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...founded in 1990 and has participated in Arts First every year since. Its name means “One Heart,” though Jennifer J. Ahn ’04, one of the three co-leaders of the troupe, remarks that “Han” has a double meaning, denoting “Korean” more generally...
...troupe’s music comes from only four instruments: the kwaenggari (the lead instrument, small and loud), the janggo (hourglass-shaped, with ornamental sticks on either side), the buk (a big round drum that provides the bass beat) and the jing (a gong that, Ahn says, “rounds out the beats with a deeper, darker sound?...
...another troupe co-leader, estimates that it dates back several centuries and that it is the oldest of Korean folk arts traditions. Dancing and drumming is the type of thing farmers would do in order to unwind after a long spell in the fields, Lee says. Ahn says drumming “tended to be the music of the common people…farmers especially...
...troupe and by a developing Korea. At each of the troupe’s performances, Han Ma-Eum will select one or two pieces from its standard repertoire, which includes such traditional and modern works as “Young mam” (originally a celebration of the harvest, Ahn says), “Yong ho” and “Utdari”—rhythmic music...
...probably more American than Korean, given my background,” Ahn says, remarking that her participation in Han Ma-Eum definitely “adds” to her sense of being Korean...