Netflix K-drama Navillera: Song Kang plays ballet dancer in heart-warming and easy-going family drama
- Song co-stars with Park In-hwan, one of South Korea’s most beloved older actors, in a show with an ‘it’s-never-too-late-to-follow-your-dream’ premise
- The young actor plays a stubborn young dancer who must teach Park’s retired postman how to dance ballet – a passion he has been waiting decades to fulfil
Song plays to type as a stubborn young dancer in Navillera, a tvN drama streaming worldwide on Netflix, but he’s also going beyond his usual fan base. The show is airing twice a week, on Mondays and Tuesdays, for a total of 12 episodes until April 27.
Song co-stars with Park In-hwan, one of South Korea’s most beloved older actors, and the strong family themes and the it’s-never-too-late-to-follow-your-dream premise mean the show is aimed at a mature audience.
Park plays Sim Deok-chool, a septuagenarian retired postman who lives with his wife, Hae-nam (Na Moon-hee). After attending the funeral of an old friend, he happens to pass by a ballet studio in which he sees young dancer Chae-rok (Song) practising.
This plants a seed and reminds him of his passion for ballet as a youth, a passion that has remained unfulfilled for decades – but no longer. He goes back to the studio and asks owner Ki Seung-joo (Kim Tae-hoon) to teach him, but he is turned down.