art based on the Korean painting.
The art troupe wonderfully created the revolutionary operas "Tell O Forest" and "Song of Mt. Kumgang" on the principle of creating the "Sea of Blood"-style opera.
Afterwards, it created the folk dance suite "People of Walled City of Pyongyang" and national operas "The Tale of Sim Chong" and "The Tale of Chun Hyang" as masterpieces of high ideological and artistic value.
It also created and performed a lot of music and dance works full of national emotions and suited to modern aesthetic sense.
The National Folk Art Troupe gave performances abroad to demonstrate the daily-developing national art of Korea.
In recent years the troupe has brought about a fresh turn in the art creation for carrying forward the excellent heritages of national music and dance of the Korean people and developing them in a modern style as demanded by the new era under the wise leadership of the respected Kim Jong Un.
Typical works are the dance suite "My Golden Country", the music-and-dance poem "Arirang Tells a Story" and the music and dance performance "Song of Land of Golden Tapestry".
The National Folk Art Troupe will, in the future, too, make a remarkable development thanks to the creative activities of talented creators and artistes.
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