Grand Prize Won at Student Madangnori Festival
Students from the Department of Acting in the Im Kwon-taek College of Film and Arts have received the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award and three million won in prize money at the 25th National University Student Madangnori Festival hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation. At the contest reflecting the passion and enthusiasm of university students, the DSU ‘Sieuter’ team received their prize in the mask dance play category for being the team that showed the best skills.
In addition, student Kim Yu-min was awarded the Excellence Award, an individual acting award for the display of outstanding skills. Despite this occasion being the first time the festival had been held in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 260 students from major-based clubs at 11 universities participated. They included: Kyungsung University, Dongduk Women’s University, DSU, Sangmyung University, Seoul Institute of the Arts, Sungkonghoe University, Sungshin Women’s University, Ewha Womans University, Chung-Ang University, and Hongik University.
After such a long break, students were eager to show off the skills that they had honed over the years. This event was held to promote and raise young people’s interest in Korea’s intangible heritage, as well as to discover outstanding talents in traditional arts. Receiving the award provides an opportunity to further promote the status and pride of DSU’s Department of Acting and the Im Kwon-taek College of Film and Arts nationwide.