Word: eum
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...Eum was 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...
...pieces have been modernized for today’s audiences, both by the 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...
...Eum, Harvard’s Korean drum troupe, began the show with a thumping and clanging battle of beats that represented Korea’s triumph at sea over Japan in 1592, according to the piece’s composer, William L. “Lonnie” Everson ’02, former president of the Harvard Japan Society...