Sachoom, Beyond Dancing

I am very enthusiastic when I received invitation from Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) Jakarta office to see Sachoom performance, because I missed Sachoom performance when the team came to Jakarta to enliven Korea Festival  in 2015.

So I have arrived at the venue Ice Palace Lotte Shopping Avenue on Thursday (24/11/2016) to see Sachoom full performance. In its performance that night, Sachoom broght a story of three friends coming of age: Jun, Sun and Bin. They are seen throughout different stages of their lives by using the universal language of dance.

Ten members of Sachom from team “Sa”  perform their amazing dancing ability from breakdance, pop dance to comtemporary dance with the accompaniment of various music genre such as hiphop, jazz, pop, and techno. But they do not only dance attractively that make the audiences screaming hysterically but also laughing because of humorous story line and act of the Sachoom members during the performance.

On full version of Scahoom performance that night, it was devided into five themes:

1. Life in the body

Witty physical expressionsof birth combine with brilliant visual image

2.   Lantern Dance

Precise timing creates a flying lantern experience

3. Sensuality and Temptation

The audience is drawn in with breathless intensity

4. Hero

The audience identifies with heroic characters, swinging their arms in the air

5. Contest

Talent and technique are in high gear at the highlight of the show

6.  Let’s dance

After the conflict is resolved, the vibrant music and dancing make the audience stand up and groove to the music

Everybody look excited and delighted that night after the show and so do I.  I am really amazed on  how the entertainment industry in Korea creates the non-verbal performing arts into an amusing and entertaining show to its spectators. It really has a strong selling point so that Korea can make the non-verbal performances as one of its tourist attractions.

What is very interesting about Sachoom, it combines dynamic choreography, music, storyline, costume and the chaming appearance of its personnels.

About Sachoom, Director of KTO Jakarta Oh Hyonjae said, “Besides visiting tourist attraction and shopping, non-verbal performances with its high standar also become tourists destination in Korea”.

K-Pop Dance Class

During its visit to Jakarta, Sachoom also held a show case at Korean Cultural Center Indonesia (KCCI) on Sunday (27/11/2016).  On its 20 minutes show case, Sachoom again receive a rousing welcome from thea audience. After that, two members of Sachoom U Je and Lee Soung Seok  teach 80 guests who came to KCCI that day  a shor K-Pop dance class. They teach some basics movement in K-pop dance from Korean hits song today.

All the guests, mostly senior high schools and university students enthusiastically follow the instructions of U Je and Lee Young Seok. They try to master some difficult style of dance, after they manage them, they dance happily together. It seem very tiring but they really have fun and a good time.

After the show,  in the name of all Sachoom members express his impressions about Indonesia audiences. “Our fans here are really, really awesome and is the best. We all thak you very much,” said U-Je.

Among the guests are members of Sachoom fans club in Jakarta. The fans club established a year ago as a medium of communication among Sachoom fans in Indonesia.

The atmosphere in Sachoom performance at Ice Palace and KCCI is just like the meaning of Sachoom itself “Saranghamyeon Choom Chuoral”—“If You Love it, Let’s Dance”.

Sachoom prove and demonstrate its slogan “Dance is the Most Honest Languange” that all kind of people at any age and any part of the world will understand it.  That’s why Sachoom which is devided  into two team “Sa” and “Choom” has held world tour to many coutries that is France, Japan, England, Germany, Russia, Canada, China, Vietnam and Malaysia. Sachoom has its own theather which is called ‘Sachoom Theather” buit in 2008.

Overall the perfomance of Sachoom is beyond dancing. I hope I can see Sachoom in its native country, South Korea. []