Friday April 17 was the welcoming party for the Korea Tourism K-Performance Supporters. It was held at VIP’s in the Jongno Cinecore. The food was quite good - lots of variety, and all served nice and fresh. My personal favorite selection was the smoked salmon, since salmon tends to get expensive. The only thing wrong with dinner was the lines, since I am a naturally impatient person. But I overcame my urge to worm my way to the front, so I think I deserve applause for that. I was a bit too busy eating to take pictures of the food~! That’s a sign of good food, right~?
After dinner, we filed upstairs to watch SaChoom.
(...I can’t help but wonder if the name is a smash up of Sarang and Choom, meaning Love Dance? Maybe they said at some point during the show - if they did, I missed it.)
(Ok, google says what that the name is from. I will trust google on this point. So, yes. the name means “Love dance.” I like that.)
My friends and I had front row tickets. At first I was excited, but then the screen narration started saying “don’t be afraid to interact!” I am not the type to say “PLEASE INTERACT WITH ME, ACTORS!” so there was a moment or two of extreme worry, but then I decided to just sit back and relax and I am glad I did.
The performers were all very engergetic and clearly enjoyed their time onstage as much as the audience watching did. SaChoom tells - via dance and text onscreen - a very loose, stream of consciousness love story between a girl and the two very different men who love her.
I won’t spoil too much of the story, but. Well.
There’s a birthday number....
And an absolutely hilarious squeaky-duck-voice MC who will make your showtime very interesting* if you dislike interacting with the people on stage. Or being onstage at all.
There’s also shirtless robot man.
Afterwords, all the dancers hang around in the lobby if you want to take a picture. Did I mention all the dancers were gorgeous?
...because they were. This opinion is not at a l l influenced by my weakness for dimples or the fact that the gentleman gave me candy.
Not at alll.
In short, SaChoom was a great performance, and I look forward to the next KTO event.
*by ‘interesting, i mean miserable. If you don’t like interaction, try your hardest to sit in the back!
