Sejong Center for the Performing Arts

Started with Unam Hall in 1961, Sejong Center opened in 1978 after the Civil Hall was destructed by fire. Sejong Center operates various facilities including three performing stages and galleries, nine artistic troupes, Namsangugakdang, Samcheonggak and North Seoul Dream Forest providing citizens with sophisticated performing arts, exhibitions and resting places.

Sejong Center was the gateway of Korean performing art and only way of international performing art as one of the world’s ten best performance stages. In 1970s and 1980s, the centre had been the cradle of Korean pure art. As a live history of Korean performing art and a space of memory for art-loving people as well as a culture and art institute representing Korea, Sejong Center which has maintained its reputation, started as a form of foundation in 1999 to take an another leap toward the 21st century.