🩰 Ballet & Modern Dance News at a Glance! - 2026.10.12 | Modern Dance / Ballet

Hello, fans! 🩰 Ballet Deokhu has gathered the latest ballet and modern dance news for you!

🏆 Gold Medal at the Moscow Ballet Competition

Kim Min-jin and Lee Kang-won won the gold medal in the Senior Duet category at the Moscow International Ballet Competition, the first male-female joint gold for Koreans 😭 Their performance was built on a partnership of ten years ^[1]. Don't miss the interview video too ^[10]!

🌟 A New ABT Principal Dancer

Ballerina Park Sun-mi has been promoted to Principal Dancer at ABT. The official appointment date is September 1 ^[2]. With her, the number of Korean principal dancers at ABT rises to three, after Seo Hee and Ahn Joo-won 👏

🌍 Korean Dancers Shining Abroad

Lee Yun-ju of the Houston Ballet showed new potential in contemporary works ^[3]. At the Sarah-Noma Prima International Ballet Competition, Park Na-eun and Park Hee-hoon each took first place ^[4]!

🎭 Performance News

Seoul Ballet Theater presented 'Death and the Maiden' at the Sejong Center from August 14 to 16 ^[5]. The Busan Ballet Festival ran from August 20 to 22 ^[6]. Seoul Ballet Theater's family ballet 'Peter Pan' took the stage at Seogu Culture Center on August 8 ^[7]!