pansori

American  

[pahn-sawr-ee] / ˈpɑnˌsɔr i /

noun

1. a traditional type of Korean narrative song performed by a solo vocalist and a drummer.

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Example Sentences

The production, conceived and directed by Ong Keng Sen, uses pansori — an ancient Korean musical storytelling style — along with K-pop to deliver the ancient Greek tragedy about the costs of war.

From New York Times

The production, performed in Korean with English subtitles, fuses the traditional Korean musical storytelling form of pansori with K-pop music.

From New York Times

Ong’s fascination with the pansori began in 1998, on a trip to South Korea.

From The Guardian

“I felt there was a lot of synergy between Greek theatre and Korean traditional forms. Greek theatre is epic, the emotions and passions are huge – they are not daily life emotions. You can imagine Medea, for example, being sung in changgeuk and pansori,” he says.

From The Guardian

Ong says: “The thing that was attractive about the whole thing to me is that they didn’t see K-pop as something far away from pansori.”

From The Guardian