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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Korean modern dancer Choi Seung-hee featured in 1944 promotional poster in Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo)

 


Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) April 20, 1944

Choi Seung-hee

Artistic Dance Performance

World Dance

Comfort for Warriors

Promotion of the Warrior Spirit

Donations for Helping the Soldiers

Organized by: Korean Headquarters of the Women's Association of Greater Japan

Supported by: Korean Military Press Department, Information Division of the Governor-General's Office

Korean Federation of People's Power

Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo), Mainichi Shimbun

May 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Every evening at 7:00 p.m.

Only on the 7th: two performances (one in the afternoon, one in the evening), 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon

All reserved seats (tax free), 3 yen per seat

One admission ticket includes one war savings bond

Advance purchase: Mitsukoshi, Washin

At Fumin-kan

京城日報 1944年4月20日

崔承喜

芸術舞踊公演

世界の舞踊

戦士慰問

戦意昂揚

恤兵献金

主催:大日本婦人会朝鮮本部

後援:朝鮮軍報道部・総督府情報課

国民総力朝鮮聯盟

京城日報社・毎日新報社

5月3・4・5・6・7日

毎夕・七時・7日のみ昼夜二回・ひる二時

全部指定席(免税)三円均一

入場券一枚に貯畜券一枚付

前売中・三越・和信

於 府民館

Source: http://www.archive.org/details/kjnp-1944-04-20

Reddit Link: Korean modern dancer Choi Seung-hee 최승희 (1911-1969) performed in Japan, Japan-colonized Korea and Taiwan, USA, Latin America, Europe, and for the Imperial Japanese military during WWII; after WWII, she taught dance in China, USSR, and North Korea, where she reportedly died in a concentration camp : korea (reddit.com)

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