Jo Youngsook, a dwelling witness to conventional Korean artwork, devoted her life to girls’s gukgeuk as a first-generation actress for over 70 years. In an interview with Ilgan Sports activities in Dongseon-dong, Seongbuk-gu, she mirrored on her creative journey.
Jo Youngsook recalled the heyday of girls’s gukgeuk within the Nineteen Fifties and 60s, reminiscing about her first stage function as ‘Soldier 2’. Though her strains consisted of solely two phrases, she cherishes that second dearly. She defined the variations between the drama “Jung Nyeon” and the precise stage, emphasizing how particular girls’s gukgeuk is. In dramas, roles are assigned by elaborate visuals and checks, however in girls’s gukgeuk, roles are decided by pure expertise. She additionally talked about that ladies’s gukgeuk captivated the viewers with its delicate and emotional sound, completely different from pansori.
Beginning with the function of Bangja on the stage of Busan Theater in 1954, Jo Youngsook carried out the identical function for 50 years, incomes recognition as a grasp of Bangja appearing. She expressed her affection for the character she created, feeling that her appearing and voice deepened over time.
Lately, she took on a brand new problem by performing in “Jo Goblin Youngsook,” a contemporary reinterpretation of the gukgeuk “Princess Seonhwa.” On this efficiency, she assumed the function of Princess Seonhwa for the primary time, presenting a contemporary picture to the viewers. Regardless of feeling embarrassed about enjoying a princess on the age of 90, she strived to meet her accountability as an actress. She conveyed her need to supply the perfect expertise to the viewers on stage.
Jo Youngsook reminisced concerning the days when girls’s gukgeuk toured nationwide, expressing remorse over the discount of performances because of the creation of screens. Nevertheless, she continued her actions with a way of mission to protect this artwork kind. She expressed gratitude for the renewed curiosity in girls’s gukgeuk by the drama “Jung Nyeon.”
For her, gukgeuk is part of life and as valuable as her solely son. Seeing her fellow performers regularly go away, her dedication to guard girls’s gukgeuk has grown stronger. Her ardour and dedication will proceed to encourage many. We sit up for Jo Youngsook’s future endeavors and the revival of girls’s gukgeuk.
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