Lim Sung-nam
Who was the director or manager of Korea National Ballet from 1962 to 1992?
Korea National Ballet The Korea National Ballet is a South Korean ballet company . It was founded in 1962 in Seoul as the National Ballet Company . It was one of the affiliates of the National Theater of Korea until 1999 , when it separated to independently reestablish itself in the Seoul Arts Center in the following year . It has sixty-five dancers , chosen annually through open audition . There are currently 80 members in the company , including regular members , associate members , and trainees . Equipped with the nations top dancers and diverse repertoires , the Korea National Ballet has taken the lead in developing the field of performance . Welcoming artistic director Tae-ji Choi who was reappointed in 2011 , the Korea National Ballet reflects on its past achievements done under the slogan of Globalization , Refinement and Popularization of ballet for the past half century . Overseas tours have included performances in Egypt and Israel in 1997 , China in 2000 and 2001 , Japan in 2002 , and more recent trips to Russia . One of the prima ballerinas of the company , Joo-won Kim was the winner of the BENOIS de la DANSE prize 2006 . In 2007 , the company disciplined her for having appeared topless in a Korean fashion magazine . The company said she had engaged in employment outside her contract. , Artistic directors . - Lim Sung-nam ( 1962–1992 ) - Kim Hae-sik ( 1993–1995 ) - Choi Tae-ji ( 1996–2001 ) - Kim Geung-soo ( 2002–2004 ) - Park In-ja ( 2005–2007 ) - Choi Tae-ji ( 2008–2013 ) - Kang Sue-jin ( 2014– ) Structure . Korea National Ballet is composed of 5 ranks of dancers . Principal Dancers . Kim Joo-won , Ji-Young Kim , Yoon Hae-Jin , Lee Young-Cheol , Lee Dong-Hoon , Kim Li-Hoe , Park Seul-Ki , Lee Eun-Won , Lee Jae-Woo Grand Soloists . Jong-pil Lee , Young-jae , Jung Hae-Ran , Chong Nam-Yull , Lee Soo-Hee , Park Ki-hyun , Shin Seung-won , Song Jung-Bin , Bae Min-Soon , Shin Hye-jin , Kim Youn-Sik , Kim Ki-Wan Soloists . Ji-young Kim , Hae-ran Jung , Woo-youn Hong , Jun-bum Kim , Hyun-ok Jung , Jun-hee Kim , Soo-hee Lee , Jung-yoon Choi , Jun-yong Ha , Hyun-kyung Park , Woo-jung Jang , Hye-ju Go , Nan-hee Yoo , Ellis Jung Tiffany . Coryphées . Eun-jin Kim , Sun-hee Bang , Hyang-jo Lee , Sung-chul Lim , Ki-hyun Park , Jung-bin Song , Seung-won Shin , Hyun-ah Jung , Jae-min Seo and Jeon-il Yoon Corps de Ballet . Ju-hyun Jung , Chang-ik Kim , Salapsun Hwang , Hee-hyun Kim , Min-soon Bae , Hyo-jin Ahn , Seo-hee Chae , Hyo-hyung Kang , Jong-yeol Kim , Na-ri Park , Hae-jin Shin , Dae-sung Lee , Sang-ro Lee , Monica Lee , Ju-yeun Jang , Youn-sik Kim , Ho-hyun Sun , Eun-won Lee , Min-kyoung Kim , Ji-hee Kim , Ha-lim Byun , Seo-hee Lee , Seul-bi Lee , Jae-eun Jung , Ji-young Jung , Da-jeong Hur , Da-hae Kim , Ju-beam Kim , Tae-hwan Kim , Han-gil Kim , Ye-eun Park , Eugene Won , Ye-seul Lee , Sun-a Choi , Ho-jin Jung , Min-ji Jung , Kyung-sik Kim and Tiffany Ellis Jung . Performances . The Korea National Ballet has introduced the world artists masterpieces such as Boris Eifmans Musagète , Requiem , Bravo Figaro , , Yuri Grigorovichs Spartacus , Swan Lake , The Nutcracker , Romeo and Juliet , Raymonda , Jean-Christophe Maillots Romeo and Juliet , Cinderella , Do’ve La Luna , Mats Eks Carmen and Michel Fokines Chunhyang LEpreuve dAmour , Les Sylphides , George Balanchine’s Symphony in C , Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux , Fernand Naults Carmina Burana , Byung-nam Moon’s Prince Hodong , Marius Petipa’s Giselle , Le Corsaire , La Bayadère , Alexandre Gorskys Don Quixote , Philippe Alonso’s La Fille Mal Gardée , Rudolf Nureyevs Sleeping Beauty , etc . to Korea , and these performances were extremely well received . The Ballet with Commentary created by artistic director Tae-ji Choi was newly established in 1997 . It has broken many records among the numerous annual performances in the Korea dance world . It is the first ballet performance with commentary and the first permanent dance performance in the Korean dance world . The Korea National Ballet currently performs Visiting Ballet with Commentary for audiences who would not otherwise have an opportunity to see ballet , in areas , such as small villages and army bases , etc . Further in 2010 , the Korea National Ballet has performed for the first time the Full-length Ballet with Commentary , Coppelia . Reviews . - Ballet Magazine