Cookin' Nanta

I happened to enjoy Cookin' Nanta show in Sydney last year. It was at Korean Sparking Festival at Palm Grove, Darling Harbour-Sydney. The audiences were entertained by a list of performances including Korean musical, Taekwondo demonstrations, hip-hop dances, Korean traditional fashion show and try on traditional Korean costumes (Hanbok) for free. There was also a quite interesting 2.5metre high ‘Korea Sparkling’ robot with video screen on his tummy surrounded by few stunned children.

The most-anticipated and favorite show of the day was Cookin' Nanta, a non verbal performance playing traditional drumming beats with kitchen background and using kitchen appliances such knifes and chopping blocks, portraying kitchen staffs and their manager cooking for a banquet in a funny comedy routines. They started their first performance in October 1997 and made its international debut in 1999 at the Edinburg Fringe Festival then opened a long term performance in Broadway New York in February 2004. Since the show is a totally universal nonverbal performance and presented through music and motions, there is no language barrier, Nanta can be enjoyed by people from all around the world. Nanta has been voted as one of '10 most famous tourist attraction in Seoul' by Korean Tourist Service.

Stalking the performers behind the stage, I was very happy when got the chance to take picture with all of the performers :) Looking forward for this year's Korea Festival in Sydney!

Nanta performance during Korea Sparkling Festival 2008 in Sydney