Korean Traditional Fan Dance Workshops 2022 @ Av. Besme 131, 1190 Forest / CENTR'AL Course dates 14 > 17 November 2022 / 6PM~8PM 21 > 24 November 2022 / 6PM~8PM Performance date 26 November 2022 / 2PM Registration Period: 26 October > 13 November 2022 (midnight) Free (Registration Required Max. 20 pers) *Please click here for registration ** Classes are for beginners and only adults can register. [Buchaechum] Buchaechum is a new dance created in the 20thcentury based on traditional dance moves, the history and the culture of South Pyongan Province. For this dance, the dancers use large fans painted with pink peony blossoms to create various formations. These beautiful dance movements in harmony with soft curves and yin and yang, and wealth deeply embedded with Korean sentiment Buchaechum unique artistic and aesthetic technique is the philosophy of the dance. [Purpose] Through the training of basic movements of Korean traditional dance, learn various types of dance moves. By learning the dance moves of Korean fan dance, you can not only feel the excitement and beauty of Korean traditional dance but also learn the ability of body expression and the rhythm. Fan Dance is a dance performed by several people as a team.It gives a challenge to make harmony with other people by making various formations. With this performance you can feel a sense of accomplishment.

Korean Book Club - Tower, Bae Myung-hoon Dec. 7, 2022 / 19h00-21h00 @ Korean Cultural Center ○︎ Language: English    (Korean Book Club gatherings are alternatively held in French, Dutch and English.) ○︎ Free / Read the novel and apply for the book club meeting    Please click here to apply for the book club meeting *The participants have to procure the book themselves. **Discover Korean literature and explore its various themes in the Korean Cultural Center's monthly Korean Book Club Summary / About the book- "Tower" (EN) Translated by Sung Ryu Published by Honford Star Tower is a series of interconnected stories set in Beanstalk, a 674-story skyscraper and sovereign nation. Each story deals with how citizens living in the hypermodern high-rise deal with various influences of power in their lives: a group of researchers have to tell their boss that a major powerbroker is a dog, a woman uses the power of the internet to rescue a downed fighter pilot abandoned by the government, and an out-of-towner finds himself in charge of training a gentle elephant to break up protests. Bae explores the forces that shape modern life with wit and a sly wink at the reader. About the author – Bae Myung-hoon Bae Myung-hoon is one of the most popular science fiction writers in Korea, having written over a dozen novels and short story collections. His works are often dark political satire, and he has received both science fiction and literary awards

Korean Book Club - "Nos Jours Heureux" by GONG Ji-young Nov. 28, 2022 / 19h00-21h00 @ Korean Cultural Center ○︎ Language: French    (Korean Book Club gatherings are alternatively held in French, Dutch and English.) ○︎ Free / Read the novel and apply for the book club meeting    Please click here to apply for the book club meeting *The participants have to procure the book themselves. **Discover Korean literature and explore its various themes in the Korean Cultural Center's monthly Korean Book Club Summary / About the book- Nos Jours Heureux (FR) Translated by CHOI Kyungran, BOUDON Isabelle Published by Editions Picquier Yujeong a le cœur en miettes lorsque sa tante Monica, qui est religieuse, l’emmène à la Maison d’arrêt de Séoul visiter un condamné à mort. Rien ne semble pouvoir rapprocher une jeune désespérée de bonne famille d’un triple meurtrier, et pourtant… Au fil de leurs rencontres, ils vont se raconter avec sincérité leurs « vraies histoires », affronter les ténèbres et découvrir les lumières éblouissantes au sein de ces ténèbres, réparer leurs âmes meurtries. Ce roman bouleversant nous parle de la force de l’amour, de pardon et de rédemption. Son auteur, Gong Ji-young, est une romancière infiniment respectée en Corée pour les combats qu’elle mène pour un monde plus juste. Dans ce pays où la peine de mort n’a pas été abolie, Nos jours heureux a provoqué d’âpres débats, et ne quitte pas la liste des best-sellers. About the author – GONG Ji-young Born in 1963 in Seoul, Gong Ji-young is a very popular novelist in Korea. She participated in the student demonstrations against the dictatorship of the 1980s, to defend democracy and the rights of those excluded from society. A committed writer, she is appreciated for her works which deal with the condition of women and workers, the mistreatment of the disabled, sexual repression...

Korean Book Club - "Mensenwerk", Han Kang Discover Korean literature and explore its various themes in the Korean Cultural Center's monthly Korean Book Club. On November 17 we are going to discuss the novel Mensenwerk by Han Kang. ○︎ Language: Dutch    (Korean Book Club gatherings are alternatively held in French, Dutch and English.)   ○︎ Date: Thursday, November 17, 19h00-21h00  ○︎ Venue: Korean Cultural Center Brussels ○︎ Free - Read the novel and apply for the book club meeting *The participants have to procure the book themselves. **Please click here to apply for the book club meeting   Summary / About the book- "Mensenwerk" (NL) Translated by Monique Eggermont Published by Nijgh & van Ditmar South Korea, 1980. In the southern city of Gwangju, a student uprising takes place in the aftermath of the assassination of military dictator Park Chung Hee, followed by brutal reprisals and a declaration of martial law. As 14-year-old Dong-ho searches for his friend Jeong-Dae among the increasing number of bodies, he finds himself entangled in circumstances beyond his control that culminate in a confrontation with the military. Five years later, the military dictator Chun Doo Hwan holds the country in his grip. His harsh regime of curfews, censorship and plainclothes police has kept the details of the massacre under wraps. But the dead, left unburied and mourned, still haunt the lives of the survivors, who are now risking their own lives by resisting the regime. In this richly structured lament, Han Kang displays a masterful mastery of tone as she moves between the harsh reality of oppression, darkness, incoherent fantasy and the poetry of the everyday. About the author – Han Kang Han Kang (1970) was born in Gwangju, Korea. When she was ten years old, she moved with her family to Seoul, where she studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She has won the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today's Young Artist Award and the Korean Literature Novel Award.

Book Talk - 'La philosophie selon Squid Game (Philosophy according to Squid Game)' October 12, 2022 / 18h30 @ Korean Cultural Center Free, registration required Language: French Join author Olivier Dhilly for a lecture on his book "La philosophie selon Squid Game" in which he will discuss the philosophical questions of Squid Game. Last year, K-drama Squid Game became a global hit and made everyone talk about its depicted ultra-violent universe. Over the episodes and the ordeals experienced by the characters, we are faced with a lot of questions: What value should be given to human existence? What is a just society? To what extent are we willing to sacrifice our lives and those of others? Much more than just entertainment, Squid Game is a great philosophical question box! With the help of Rousseau, Kant, Plato, Nietzsche, and many others, Olivier Dhilly, associate professor philosophy, tries to answer all these philosophical questions posed by the hit series. Free, registration required CLICK HERE to register through Eventbrite   About the Book "Squid Game is the world we live in," said Hwang Dong-hyuk, writer and director of the series with which Netflix broke all ratings records. This quote may seem very radical and excessive since the world is depicted as a camp wherein deadly games are organized. And yet, far from simply offering us suspenseful entertainment in which the spectator wonders at best what he would do or how he would react, Squid game presents us in an implacable way the spectacle of a dream become a nightmare which does not end but with which we become accustomed to living.   Moral questions then constantly arise: what is the value of human existence, of work, of money? Are we free to dispose of our life? How far can we risk it?, etc. but isn't the fundamental question first of all political, isn't it that, to use the expression of the philosopher Hannah Arendt, of "the 'collapse of a world' which gradually becomes dehumanized while still feeling familiar to us?   The success of this series, which immediately went beyond the borders of Korea, could then well be an opportunity to think about our world, the one in which we live, the one in which we would like to live. Then by looking at this through a philosophical point of view, we can try to understand not only what humans are capable of doing to themselves, but also on what terms they can expect.   About the Author   Olivier Dhilly is an associate professor of philosophy. After having taught in preparatory classes, he now teaches at the lycée d’Etat de la Légion d’Honneur of Saint Denis and at the Institute of judicial studies of Paris2-Panthéon Assas and at the Sévigné college. He is also a lecturer for companies or legal professionals and has been giving lectures for more than 10 years at the “Mardis de la philo” on questions of contemporary philosophy. He is the author of several works of philosophy including among others " Les grandes questions de la philosophie ", " Comprendre la philosophie " at the éditions Elipses, " Les plus belles histoires de la philosophie " at the éditions de l’Opportun which published its latest book “La philosophie selon Squid Game”. He also served as project manager at the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences within the Institut de France.