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Chapter 6 analyzes the fifth Theatre Olympics in Seoul, Korea, from the viewpoint of its intent to frame Olympism as a globalized modern concept. Since the Korean government began actively encouraging the development of its cultural industry to promote a modernized Korea, the festivals have pursued the same goal: globalization. The fifth Theatre Olympics, with its theme of “Sarang: Love and Humanity,” used this trend toward globalization to translate cultural Olympism as well; its effort to embrace unfamiliar foreign productions and to present domestic theatre productions that excluded traditional Korean performance support this intention. Artistic director Choi’s theatre career in Korea is key to analyzing the theme and the international tendency of the festival, which leaned toward internationalism in order to align itself with the cultural policy of the Korean government.
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Kim, J.K. (2016). Humanism and Globalization. In: International Theatre Olympics. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2573-0_6
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